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Charlotte Tillett
Charlotte Tillett
Partner in the IP practice and Head of Life Sciences. Charlotte advises clients on the protection and exploitation of the full range of IP rights. She regularly handles IP licensing, joint development agreements, IP restructuring and transactional work. Her experience on contentious matters includes pharmaceutical patent litigation, trade mark and passing off disputes, copyright and designs litigation as well as actions involving breach of confidence and defamation. Charlotte has a particular interest in life sciences, and her technical background has assisted her with work in this sector over the past 10 years.
Daryl Fox
Daryl Fox
Partner and head of private client, specialising in inheritance tax and succession planning, wills, trusts, probate and estate administration. In addition to many will, inheritance tax planning, estate administration, trust and general private client matters recent work has included dealing with complex estates and related trusts; advising in relation to inheritance, business and agricultural property relief; post-death variations and inheritance tax planning for beneficiaries; comprehensive estate planning advice in relation to complex families, high-net-worth and landed estates.
Gary Parnell
Gary Parnell
Partner and Co-head of Insurance. With over twenty five years' experience in business and law, Gary has amassed a wealth of knowledge on outsourcing, information technology and digital business (including Blockchain and AI), data privacy, intellectual property, procurement, insurance, financial regulation and other general commercial law matters. As well as regularly advising technology businesses, Gary also has particular expertise advising clients operating in the insurance sector, providing specialist commercial law advice on insurance distribution arrangements (including affinity partnerships), outsourcings (both onshore and offshore), IT projects (including insurtech) and complex cross-border data privacy matters.
Gustaf Duhs
Gustaf Duhs
Head of Competition and Regulatory law. Assisting clients with the full range of competition and regulatory law issues including: CMA investigations and investigations by other regulatory authorities, compliance initiatives and other non-contentious advice (including commercial arrangements), litigation of competition and related issues, public procurement and state aid law advice. Contributor to European Competition Law Review and Global Competition Litigation Review. Frequently quoted in national and international media on competition law issues.
Helen Wheddon
Helen Wheddon
Partner and Head of Real Estate Disputes acting for a wide range of clients including large corporate occupiers, investors and developers, as well as individuals. Experience includes all areas of landlord and tenant work (including lease renewals, breach of covenant claims and dilapidations), contractual claims and development issues, as well as property-related insolvency claims and claims involving residential property and the Property Chamber. Examples of work have included: acting for an international industrial client on a complex rent review and very high-value contested lease renewal claim; successfully negotiating a substantial uplift of statuary compensation on an opposed lease renewal; advising on the enforcement of restrictive covenants and rights of way on a proposed development; and advising a large corporate on a substantial disrepair claim involving complex issues of supercession and valuation.
James Lister
James Lister
Partner and head of private wealth disputes with particular expertise in disputes focusing on UK trust and probate claims. He advises primarily on disputes relating to HNW and UHNW individuals and their affairs, both on and offshore. Within this, James has substantial experience in advising trustees and beneficiaries on trust claims and also on contested probate matters. James regularly advises clients on claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and concerning disputes over estate and trust administration. James also has expertise in contested Court of Protection matters, with disputes involving attorneys and Deputies, in particular regarding applications to remove or appoint attorneys/Deputies and applications for statutory wills.
James Waddell
James Waddell
Managing partner of the firm. As a corporate partner, James dealt with a wide range of corporate, corporate finance and related regulatory work, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private equity transactions, joint ventures and corporate governance issues. He acted for some of the firm’s larger corporate clients as well as the owners of high growth companies across a number of sectors, from incorporation through to exit.  His sector experience includes technology, financial services and outsourcing/distribution.
Kerry Garcia
Kerry Garcia
Partner and head of the employment, pensions and immigration team. Undertakes both immigration and employment work, mainly for employers. Experienced in all aspects of business immigration law. Advises employers and individuals (including investors) in relation to the points based immigration system. This includes assisting employers with the sponsorship registration process, carrying out audits to check compliance with sponsors’ obligations, assigning certificates of sponsorship and entry clearance and extension applications. Also advises in relation to indefinite leave to remain and naturalisation. Also advises in relation to all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including drafting contracts and staff handbooks, advising on dismissals and termination packages, redundancies and reorganisations, discrimination, family friendly rights and advising in relation to and preparing for tribunal claims. Kerry has a particular expertise in relation to TUPE in connection with acquisitions and outsourcing.
Nicola Harries
Nicola Harries
Partner and head of family. Nicola deals predominantly with medium and high net worth ancillary relief cases, as well as advising in relation to pre – and post-nuptial agreements, separation agreements, cohabitation issues and children matters, including child abduction. Many of her cases involve complex or overseas assets. Nicola has given professional comment on BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio London and has written numerous articles on family related issues for a variety of professional and other publications. She is also a trained collaborative lawyer.
Sarah Murray
Sarah Murray
Partner and Head of Commercial Litigation from May 2019, with a broad range of experience in handling commercial disputes both for clients across the UK and internationally. Provides strategic expertise and commercially focused risk management advice aimed at resolving disputes quickly, effectively and commercially. Particular experience of cross border litigation, both leading and supporting, seeking urgent injunctive relief and international arbitration. Extensive experience and expertise in ADR techniques.
Tom Lingard
Tom Lingard
Tom advises on all aspects of intellectual property and technology law. He has extensive litigation experience having represented clients in proceedings before all levels of the UK courts, and regularly advises businesses and individuals in a range of sectors on the protection, exploitation and management of intellectual property and technology. He also advises clients, particularly those in the media sector, on defamation and reputation management. His clients include BOC/Linde, Samsung and Brighton & Hove Albion FC and Tough Mudder.