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Caroline works closely with international and UK based businesses and individuals; this gives her strategic and practical insight in working with our clients to help them achieve their aims globally. Caroline assists international and USA businesses on inward investment, litigation and dispute resolution in the UK. She has a focus on the USA market. Caroline’s UK and international clients benefit from her legal experience, commercial judgement and global network of trusted professional experts. She is trusted to deliver excellent service and strategic advice to other professionals and clients. Caroline has numerous legal articles published and has been quoted in The Financial Times, The Times, The Guardian and specialist legal journals. She has been a speaker at the International Bar Association (Boston) and other prestigious conferences. Caroline works with a network of trusted legal and professional advisers in the USA and globally to help our clients achieve their aims. She assists clients with UK legal interests or issues, and advises on all aspects of UK employment law, including: cross border employment disputes whistleblowing investigations contracts and dismissing employees poor performance issues misconduct allegations boardroom and bonus disputes restrictive covenants and team moves disciplinary and regulatory investigations in the UK and USA fraud allegations wrongful and unfair dismissal claims discrimination settlement agreements and exit packages redundancies business restructures equal pay. Caroline's work highlights include: advising on UK and international regulatory issues including FCA, DOJ and HMRC investigations. She has assisted clients relating to film financing tax fraud allegations and suspected manipulation of the foreign currency markets and insider trading allegations. resolving complex boardroom disputes and advising CEOs and board members of FTSE 250 and international companies and subsidiaries conducting and advising on complex whistleblowing investigations for FTSE 100 and high profile entities helping businesses deal with dismissing CEOs and other board members with complex high value remuneration packages advising on under-performing staff, large scale relocations and redundancies training Board members and senior managers on staffing and legal issues advising on complex and high value bonus, profit share or options disputes acting for senior individuals whose reputations and future marketability are highly important. Caroline has helped senior executive directors and employees negotiate seven figure payouts, increasing one person’s redundancy from £70,000 to £500,000. advising those working in the City including HSBC, Nomura, Credit Suisse, RBS, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Rothschilds and numerous financial services companies advising professional partnerships including well-known City and international law firms and accountants.
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Chris is a partner in our London office, with experience in commercial, civil and property litigation. Chris has built up a reasonable client base, primarily through recommendations, advising individuals and smaller businesses on a range of issues. His expertise covers a wide area of litigation issues and includes: Acting in contract, fraud and professional negligence matters (including against solicitors, Banks, IFA’s, insurance companies and to the FOS) Advising concerning contentious probate and trust/TOLATA issues Handling possession claims for commercial and residential properties Advising on contentious commercial lease issues including renewals Advising on landlord and tenant matters and mortgage possession claims. Advising on boundary/neighbour disputes Advising on debt recovery and insolvency related issues.
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Claus is a partner in our Corporate & Commercial and Life Sciences teams. He deals with all aspects of corporate and commercial work for corporate clients, limited companies, businesses, private individuals and trade organisations. Claus has substantial experience in areas including company law, commercial contracts and finance, with particular emphasis on shareholders agreements, distribution agreements, general commercial contracts, the Bribery Act 2010 and the Exemption rules of the FSMA (Financial Promotion) order.
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David, a well-known and respected London employment lawyer, acts for companies and senior executives on their employment issues. David deals with the whole breadth of employment matters. His advice ranges from day-to-day employment issues that arise through to more involved matters such as whistleblowing, discrimination and equality issues, as well as confidentiality and the enforcement of pre- and post-termination obligations. David also specialises in large scale re-organisations and the employment aspects of corporate acquisitions, disposals and transfers of undertakings.
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Deanna is a partner in the private client department. Her areas of work include capital taxation, the creation, administration and winding up of trusts, estate planning, wills, probate and estate administration, mental capacity, Court of Protection and charity law. Deanna acts for a range of individuals, families and charities and enjoys building lasting relationships with these clients.
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Gareth is experienced in all aspects of commercial property and has particular expertise in options and conditional contracts, site acquisition for major house builders and local authority town centre redevelopment work. Property purchases, sales, leases and development of Care Homes Purchases and disposals of dental and medical practices Secured lending & re-finance work Property aspects of corporate sales, acquisitions and mergers.
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Gemma is a partner and a specialist employment lawyer dealing with all contentious and non-contentious areas of employment law. Gemma worked in the horse racing industry before entering the legal profession. She studied for a law degree with the University of London, while continuing to work part-time. Gemma has been a partner at Royds and now Royds Royds Withy King since 2003. Gemma has specialised in employment law since qualifying as a solicitor. Her particular areas of expertise include: all forms of tribunal claims including unfair dismissal, sex, race and disability discrimination all commercial aspects of TUPE transfers advising on workplace policies such as maternity, paternity and flexible working advising on staff handbooks advising on employment contracts. Gemma’s clients range from retail outlets and charities to senior level employees. She also acts, with partner Richard Woodman, on behalf of the Mauritian government handling cases on appeal from the Mauritian Supreme Court to the Privy Council, which is interesting and varied work involving both civil and criminal appeals. Gemma regularly speaks at seminars and workshops on changes in employment law affecting both small and large employers.
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Jamie is a partner in our Dispute Resolution team based in London, specialising in complex high value matters across a broad spectrum of clients from entrepreneurs and corporates to private individuals and family offices.Jamie specialises in complex high value matters in the areas of professional negligence, corporate & commercial, risk management, insolvency, insurance, intellectual property, group actions trusts, Wills and probate, property and employment law.
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John is head of our Corporate & Commercial team and is based in the City. John has been a Partner at Royds since 1990. He has over 20 years’ experience in a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions, providing clients with solutions which suit their business needs. He is respected within the business community for his skilled approach to commercial transactions and his substantial legal expertise. John specialises in mergers, acquisitions and disposals in both the United Kingdom and overseas. He also has particular expertise in: joint ventures reorganisations non-contentious intellectual property IT Publishing media contracts John’s clients operate in many business sectors including aviation, telecommunications/IT, media and publishing.
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Milan is a partner in our dispute resolution and insolvency teams based in our City of London office. He has strong experience in banking, commercial and civil litigation and restructuring & recovery. Milan's clients include insolvency practitioners, corporate clients, clients in the Oil and Gas industry, several Indian Banks with a presence in the UK and individual clients. His experience and expertise includes: high value commercial claims for banks, corporate clients and individuals often with an international reach complex litigation involving beneficial interests, property, trusts, asset tracing and recovery company administrations and restructuring of insolvent companies, advising liquidators and administrators, insolvency petitions, pre-pack sales personal insolvencies private criminal prosecution Milan has also appeared before Registrars in the Bankruptcy Court and Masters in the Queen’s Bench Division and the Supreme Court Costs Division.
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Patrick has specialised in family law since qualifying in 1992 and has remained with the same firm throughout his career. Patrick applies the wealth of experience he has accumulated by finding sensible, early compromises where possible and taking up a robust settlement position where necessary. Where court applications arise, he undertakes much of the advocacy at court. Patrick specialises in complex financial proceedings upon divorce, which more often involve cross-jurisdictional issues, offshore trusts and overseas assets. He has a particular interest in untangling corporate structures and disputes arising between company directors and shareholders. Patrick considers himself to be a “solicitor for life”, maintaining strong connections and valued friendships with clients post-proceedings or for whenever called upon. In years gone by Patrick was a keen sportsman and chess player. He applies those skills now to provide an assured approach to his work and tactical planning to the cases he takes up. Practice areas Advising on all aspects of divorce and separation including civil partnership Complex financial resolution of financial matters for divorcing or separating couples Advocacy Private child law Cohabitation and pre-nuptial agreements Cohabitation disputes.
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Richard is a partner and Head of our Employment team in the London office. He has been a partner at Royds and now Royds Withy King since 1987. Richard’s commercial litigation experience gives him a perspective in dealing with employment disputes which is unusual among employment lawyers. Described by The Legal 500 UK as “highly experienced”, he is widely recognised for his strategic approach and known for providing clients with pragmatic, commercial solutions no matter how complex the problem. Richard advises on all aspects of employment law, including: wrongful and unfair dismissal claims the protection of business confidential information including restrictive covenants, confidentiality, garden leave, and the duties of employees, directors and partners not to compete unfairly bonus claims discrimination issues employment tribunal claims and settlements advising, often in conjunction with the our Corporate & Commercial team, on employment issues arising from corporate re-structuring and acquisitions/disposals, especially the application of TUPE and complex redundancies. In addition to his employment law work, Richard continues acting as a commercial litigator and heads the Royds Withy King team which successfully argued the leading case on aggregation of claims governed by the Solicitors Minimum Terms and Conditions. Richard also heads the Royds Withy King team representing the Government of Mauritius as its Privy Council Agents in respect of final appeals from the Supreme Court of Mauritius.
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Stephen is a partner in our Technology & Media and Dispute Resolution teams. He is an experienced commercial litigator with a particular specialism in contentious intellectual property (IP) law. He is also the IP lawyer to the National Association of Jewellers and regularly contributes industry news for its members. Stephen deals with all aspects of contentious intellectual property law, including copyright disputes patent infringement trade mark disputes and passing off actions design law issues. He is responsible for the operation of the “Copywatch” IP Protection Scheme with the National Association of Jewellers and the British Travelgoods and Accessories Association. With a wealth of experience dealing with intellectual property disputes, Stephen writes regular articles for the jewellery and luxury goods press (such as Retail Jeweller, Professional Jeweller, Jewellery in Focus and Fashions Extras) and has commented on topical issues on TV and radio. Stephen is also an experienced general commercial litigator and his work has included media and sports law issues, disciplinary appeals and tribunals, licensing matters, Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise investigations. He also has expertise in estate agency law and business transfer agents fees recovery actions.
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Stewart is a partner in our London office and was Managing Partner of Royds prior to the merger with Royds Withy King in 2016. He specialises in the areas of banking and financial services litigation, aviation and company and shareholder disputes, often with an international element. Stewart has more than 35 years’ experience advising on all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration, principally in the High Court and specialist courts in London. He has been a partner in Royds and now Royds Withy King since 1988. Whether a multinational corporation or a family run company, a professional partnership or an individual entrepreneur, Stewart brings specialist expertise across a broad spectrum.Practice areas: Advising clients in banking and financial services litigation including regulatory issues, disputes concerning loan facilities, secured lending, guarantees and documentary credits, structured products and derivatives. Advising airlines in disputes concerning airside and landside services, regulatory matters and in particular issues involving the CAA and passenger and cargo claims arising under the EC Regulations. Resolving complex property related disputes for owners and tenants, particularly restrictive covenants; boundary disputes and construction and building disputes. Advising overseas clients on disputes arising both in the domestic jurisdiction and where there are multi-jurisdictional issues arising involving both litigation and international arbitration procedures.
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Tony is a consultant in our Private Client team in London and was head of the team at Royds prior to the Royds Withy King merger in 2016. He has over 40 years of experience, often advising successive generations of families. He has been a member of the board of trustees of a number of pension schemes and charities. Tony’s expertise spans these key areas:- Tax and estate planning – particularly with regard to Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax and trust creation. Administration and winding-up of trusts and estates (particularly those of high value). Contentious trust and probate claims. Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection issues. Acting for parents of children with disabilities.
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Tony is a partner in our Corporate team. He has wide experience in advising clients ranging from entrepreneurs to listed companies and has developed expertise across a range of sectors, including retail, food and beverages, transport and industrial. Tony acts for domestic and international clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters, including: mergers and acquisitions joint ventures shareholder disputes corporate governance commercial contracts reorganisations Tony is advising on major confidential transactions which are currently ongoing and has acted for major UK and international companies on projects in Russia, India and Africa. His approach is always pragmatic and his key focus is to apply the law in a way which best responds to the commercial drivers of the deal.
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Zainab is head of the Residential Property team in London and specialises in all aspect of residential property transactions. Zainab and her team specialise in acting for High Net Worth individuals and corporate bodies in residential property transactions, predominantly in the Prime Central London area. She has also built up a strong reputation in affordable housing and government funded schemes, meaning that she is often instruction to provide specialist advice to private individuals in the UK. Zainab’s specialisms include: Open market sales and purchases for individuals and corporate bodies Auction properties Repossession sales Variations of leases and lease extensions Affordable housing schemes, including right to buy, shared ownership and help to buy Declarations of trusts and transfers of equity Complex title issues.