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Alex is a Partner in our London litigation group with extensive experience of domestic and international cases. In the past five years he has conducted cases across seven jurisdictions with over US $9bn in contention. With a focus on pursuing or defending assets in complex civil fraud situations, Alex has pursued his clients’ interests in the UK, BVI, Cayman, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Gibraltar, France, Spain and multiple U.S. states. He has multi-case driven expertise in crypto asset litigation. Alex has acted for energy majors, technology companies, African mineral resource investors, international law firms and individuals with enterprise-level disputes.

Alison Patten-Hall

Alison is head of Blake Morgan’s Commercial and Charities teams. She is a partner specialising in commercial and complex high value projects. She has a great deal of experience of working with clients in the health and care sector, but also acting for large corporates on commercial projects

Alison Wood

Alison is a Senior Associate in the Professional Regulatory team, with a wide range of experience across the healthcare and accountancy sectors. Alison has a broad area of expertise with a focus on professional discipline and advising professionals and professional regulators regarding fitness to practise and related investigations. She regularly acts for healthcare regulators and also advises accountants in respect of investigations undertaken by regulators such as the ICAEW and the ACCA. She also has extensive experience representing healthcare providers in a range of matters, including criminal and safeguarding investigations, dealing with enforcement action by regulatory bodies such as CQC and Ofsted, and representing providers at inquests and in the Court of Protection. Alison also has experience undertaking due diligence for sale and acquisitions of care facilities and advising providers on corporate matters, including registration with regulatory bodies and general contractual matters.

Angela Mildenhall

Angela is an experienced solicitor having qualified at a large City firm before practising and qualifying in Sydney, Australia (both in private practice and as in house counsel for a private equity firm with several large FMCG brands). Angela advises institutional investors and occupiers with a particular emphasis on landlord and tenant work for corporate occupiers and a growing specialism in transactional telecoms work. Angela advises on complex lease acquisitions for brands such as CGI Technology, IWG, and DX Group. She oversees and manages acquisitions, sales and landlord and tenant work for Sorbon Estates and Angela has also acted for the Canary Wharf Group on its retail leasing across the estate and for boutique fitness brand, Third Space.

Antonia Dowgray

Antonia has practiced for over 20 years, and is dual qualified in New Zealand and the UK. Antonia has worked on professional disciplinary cases for the majority of key health care regulators including the General Medical Council (GMC), the General Dental Council (GDC), the General Optical Council (GOC), (then) General Social Care Council (GSCC), and the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). Antonia has prepared numerous professional conduct cases for professional regulators including complex, multifaceted cases involving dishonesty, health and misconduct matters. Antonia has also provided legal advice to regulatory bodies on the interpretation of statutory provisions and rules, and has advised on High Court appeals from decisions of first instance committees.

Bradley Albuery

Bradley is the Head of Professional Regulation and a partner in our Regulatory Group which advises public and private sector organisations and individuals on investigations, compliance, reviews, prosecutions and risk management.

Bruce Potter

Bruce advises both private and public organisations on all aspects of commercial, corporate policy and governance advice. Bruce deals with corporate work, especially spin outs, acquisitions and disposals and management buy-outs as well as extensive advisory work on business recovery and insolvency across receivership, administrations and complex partnership and public and treaty body insolvency and transfers. Bruce also deals with commercial work, especially in IT and information security, developing new legal models and mixed legal/advisory/educational approaches to new legal risks. Bruce supports organisational development and governance development across health and social care often working with multi-disciplinary teams from other professional disciplines. The hallmark of his advice has been the combination of legal excellence with commercial acumen to deliver effective practical solutions for clients.

Catherine Morgan

Family Law solicitor and a Resolution accredited specialist, Catherine advises clients in divorce/civil partnership proceedings, financial remedy negotiations and in private law Children Act matters, as well as Cohabitants’ disputes and in drafting Deeds of Cohabitation and Pre-Nuptial/Post-Nuptial Agreements. Catherine often advises clients in cases with complex elements and in 2019 was named by eprivateclient as one of the Top 35 under 35 professionals in the private client sector.

Chris Potts

Chris leads the Commercial Litigation team in the Thames Valley and London. He handles complex commercial and corporate disputes, often in multiple jurisdictions. His practice includes substantial fraud/breach of duty claims.

Claire Rawle

Claire is a Partner who leads the Health, Safety and Environmental team which is recognised as having one of the leading Health and Safety practices in the UK. Claire leads the firm’s cross-office Compliance, Investigations and Prosecutions team which is recognised as having one of the leading Health and Safety practices in Wales and the South of England. Claire has over 28 years’ experience advising and representing clients in the private and public sectors across a range of industries on a variety of regulatory and criminal enforcement issues and Coroner’s Inquests.

Clare Strickland

Partner.

Daniel Taylor

Daniel is a Senior Associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team in Cardiff specialising in commercial disputes, and public law matters. Daniel advises clients on a broad range of commercial and civil claims. He has significant experience of contractual claims, debt recovery, negligence cases and partnership disputes. Daniel also undertakes public law work, to include judicial review, procurement challenges, education, safeguarding, mental health and mental capacity law. He also has experience in dealing with public inquiries work. Daniel regularly advises both public and private sector clients. Daniel has extensive experience in the following areas: Court of Protection Bringing and responding to applications on behalf of Local Authorities and Health Boards in connection with the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) framework. Advising on matters when individuals lack capacity in complex welfare disputes involving sensitive issues such as social media, sexual relations, residence, care and contact. Advising in relation to: a) Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the relevant Codes of Practice; b) Mental Health Act 1983 and 2007; c) Issues surrounding consent to medical treatment; d) Detention and restraint. Education Understanding and experience of advising in relation to Special Educational Needs or Additional Learning Needs, and regularly represents local authorities in relation to matters in the Education Tribunal for Wales, when matters are unable to reach early resolution. Daniel is adapt to advise on the new Additional Learning Needs system in Wales and has provided training to local authorities on the new Act. Procurement Daniel regularly advises contracting authorities and economic operators in relation to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR2015”) and The Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (“DSPCR2011”). Daniel advises on all aspects of procurement law to include: a) Advising on modifications to contracts; b) Reviewing evaluation and award criteria; c) Reviewing standstill letters; d) Procurement disputes – challenging or defending a public contract award. Daniel’s recent experience of procurement disputes include: a) Advising NHS England in relation to procurement and supply of key medicines; b) Representing NHS England in relation to a procurement challenge concerning a seven-year contract for the provision of orthodontic services in East Hampshire, where the Technology and Construction Court developed the law concerning the “sufficiently serious” test. This matter was heard at the Court of Appeal; c) Advising Cardiff University on a major construction procurement relating to post-award modifications in accordance with Regulation 72 of the PCR2015; d) Advising a leading supplier of protective and tactical equipment for military and emergency services sectors in relation to a procurement of sniper equipment in accordance with DSPCR2011; e) Representing a global medical products company in relation to procurement of pharmaceutical equipment; f) Advising the Welsh Government on a procurement challenge issued by an unsuccessful economic operator pursuant to the PCR2015. To include issues dealing with standstill period, limitation periods and clarifications. g) Representing a charity in relation to domestic abuse services in the South West of England. Judicial Review Daniel has experience of advising public sector clients on judicial review challenges, both through the medium of the English and Welsh language. Commercial Disputes Daniel advises on a range of commercial disputes (both pre-action and in litigation), to include contractual disputes (including sale of goods and debt recovery), shareholder disputes, corporate transactions disputes and unfair prejudice petitions. Daniel is regularly instructed in relation to matters at the County Court and High Court, and has recently represented clients at the Court of Appeal. Daniel’s recent experience of commercial disputes include: a) Advising and representing an entrepreneur in relation to an alleged breach of contract claim relating to an asset swap agreement with a former business partner. This matter was heard at the Court of Appeal; b) Representing a Respondent to a multi-million-pound unfair prejudice petition concerning a property joint venture and three related disputes; c) Representing a charity in a claim for damages arising from a breach of an implied contract for the supply of services, which also included claims for quantum meruit remuneration; d) Representing the Welsh Government in a claim arising under the Highways Act 1980, which included complex considerations relating to limitation and causation. Public Inquiries Daniel is currently working on behalf of core participants in the Infected Blood Inquiry and the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Daniel has provided advice to clients on witness statements, rule 9 requests, what documents should and should not be disclosed and has advised on issues of privilege. High Value / Complex Personal Injury Claims / Inquests At the start of his career, Daniel specialised in high value and complex injury claims, involving catastrophic and other serious orthopaedic injuries, to include spinal and amputee injury claims. Daniel also represented families following a bereavement, which included representation at inquests.

Daniel Scognamiglio

Daniel leads our travel team based in Southampton. He is a specialist in multi-jurisdictional disputes, travel insurance litigation and tour operator liability and is qualified as a solicitor in England and Attorney at Law (non practising) New York. He has a particular specialism in handling travel insurance and foreign personal injury matters, advising insurers and the public as a result of accidents that have happened abroad; dealing with general insurance litigation and commercial disputes with an international or multi-jurisdictional element. Daniel also advises travel agents and tour operators as to the Package Travel Regulations, ATOL and CAA.

David Miles

David has acted as a Privy Council agent since 1993. He has conducted many cases from most of the Privy Council jurisdictions. In his capacity as a Privy Council agent, David conducts a wide variety of cases including professional negligence, clinical negligence, personal injury, company and commercial, probate and construction.

Delme Griffiths

Delme is a Partner within our Regulatory Group, specialising in professional regulation. Delme’s practice also covers a range of commercial litigation and public law matters. Delme has acted for and against a large number of regulatory bodies. He has a particular expertise in the regulation of solicitors and the education, social care and healthcare sectors. He regularly presents cases before fitness to practise/professional misconduct panels and sits as legal advisor. Delme also has extensive experience in public law and judicial review. He has acted in numerous judicial review proceedings and regularly advises public sector bodies. He has provided training to public sector clients, including in relation to judicial review practice and procedure. Delme also advises on a wide range of commercial and corporate disputes including contractual disputes, insolvency matters and company/shareholder disputes, together with defamation and reputation management. He additionally has experience in acting for clients in the not-for-profit/charitable sector.

Elisabeth Bell

Elisabeth is a Partner in our Reading office, specialising in the fields of IT, data protection and commercial contracts. Elisabeth is a versatile commercial lawyer, having extensive practical experience drafting, negotiating and advising on legal issues arising in connection with a wide range of commercial projects for private, public and third sectors. She has particular experience advising on IT and data protection issues, as well as extensive commercial experience in the health sectors. Drawing on secondments to a number of international companies, and the Commercial Directorate at the Department of Health, she has advised on significant outsourcing and procurement projects as well as a wide range of commercial business as usual contracts including software licensing; supply arrangements for goods and services; distribution and agency arrangements and public sector procurement projects. advises on IP issues for a range of public and private sector organisations.

Elizabeth Carr

Chief operating officer of Blake Morgan. Previously managing parther at Morgan Cole, Elizabeth was head of the firm’s general insurance, health and regulatory practice. Elizabeth specialises in employers’ and public liability, product liability, motor liability, and professional indemnity claims and has published articles on personal injury and procedural matters.

Emyr Lewis

Emyr covers public and constitutional law as well as heavyweight commercial transactions in the ICT and media sectors, public procurement and State Aid.Emyr has particular expertise in Welsh law and legislation, having advised public bodies and businesses about this emerging field since before the National Assembly was created.

Eve Piffaretti

Eve is Head of Office in Wales and heads our Public Law Group. She acts for public, private and third sector organisations across the UK advising on public law and regulatory issues. Eve specialises in statutory interpretation, freedom of information, equality & human rights, safeguarding, mental health and mental capacity law.

Gemma Spiceley

Gemma specialises in private company acquisitions and disposals, helping businesses to grow through acquisition, with particular experience in retail, healthcare and childcare sectors. Her main practice area is corporate transactions, which includes: Buying and selling shares in companies Buying and selling businesses and assets whether from or to companies, partnerships or sole traders; disposals and acquisitions Reorganising corporate, group and other business structures, including partnership agreements and shareholders’ agreements Advising generally on corporate administration

Gillian McCue

Gillian is a Legal Director specialising in pensions and benefits advising on all employer and trustee pension scheme responsibilities. Gillian advises trustees and employers on all pensions issues including, regulatory compliance, corporate transactions and investment responsibilities on both public service and private sector pension schemes. She also advises on incentive arrangements for key executives and staff.

Hollie Jones

Hollie is a Senior Associate in the Real Estate team within the Built Environment division based Hollie deals with all aspects of commercial property work with a particular focus on portfolio management for both landlords and corporate occupiers in the retail and leisure sectors as well as industrial, marine and office occupier clients. She also has extensive experience in dealing with acquisitions and disposals of commercial freehold and leasehold properties and general property management issues.

James Vaughan

James is a Legal Director in the Corporate team, based primarily in our Cardiff office. James specialises in a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers, acquisitions and disposals, management buy-outs, private equity and venture capital investments, corporate restructurings, joint venture agreements and general corporate advisory and governance matters. James acts for various banks, funders, investors and shareholders, owner-managed businesses, SMEs and large corporates in respect of a wide variety of transactions.

James Egan

James is a real estate partner with experience of large-scale development work, joint ventures, and general property transactions in the private, public and third sectors.James handles many of the firm’s high value, high profile real estate transactions leading multi-disciplinary teams of solicitors. He has significant expertise in the development of office blocks, health campuses and primary care resource centres and currently acts for developers, tenants and purchasers in the procurement, acquisition, funding, development and subsequent lease arrangements and sales of such developments. He also leads teams advising large clients such as the Welsh Government, NHS Wales, charities and social landlords on portfolio management.

James Williams

James is a partner in the Corporate team in South Wales with extensive corporate transactional experience.James specialises in mergers, acquisitions and disposals, management buy-outs and buy-ins, private equity and venture capital transactions. He regularly advises clients on an array of general company law matters, such as corporate governance and compliance issues, reorganisations, joint venture and shareholder issues, including agreements and disputes.

James Greig

James is head of the Wills, probate, tax and trusts team based in the Thames Valley. He specialises in trusts and high end probate and inheritance tax planning.James main areas of expertise are: Wills, probate and powers of attorney, Section 11 IHTA Maintenance Trusts, the creation, administration, restructuring and termination of Trusts, Will structuring and planning for business owners and Inheritance Tax planning.

James Davies

James is an experienced family lawyer who often acts in cases of high net value or complexity. He represents all parties experiencing relationship breakdown. James is a Partner and the Family Law Team Leader in our Thames Valley offices. James has specialised in family law since qualification in 2002 and practises primarily in the fields of divorce and financial matters consequent upon divorce. These have often included issues of variation, pension sharing (including armed forces pensions), maintenance and capitalisation and enforcement of such orders. His cases are frequently of significant value. He additionally acts in cases of unmarried families and is adept at dealing with cohabitation disputes including under TOLATA and Schedule 1 Children Act. He also acts in disputes regarding children and their arrangements, including those of complexity or with international issues such as permission to relocate the children’s home or abduction. James acts for all individuals including the owners of owner-managed businesses, company directors, senior executives, members of the professions, those in niche industries and on occasion he has acted for the Official Solicitor.

Jane Biddlecombe

Jane has over 20 years’ experience in advising on all aspects of employment law in a variety of sectors. She is also a business immigration specialist. Jane advises on a wide range of employment issues including disciplinary issues and dismissals; performance management; absence management and capability issues; handling grievances; discrimination; redundancies and business re-organisations; post-termination restrictions; employment issues relating to acquisitions and disposals including TUPE; drafting employment contracts and policies/procedures; settlement agreements, including Director exits; and Employment Tribunal claims, including representation at hearings. Jane also specialises in all aspects of business immigration law including obtaining a sponsor licence to employ Skilled Workers in the UK and advising on compliance with sponsor duties. She advises clients on obtaining Certificates of Sponsorship and visas for employees including Skilled Worker visas, Global Business Mobility visas (intra-group transfers of senior or specialist workers), Temporary Worker visas and Business Visitor visas. Jane advises a variety of businesses ranging from large international companies to small and medium sized companies in both the private and public sectors.

Jasmin Taylor

Jasmin is a corporate law specialist, advising clients on various corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and group restructurings. Jasmin deals with a broad range of corporate matters, including acquisitions, disposals, shareholder agreements and restructuring together with general corporate advisory work for a wide variety of clients. Jasmin acts for owner-managed businesses, SMEs and larger corporates across various sectors. She also assists individual shareholders and directors.

Joanna Corbett-Simmons

Joanna is a Senior Associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team in Cardiff specialising in corporate and shareholder disputes, professional negligence and contentious intellectual property matters. Joanna has a broad range of experience in general commercial and civil claims and specialist knowledge of post-completion disputes (principally claims for breach of warranty, restrictive covenants and expert determinations of deferred consideration payments), shareholder disputes, professional negligence (principally against legal or financial advisors) and contentious intellectual property matters (including trademark and design right infringement).

Joanna Rees

Jo has worked closely with developers, government and public sector teams and contractors dealing with all aspects of construction projects from project tender through the build phase, managing risk issues and resolving disputes by ADR, adjudication, mediation or litigation when required.

Joanne Davies

Jo is a partner in the Employment, Pensions and Immigration group. She provides general employment advice from our Cardiff office.Jo’s work includes maternity rights, discrimination issues, sickness absence, non-performance, gross misconduct and new areas of employment law. She also specialises in advising on employment issues arising out of large scale procurements, outsourcing, commercial contracts, mergers, acquisitions and post-acquisition integration and is an expert on advising in relation to TUPE issues.

Joanne Thompson

Joanne is a Partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team based in Cardiff, specialising in procurement challenges, public inquiries, commercial and contractual disputes, post-completion and corporate disputes, professional negligence and partnership disputes.

Jonathan Sleep

Jonathan is a Senior Associate in the Succession and Tax team in our Southampton Office. Jonathan's main areas of expertise includes dealing with and advising on: The administration of high value estates, including for business owners and farmers Advising on inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning Preparation of Wills, bespoke to his client’s individual requirements Lasting Powers of Attorney Creation of Trusts

Kate Howell

Kate is a Legal Director in the Construction team based in Cardiff. She advises clients in relation to a range of construction and engineering disputes, involving complex technical issues. Kate has considerable experience of litigation in the Technology and Construction Court, and also of resolving disputes through adjudication, mediation and negotiation. She has recently been involved in a series of matters relating to defects in cladding systems installed on tall buildings. She is familiar with standard forms of contract, including JCT and NEC3/4, and can advise on building contracts, professional appointments and related construction documents.

Kath Shimmin

Kath is a Partner in the Banking & Finance Team. She has over 25 years’ experience in the finance sector, covering a huge range of client and transaction types.

Katherine Ettridge

Katherine is a Senior Associate who works alongside a strong team handling a varied caseload encompassing all types of travel claims in multiple jurisdictions. Katherine join the Travel team in September 2015. Prior to that Katherine qualified as a Solicitor in September 2015 having done seats in Succession and Tax, Clinical Negligence and Family Law. She also spent 6 months on secondment with the General Dental Council.

Kathryn Woodward

Kathryn is a Senior Associate solicitor and Notary Public, who specialises in Wills, inheritance tax planning and high net worth estates. Kathryn advises and prepares Deeds of Variation. Inheritance tax planning post death. She is a member of the Solicitors for the Elderly and specialising in elderly client matters, to include preparation of lasting powers of attorney and applications to the Court of Protection. She is the Secretary for the Thames Valley Branch of STEP and also acts for the trustees of a local Charity on a pro-bono basis.

Katie James

Katie is an experienced insolvency lawyer, and partner, aiming to maximise recoveries for her clients, whether through sales of assets or by way of litigation. For the past 11 years, Katie has worked in all areas of insolvency, including formal processes such as administration, liquidation, receivership and bankruptcy as well as in less formal distressed situations. Katie has particular expertise in dealing with distressed care homes as well as hotels and complex group structures.

Laura Sherratt

Laura is a Senior Associate in our Commercial Services team based in the Thames Valley, with a particular focus on advising charities. Laura advises clients on a range of commercial, governance and regulatory issues including charitable incorporation, registration and dissolution, charitable mergers and acquisitions, academy conversions and transfers, grants, sponsorship and collaboration agreements, and working with the Charity Commission, the DfE and other regulators in the sector. Laura regularly advises charities, public bodies, academies and schools, social enterprises, registered societies and other not-for-profit organisations.

Lee Fisher

Lee is a partner in our Commercial Litigation team based in Cardiff and heads the firms Intellectual Property practice in Wales. Lee has gained a wide range of experience in commercial disputes and in particular those involving a high degree of complexity or requiring urgent pre-emptive relief. He has significant experience of contractual claims, shareholder disputes, post-completion disputes and professional negligence claims.

Lisa Davies

Lisa is respected by her colleagues, other professionals and clients alike for her professional and exacting approach, as well as for the breadth of her technical knowledge and ability to find elegant and effective solutions to clients’ problems. Lisa specialises in the full range of Private Client services, including the administration of estates, advising on inheritance tax, Will planning, trusts and Lasting Powers of Attorney. She is a fully accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly.

Louise Howells

Louise is an experienced commercial property lawyer based in our Cardiff office acting for many of the firm’s commercial clients. Louise’s work includes acting for Housing Associations in the acquisition, disposal and refinancing of properties where she has evolved a strong reputation as a trusted advisor. Louise has developed an expertise in acting for tenants in the management of a portfolio of retail properties as well as in dealings with public houses. She acts regularly for an acquisitive PLC in the purchase of companies with key property components and represents companies in the health care sector involved in the acquisition and development of portfolios of new medical centres for GP’s. Louise has provided advice and assistance to developers bringing forward large sites for development and is expert in the many dimensions of commercial property transactions and land based legal issues.

Madeleine Mould

Madeleine is a Senior Associate in our Employment Law team, she advises on a wide range of issues, both contentious and non-contentious. Madeleine works with a wide range of private and public sector employer clients of varying sizes. Advising on contentious and non-contentious matters, from the defence and/or settlement of employment tribunal claims, to managing internal employee relations processes, drafting employment contracts and company policies and providing advice on day-to-day employment law enquiries, Madeleine tailors her advice to reflect the commercial and relational context of the issue in hand. Madeleine has a strong commercial background, having completed seats in Blake Morgan’s Corporate and Banking, Commercial, Employment and Commercial Property teams during her training contract.

Manoj Styche-patel

Head of corporate department. Partner specialising in corporate finance work including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, management buy-outs and buy-ins; also advises on partnership matters.

Matthew Smith

Matthew heads our national Education Sector practice. Matthew also provides employment advice to key clients in the Education, Health & Social Care, Retail & Leisure and Financial Services Sectors. Matthew is a supervisor of Employment Tribunal work amongst other matters.

Max Craft

Max is a consultant in our employment team. He has specialised in advising in employment law matters for over 20 years.Recognised as a leader in his field by Chambers, Max heads a team which advises clients on all aspects of employment and pensions law. He has built a national reputation for his work in this field. He still practices as an advocate and has represented the firm’s clients before employment tribunals and the EAT. He has also advised extensively on the transfer of undertaking of regulations, outsourcing issues and education. He remains actively involved in community affairs in Portsmouth where he has lived for 37 years. Max has managed and successfully represented clients in some of the Employment group’s most complex and demanding cases before the employment tribunals, including a number of high profile cases involving the Transfer of Undertaking Regulations (TUPE).

Michael Ward

Michael is based in the Blake Morgan Reading office, a senior real estate lawyer dealing with all aspects of commercial landlord and tenant work with an ongoing specialism in the development and healthcare fields. Michael has expertise in dealing with all areas of commercial real estate including the development, sale, purchase and letting of commercial premises. He is experienced in acquiring and selling development sites, negotiating development and promotion agreements as well as dealing with secured lending and heading up the Real Estate Finance Practice in the Thames Valley. He has a particular expertise in acting on healthcare developments for both the developer, care homes and medical practices including surgery relocation, developments, leasing and building schemes including specialist property leasing arrangements relevant to NHS funding.

Michael Colledge

Michael is a Partner and senior member of the Commercial Litigation team in Southampton. He assists clients in resolving complex contractual and commercial disputes. In addition, Michael acts for clients in claims against professionals in all areas. Michael’s main area of practice is related to a wide variety of commercial litigation and professional negligence. Most of Michael’s work involves significant claims in the High Court with cases also in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Michael has developed particular expertise in negligence, insurance law, regulatory law and intellectual property disputes. Michael acts for a broad range of clients from individuals to corporate clients including listed companies and well-known brands. Professional negligence Michael is experienced in advising clients on a wide range of professional negligence issues, cases of note include: Conducting a claim in relation to an accountant’s failure to advise on a number of complex partnership taxation issues. Acting in relation to a claim against a top 50 firm of accountant in relation to advice given relating to the computation of group company basic corporation tax banding. The claim included losses over a period of 15 years. In addition, to claims against accountancy firms Michael has acted on substantial claims against property agents including a negligence claim in excess of £50m in relation to the mismanagement by a leading firm of property agents in relation to a substantial flagship property in the centre of London. Michael has also acted on numerous claims against solicitors ranging from conveyancing issues including restrictive covenants and planning issues to issues relating to company commercial matters and contractual drafting. General commercial litigation Michael has a broad range of litigation experience in all courts including the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. His litigation case load varies from without notice injunctions to protect client assets to long-running cases involving complex facts and legal argument. Cases of note include: Acting for the SRA in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court case of AIG v Woodman [2017] UKSC 18. This is the leading case in respect of aggregation in Solicitors’ Professional Indemnity Insurance. Acting in Godiva Mortgages v Travelers Insurance Company and others [2011] EWHC 3687 (Comm) involving a successful application by the Law Society in both its representational capacity and regulatory capacity to intervene into proceedings. This case was listed as one of The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2014.

Michelle Davenport

Michelle takes a solutions orientated approach to advising clients in buying and selling businesses and in respect of their other corporate and company law requirements. Michelle advises clients on a range of corporate matters, notably exit strategies, mergers and acquisitions, shareholders’ agreements and joint ventures. Michelle provides commercial and pragmatic advice on a range of corporate and commercial issues. Michelle acts for owner-managers and decision makers of companies particularly in the Tech, retail, hotels and leisure industries.

Mike Wilson, Managing Partner

Mike is the managing partner at Blake Morgan. Mike specialises in all aspects of employment law, including restrictive covenants, commercial agents regulations and disqualification of directors. He has particular expertise in employment tribunal work and high court litigation, where he undertakes his own advocacy. His work also focuses on the social housing, retail and education sectors in relation to employment. Mike is recognised by Chambers and Partners as a key individual with ‘particular expertise in the social housing and retail sectors’. (‘Chambers UK, A Client’s Guide to the Legal Profession’ 2012).

Niall Brook

Risk partner.

Nicola Diggle

Nicola leads the Blake Morgan Privy Council appeals team and is a Consultant in our London litigation group. Formerly a partner at Blake Morgan and general commercial litigator for UK and international cases, she now specialises in appeals to the Privy Council. Nicola has over 10 years of experience assisting overseas attorneys and their clients with appeals to the Privy Council in London from Permission to Appeal stage through to hearings and costs. Main areas of practice Nicola’s main area of practice is now acting as a Privy Council agent to assist overseas attorneys and clients with appeals to the Privy Council in London from foreign jurisdictions. Nicola has been practicing as a Privy Council agent since 2012. She has acted in Privy Council appeals from multiple Privy Council jurisdictions including the BVI, Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos, Anguilla, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago, Gibraltar, Guernsey and Mauritius. Nicola is also highly recommended as a commercial disputes lawyer with over 20 years’ experience and specialist expertise in: Commercial contract claims IT and Software disputes Director and shareholder disputes Warranty claims Commercial mediation Schemes of Arrangement

Nigel Griffiths

Nigel is an experienced real estate partner, covering the full range of commercial property work, and having handled the Canary Wharf retail portfolio for the last 25 years has gained a particular specialism and interest in retail leasing and development work.

Oliver Sowton

A specialist in real estate, Olly is Head of the Property Services Group. He has vast experience in corporate occupier and asset management, as well as the retail and leisure sectors. His main practice areas include the sale, purchase and asset management of commercial property. He and his team undertake the full complement of landlord and tenant services, including lease renewal management. He has experience in delivering new store roll-out programmes, in particular working with the firm’s Construction team in delivering commercial development documentation for new-build projects. He also deals with the environmental aspects of real estate and has particular expertise in dealing with contaminated land. Oliver’s career began with advising owners of farms and landed estates and, as a result of this, he brings to Commercial Development an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the relevant legal issues. Olly has experience of working with a wide variety of clients including private individuals, companies and public sector bodies, whose real estate needs vary in type and portfolio size. He is the operational partner for a number of the firm’s key clients who operate in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Asset management: Olly spends a great deal of his time working on the communication between the different portfolio stakeholders, so that asset management programmes can be put in place, appropriately resourced and implemented. Energy and climate change: he acts for landowners, advising on and documenting the delivery of solar farm projects. Retail, leisure and hospitality: with his team, Olly advises clients in this sector from both the owner and operator perspectives. Public sector: he acts for a number of public sector clients dealing with their asset management requirements, including the implementation of property rationalisation strategies.

Paul Caldicott

Paul is a specialist corporate restructuring and insolvency solicitor in our Business Support & Insolvency team, dealing with non-contentious advisory work and all forms of litigation recovery work on behalf of Banks, Asset Based Lenders and Insolvency Practitioners.

Paul Duggan

Paul is a Partner in the Banking & Finance team and acts on a variety of finance transactions involving debt finance. Paul has acted on a wide range of debt finance transactions. He focuses on secured lending and real estate finance. Paul assists clients including banks and lending institutions, corporate borrowers and lenders and not for profits including housing associations.

Paula Shea

Paula has over 20 years’ experience. She is a Solicitor, Partner and is Head of the South Coast Succession and Tax Team. Paula is well liked by her clients and is known for her practical and sensitive approach. She thrives on the technically challenging, unusual and interesting cases and creates innovative solutions to tricky problems. In addition to entrepreneurs and those with significant business interests, Paula acts for a number of well known sports and media clients in connection with wills, probate, and tax-related matters. Paula is particularly skilled in advising elderly clients and assisting families with vulnerable children. Paula believes in a holistic approach, working with other advisers and those within her team and the firm to deliver the best outcome for their clients.

Paula Kathrens

Paula is a partner in the Employment law team, advising key clients in both the public and private sectors including Welsh Government, further and higher education, health and social care, housing and the financial services sectors on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. Paula is a supervisor of Employment Tribunal work amongst other matters.

Penny Rinta-Suksi

Penny is a commercial partner and an OxLEP non executive director, for whom she chairs two Sub Groups (Enterprise Zones and Funded Projects Programme). She leads Blake Morgan’s Local Government England team with over 20 years’ experience in advising private sector clients, funders, public sector and third sector on major projects and commercial contracts specialising in leisure, housing, energy , utilities, and blue-light. Penny excels at outsourcing, public private partnering and joint ventures.

Penri Desscan

Penri is a commercial lawyer specialising in utilities and public procurement law, projects and all aspects of general commercial law with an emphasis on long term, complex, high value services and supplies contracts. Penri has an extensive procurement practice and has advised on numerous open, restricted, competitive dialogue and bespoke hybrid award procedures (subject to Treaty principles). Social Housing Currently advising Pennaf Housing Group on the procurement of a 4 year multi contractor framework value up to £75m to deliver residential housing, nursing and/or residential homes, extra care homes, health/community centre projects, commercial enterprises with community groups together with associated infrastructure. Advising the Syniad Consortium of housing associations (Wales and West / Pennaf / Linc) on the procurement of a large scale multi supplier framework agreement for the delivery of capital projects and major refurbishment throughout Wales’s value circa £350m. Advising Wales and West Housing Association and the Pennaf Group on the procurement of a long term repair and maintenance agreements across a number of disciplines for planned and reactive maintenance of their housing stock across Wales – value circa £200m. Education Lead procurement adviser to HPC Wales, a collaboration of 6 Welsh Universities, on its procurement, using the competitive dialogue procedure, of a £50m world-class high performance computing infrastructure to deliver research and innovation outputs that have economic impact and dealing with a threat of challenge from IBM. Advising Cardiff and Vale College on all aspects of its circa £40m City Centre Campus development project (new build) procured under the competitive dialogue regime. Health & Social Care Advising Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board on the procurement, using Competitive Dialogue, of uniforms for all nurses, midwives and associated healthcare staff in all NHS institutions in Wales – in total covering circa thirty thousand staff x five shifts (equating to 150,000 uniforms). This politically-important project – which was promoted by the Health Minister and funded by the Welsh Government – was completed within a tight timescale (6 months from OJEU to contract award) and to budget and achieved significant cost savings to NHS Wales. Regional and Local Government Currently lead adviser to the Welsh Government on its £400m Public Sector Broadband Aggregation project which aims to deliver a secure, high quality network to circa 3000 sites over 109 public sector organisations. Lead procurement adviser to the Welsh Government on its competitive dialogue procedure for its £500M+ Next Generation Broadband Wales, (to date) the largest broadband roll-out projects in Europe and top 5 globally. Lead procurement adviser to the Welsh Government on all aspects of its Welsh Public Sector Performance Management IT Solution value up to £10m. Six month secondment to the Economic Development Team within the Office of the Counsel General at the National Assembly (Sept 04 – March 05). Providing legal input into policy development and advising client divisions on legal issues as they arise. First point of contact with the Broadband Wales Unit, advising on vires, procurement, state aid and contract issues on a number of broadband infrastructure projects valued in excess of £100 million and in particular on all aspects of the Regional Innovative Broadband Support (RIBS) project from State Aid notification through to contract signature. Energy Advising British Energy on Utilities procurement issues relating to their long term facilities management agreement valued at circa £140 million. Advising Welsh Power (formerly Severn Power) on the procurement aspects for the design build and operation of a circa £300 million 800 MW CUT power station including structuring of the procurement strategy from embryonic stage to contract close and drafting the entire suite of procurement/tender documentation. Advising Wales and West Utilities on Utilities on the procurement of a replacement commercial fleet (500+ vehicles) value circa £18m.

Rajiv Joshi

Rajiv has experience in a variety of contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. Rajiv is a supervisor of Employment Tribunal work amongst other matters. Rajiv’s work includes unfair dismissal, discrimination, jurisdictional matters and the employment aspects of corporate transactions. He also drafts and advises on directors’ service agreements, employment contracts, staff handbooks and settlement agreements.

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Richard Jones

Richard is a partner in the corporate and commercial teams based primarily in our Cardiff office and is a member of our Business Support & Insolvency Team. Richard deals with a broad range of corporate matters, including acquisitions, disposals, investments, shareholder and joint venture agreements and restructuring together with general corporate matters for a wide variety of clients including listed companies, venture-capital backed management teams, PLC’s, SME’s and owner-managed businesses. He is experienced in advising insolvency practitioners – typically administrators – in connection with their appointment and the eventual sale of insolvent businesses.

Richard Wade

Richard heads Blake Morgan’s Construction group. Specialising in construction law, Richard’s practice combines both non-contentious work and dispute resolution. He advises on procurement strategies, construction disputes (litigation, arbitration, adjudication and ADR), contract drafting and negotiation for stand-alone and complex property agreements. He also gives advice on the drafting and preparation of development agreements, building contracts, professional appointments and all related documentation. His clients include a wide range of developers, funders, contractors and professional designers and suppliers, as well as special purpose vehicles, for projects across a variety of sectors (including commercial, retail, leisure, housing and not-for-profit organisations such as schools, colleges and trusts).

Robin Havard

Robin specialises in regulatory and professional conduct work, acting for public and private companies and their directors, public sector organisations, and regulatory bodies.

Ron Burgess

Ron is Head of Employment, Pensions and Immigration group. He provides advice to trustees, corporate clients, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders in the pensions industry on a wide range of matters that involve pension schemes. Ron has wide ranging experience in providing pension-related advice on the implications of corporate restructurings, financing and re-financing, general corporate activities and conduct, insolvencies, mergers, benefit changes, pension scheme redesigns and mergers, pension scheme amendments, closures and winding-up and advice in respect of the Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund.

Rupert Graham-Evans

Rupert is a Partner in our pensions team and re-joined Blake Morgan in 2015 from Penningtons Manches LLP. With over 14 years’ experience of pensions law, Rupert advises employers, trustees, intermediaries and individuals in relation to the legal aspects of UK based pension and life assurance arrangements.

Sadak Miah

Sadak leads our Commercial Recoveries Team and specialises in debt recovery and litigation with a particular focus on the finance sector. As Head of the Commercial Recoveries Team, Sadak advises on all aspects of debt recovery, landlord and tenant possession claims and litigation. Clients range from businesses which might instruct Sadak a few times a year (perhaps on very high value matters) to businesses which send Sadak thousands of cases each year. The work undertaken in the team ranges from multi-party injunction claims to volume debt and possession claims. Sadak’s practice involves a particular focus on the finance sector and his experience in this market has been built on strong relationships with finance companies and debt purchasers. Sadak’s clients include captive motor finance companies (all of which are household names), a number of debt purchasers (mainly purchasers of consumer debt) as well as many businesses in other sectors including IT, retail and utility. The team also has a substantial landlord and tenant possession practice acting for insurers and private landlords.

Sarah Whittle

Sarah is a Legal Director in the Cardiff Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team with extensive experience of advising public sector and private clients on a wide range of commercial and public law disputes, in particular judicial reviews, public procurement disputes and disputes concerning intellectual property rights. Sarah’s practice areas cover a wide range of commercial and contractual disputes including those relating to procurements challenges, breaches of contract and intellectual property issues. Sarah has vast experience of advising public sector clients in relation the defence of challenges to their decisions by way of judicial review. Sarah also has experience in dealing with public inquiries work and Court of Protection work. Sarah has represented a wide range of clients in her practice. Having spent nine months on secondment to the Department of Health and further time on secondment to a private finance company advising on their litigation policy, Sarah is ideally placed to advise both public and private sector clients on a wide range of commercial disputes. She receives repeat instructions from NHS England, local authorities, local health boards and the Welsh Ministers alongside private companies, such as large cosmetics brands, motor franchises, Universities, finance institutions and industrial companies. Public sector work and Judicial review Advising all seven Health Boards in Wales in relation to a judicial review claim challenging their application of legislation concerning the funding of nursing care in private care homes. This claim was appealed to the Supreme Court, who gave their own view on the interpretation of the legislation and Sarah continued to assist the Health Boards in the implementation of the judgment. Representing NHS England in relation to various judicial review applications made against it challenging the application of their policies. Representing NHS England in relation to a challenge brought to the methodology used for the re-procurement of orthodontic services across England. Advising a Primary Care Trust in relation to judicial review proceedings and injunctive relief concerning the outsourcing of services and advising as to the best way to manage the various stakeholders’ interests. This included ongoing advice as to the subsequent procurement of services. Representing the Adjudication Panel for Wales in judicial review proceedings brought against the Panel for the review of a decision made by a Case Tribunal, an unprecedented challenge in Wales. Representing NHSE england in relation to a challenge brought against a refusal to fund drugs pursuant to an Individual Funding Request. Representing an Ombudsman in relation to judicial review proceedings brought against it seeking reviews from the Ombudsman of decisions taken by third parties. This required an extensive understanding of the statutory limitations of the Ombudsman scheme and ensuring that the judicial review system was not misused by Claimants seeking to appeal third parties’ decisions via judicial review proceedings against a public body. Representing the Trust Special Administrators of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust in relation to a judicial review challenge made to the acceptance of their recommendations to the Secretary of State for Health to dissolve Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. Representing a University Health Board in respect of judicial review proceedings issued to challenge its decision to close inpatient beds due to safety concerns and successfully defending these proceedings. Public Procurement Representing NHS England in relation to several challenges brought to the re-procurement of orthodontic services across England and resolving the majority at a pre action stage. Defending the fully litigated cases arising out of the orthodontic procurement, such as Accessible Orthodontics v NHS Commissioning Board [2020] EWHC 785 (TCC) and Braceurself Ltd v NHS England [2020] P.T.S.R. 1611, [2022] EWNC 1532 (TCC) and [2022] EWHC 2348 (TCC). The case of Braceurself Ltd v NHS England involved complex areas of procurement law, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and general EU Treaty principles and dealing with arguments previously untested in the courts. We were ultimately successful in arguing that no damages were due to the Claimant in the proceedings and that the Claimant’s claim for damages should be dismissed. Advising a multinational diagnostic services company in several procurement challenges brought by it, including issuing proceedings and resolving the challenges through settlement. Advising Welsh Government on procurement issues arising out of procurement exercises run by it. Regularly advising on complex legal issues arising in procurement litigation including confidentiality of third party documents, confidentiality rings and split trials. Advising an incumbent supplier of services at a treatment centre on and during a simultaneous procurement challenge to and judicial review of a contracting authority’s published ITT documentation during a procurement process. Advising a global diagnostics provider on procurement policy and issues. Advising on rights and protection of confidential information in relation to procurement challenges issued by unsuccessful bidders Advising contracting authorities on a number of challenges including issues of unequal treatment, discrimination and a lack of transparency. Advising contracting authorities and economic operators on the effect of the automatic suspension and the merits of opposing/making an application for it to be lifted. Advising clients on a variety of contractual and procurement issues arising from frameworks, procured contracts or call-offs. Intellectual Property Representing a major cosmetics company in relation to a claim under the Comparative Advertising Directive Representing the Eisteddfod Genedlathol Frenhi concerning a dispute arising over copyright licences for their performances. Advising the UK market leader in the manufacture and distribution of industrial, commercial, and residential ventilation concerning patent infringement Advising a UK start up design company regarding patent and design protection and exploitation. Representing the Welsh Government concerning their intellectual property in a former brand used by one of their divisions and representing Welsh Government in the proceedings in the Company Names Tribunal. Representing a University’s product development arm regarding issues and disputes arising over the intellectual property in products they assisted to third parties to design and develop. General litigation Advising a client within the motor industry as regarding the ownership of vehicles sold to a company involved in fraudulent activities with finance companies and successfully representing their case in the Court of Appeal Seconded to a private finance company to develop their in house litigation procedure and manage their in house litigation team. Advising an NHS trust on a claim brought against them by a consultant for outstanding payment and successfully defending the claim that the consultant was entitled to an hourly rate, which included advising on issues arising out of requests made for information under the Freedom of information Act. Advising an NHS trust as to the recovery of monies fraudulently obtained by a member of staff who had submitted false claims for payment Advising on a high value, multi party contractual dispute concerning liability for negligence and nuisance

Sarah Rees

Sarah heads the London Commercial Litigation team. Sarah has broad experience of civil litigation generally, and works on a broad range of general corporate and commercial disputes across all sectors, but predominantly business and finance, retail, leisure and media. She handles predominantly high-value and complex litigation, both national and international. She is often involved in cases with an offshore element, and has first-hand experience of litigation in offshore jurisdictions, notably the British Virgin Islands. In recent years, Sarah is instructed increasingly frequently by clients from FSU and CIS. She receives instructions from individuals based in the UK and overseas, listed and non-listed companies, SMEs and partnerships.

Siân Jones

Siân is a partner in our dispute resolution team and a specialist in property litigation and residential landlord and tenant disputes with a wealth of experience in the Social Housing sector.

Simon McCann

Simon specialises in public and utilities procurement and major projects including construction, development, IT, energy saving partnerships, joint ventures and other vehicles.

Simon Pestell

Simon is a Legal Director and head of the Property Litigation team in Southampton. Simon has a wide range of experience in all aspects of commercial property and landlord and tenant litigation. Simon’s areas of expertise include rights to light, telecoms, dilapidations, lease renewals and landlord consent applications. Simon has acted for a wide range of clients including commercial and residential developers, national retailers, public and private companies, local authorities and educational establishments.

Sophia Farmer

Sophia advises on both contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters focusing on maximising realisation. She specialises in litigation recovery work on behalf of Bank’s, Insolvency Practitioners and individuals and offers a tailored solution to achieve an early recovery of debts and the swift resolution of disputes. Sophia has a growing practice of personal insolvencies, acting on behalf of Trustees in Bankruptcy to realise assets, defend challenges to Trustees’ remuneration, obtain Possession and Sale Orders and Income Payment Orders, and advise on antecedent transactions. Sophia works with a number of local authorities’ to assist with the collection of debts either by using a fully funded bankruptcy service to recovery council tax arrears, national non-domestic rates and over-paid benefits or by placing charging orders over the property. Sophia is regularly instructed by individuals in respect of annulments, and defends applications in insolvency proceedings for the recovery of assets and transactions to defraud creditors. Sophia assists with all aspects of corporate insolvencies and has been instructed to appoint administrators by qualifying floating charge holders, disclaim leases on behalf of a liquidator, recover unpaid rent, pursue unpaid director loans, transactions at an undervalue and challenge preference payments. Sophia regularly carries out Security Reviews on behalf of HSBC bank and has been successful in making applications to the Court for a declaration to perfect security and rectify the companies charges register. Personal Insolvency and Litigation Instructed by Joint Trustees in Bankruptcy to recover UK property that vests in the bankruptcy estate but is registered to a dissolved Company in Belize, also providing advice in the respect of Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 proceedings (ongoing) Successfully defended an application to challenge the Trustees remuneration and obtain a Possession and Sale Application in respect of outstanding bankruptcy estate costs (2016) Currently acting on behalf of an individual to defend an application pursuant to section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (transaction to defraud creditors) in respect of an alleged “sham” legal charge. The matter is listed for a four day hearing in early 2018. (ongoing) Instructed to advise Joint Trustees in Bankruptcy in respect of a bankrupt with mental capacity issues and the appointment of a deputy via the Court of Protection (2016) Corporate Insolvency Assisting Liquidators with the investigations into the transfer of properties and issued an application pursuant to section 236 of the Insolvency Act to question the directors and to obtain company documents (2017) Pursuing a director for an unpaid director loan account for the sum of £330,000 and a preferential transaction claim pursuant to section 239 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (ongoing) Assisting Joint Liquidators recovery property transferred at an undervalue by the company directors and pursue misfeasance claims against the directors (ongoing) Assisting with the appointment of Administrators by number of companies, including a famous Swansea call centre and (2015) Securing and recovering a historical debt arising from a loan agreement between individuals and two companies in the sum of £1.4 million (2015) Sophia is currently assisting in an unfair prejudice petition on behalf of a minority shareholder relating to hotel projects located in central London with a minimum value of £25-30 million (ongoing). Public Sector Instructed to recover historical unpaid National Non-Domestic Rates from a company registered in Panama (ongoing).

Stephen Evans

Stephen is a Senior Associate in our Succession & Tax department. Stephen assists clients with the drafting of Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney, obtaining grants of representation and administering estates. Stephen works with individuals requiring a Will or a Lasting Power of Attorney. He also assists executors and beneficiaries. Stephen has been involved in reviewing and releasing Wills generated from online interviews on behalf of a major provider of online Wills. This work included raising queries and discussing amendments with customers and answering telephone enquiries about the service.

Susie Dryden

Susie is a very experienced commercial litigator who has advised on a broad range of matters over a number of years. She has been the lead partner on a number of cases involving significant and complex litigation or arbitration, including commercial contract disputes, procurement disputes, IT disputes, engineering disputes, fraud cases and professional negligence claims. In recent years, much of her work has been in the health and I.T. sectors, in which she has specialised. Her expertise in undertaking detailed investigations and in asset recovery cases enhances her regulatory work, where she has acted for many years as Intervention Agent for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) into interventions into solicitors’ firms. Susie is also an accredited mediator, both acting as mediator and representing parties at mediation.

Tania Dosoruth

Tania is a Legal Director and qualified barrister within our Regulatory Group, specialising in professional regulation in the healthcare sector. Tania has extensive experience of preparing and presenting complex and high-profile regulatory cases for healthcare regulators. In addition to this Tania also has experience of preparing and managing complex cases within the field of telecoms regulation. She has expertise in public law having managed and appeared in numerous statutory appeals. Notable reported cases in which Tania has appeared as an advocate include Thorneycroft v NMC [EWHC] 1565, Moyo v NMC [2015] EWHC 3547 and NMC and Daniels [2015] EWCA Civ 225. Having held senior in-house legal positions, Tania also has substantial experience of advising organisations in relation to matters such as the interpretation of legislative provisions and on policy and procedures. Tania predominantly acts for the Health and Care Professions Council and other healthcare regulators.

Timothy Coles

Tim is a Legal Director in the Corporate team in the Thames Valley who has experience of advising on a broad range of corporate transactions. His principal areas of work are private acquisitions and disposals (domestic and cross-border), joint ventures, restructurings, and initial public offerings. Tim advises clients in a number of different sectors but has particular expertise in the tech, healthcare and leisure sectors.

Tina Whitman

Tina specialises in working with the public sector, primarily undertaking defendant personal injury work on behalf of the NHS and national and local government. Tina’s case load includes RTA, employer’s liability, public liability and disease claims at all levels of severity. She also provides advice to NHS bodies and other public bodies on a range of issues, including Judicial Review, Inquests, the NHS Performers List Wales Regulations 2004, continuing health care, funded nursing care and the NHS Pharmaceutical Regulations. Tina is a key member of Blake Morgan’s Public Sector and Personal Injury training forums, regularly delivering training on all aspects of personal injury law and risk and claims management.

Tom Walker

Tom specialises in criminal, regulatory and professional disciplinary law. Tom provides specialist advice to a range of different clients, including individual employees, Directors and organisations in both the public and private sectors.

Zoe Wright

Heading up the Property Litigation team across Thames Valley, London and Cardiff providing strategic advice and litigation expertise to real estate clients dealing with land law matters such as restrictive covenants and easements, development agreements, telecommunications law, water law, agricultural law and site clearance issues as well as providing the full gamut of property asset management services including advising on business lease renewals and exits, interim and terminal dilapidations claims, tenant default and insolvency.

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