Browne Jacobson LLP

Alexander Harris

Alexander Harris (legal director – real estate) joined us from Dentons in 2017. Alex has over 20 years’ experience acting for retailers, supermarkets, international luxury brands, commercial tenants, landlords, investors, high net worth individuals, developers, local authorities and funders. Alex regularly advises clients on complex occupational requirements, development agreements, agreements for leases and the purchase and disposal of freehold and leasehold properties. Alex acts for the LVMH group and the luxury brands within the LVMH group on their property interests in England.  

Anthony Nagle

Carly Caton

Caroline Green

Caroline Green (partner – real estate) was appointed as Browne Jacobson’s Senior Partner with effect from 1 May 2019 and has brought a fresh perspective to a role that requires vision, knowledge, diplomacy and determination. As part of her role, Caroline chairs the firm’s elected Board which carries an oversight function. Away from work, Caroline is a non-executive director of SwimEngland, the national governing body for swimming. Caroline has over 30 years’ experience of dealing with real estate and commercial contracts, co-leading our nationally-recognised retail and leisure team with Sarah Parkinson and she also heads up our nationally-recognised logistics team. Caroline represents an impressive list of luxury brands including the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy group of companies in the UK, a world leader in high-quality products with a unique portfolio of over 30 prestigious brands across five different sectors; namely fashion and leather goods, perfumes and cosmetics, watches and jewellery, wines and spirits and selective retailing; its brands include Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Celine, Fendi, De Beers, Donna Karan, Givenchy, Loewe, Marc Jacobs, J W Anderson, Fresh and TAG Heuer. Caroline acts for parcel carrier to the retail industry, DPD and for cash carrier, Loomis. Caroline recently obtained a master’s degree, specialising in data protection and cyberspace and wrote her dissertation on the GDPR from the retailer’s perspective. Caroline regularly speaks at retail conferences and this year hosted a discussion group at the IBA’s Fashion & Luxury conference. Caroline’s clients say she has a rare combination of real estate expertise teamed with a deep understanding of the specific issues affecting the retail sector. She is also applauded for consistently delivering sensible and pragmatic advice, in addition to “having a great sense of humour that makes her easy to work with”.

Charlotte Harpin

Charlotte Antoniou

Christian Dingwall

Christian qualified as a solicitor in 1986 and joined Browne Jacobson in 2019 as a partner in its Commercial Health team.  He advises health and social care clients, including many NHS trusts, foundation trusts, commissioners and other bodies, about commercial and corporate law, governance, compliance and regulation. Christian specialises in organisational and service transformation in the NHS and wider health sector, including, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, integrated care partnerships and reconfiguration.   Legal directories rate him as a top lawyer for health transactions.

Colin Peck

David Henderson

Associate

David Hill

Declan Cushley

Partner

Derek Bambury

Ed Anderson

Emma Roake

Faye McConnell

Francis Mackie

Francis has over 30 years of experience in the London (re)insurance market. He joined Browne Jacobson in February 2017 as Partner based in the London office.His experience covers a wide range of insurance and reinsurance sectors, mainly dealing with dispute, advice and overage issues, with particular experience in energy, professional indemnity, political risks/contract frustration, commercial property, financial institutions/D&O, pharmaceutical/product liability, contingency risks, binding authorities/MGA’s and a range of reinsurances such as the excess of loss market . His practice is well known in the London Market and International Arbitration arena, where he has run arbitrations in London, Bermuda, and the US and Europe. His dispute practice also includes significant London Commercial Court cases/disputes over the years.

Gerard Hanratty

Giles Parsons

Guyanne Saul

Hayley Smith

Heather Mitchell

Heather leads the employment law side of the firm’s successful education sector practice.  She is an Associate in the London’s employment team, having been at the firm for over eight years.  Heather has extensive experience in providing strategic advice to large Multi Academy Trusts on complex staffing matters.  She specialises in advice to senior teams on resolving high profile staffing matters as well as large scale restructures and representing her clients at the Employment Tribunal. She speaks regularly at national conferences including those of the Association of School and College Leaders, Freedom and Autonomy for Schools – National Association, the National Association of School Business Management, Optimus and the Academies Finance Directors ‘Super 10’ forum

Jeniz White

Associate

Jeremy Irving

Jeremy heads Browne Jacobson’s financial services and insurance regulatory practice, part of the firm’s broader offering to clients in the Financial Services and Insurance markets. Jeremy’s practice covers both prudential (capital) and conduct regulation for risk-carriers (including banks, insurers and reinsurers) and intermediaries (including brokers, investment advisers and managing general agents).  His practice is primarily focused on strategic advice for clients’ boards as well as their compliance, legal and risk functions.  Central to this practice is advice on the growing regulatory requirements as to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) sustainability and responsibility. A principal area of advice is the regulatory risk management of strategic projects – both in terms of value protection (eg dispute resolution involving competitors, or former counterparties or employees), and growth / value enhancement (eg corporate deals and commercial ventures).  The advice involves the effective handling of regulators’ actual or prospective responses to the aims, methodologies and outcomes of such projects, and especially the handling of internal inquiries and investigations, and resultant regulatory notifications.  Jeremy frequently advises on issues arising from firm authorisations, changes in control, challenges to capital adequacy (in terms of capital requirements, allocation, typology and values), cross-border business, appointed representative and other delegation / distribution arrangements, and senior manager approvals. Products and sectors on which Jeremy advises include consumer credit, derivatives, funds, general and life insurance (in particular on the UK implementation of ‘Solvency 2’ and the ‘Insurance Distribution Directive’), payment services and electronic money.

Jeremy Arnold

Associate, Jeremy, specialises in defending PI claims, particularly surveyors, other property professionals and construction professionals. He has worked in-house at an insurer (Zurich), brokers (Lockton) and at a self-insured large company (Connells). He has worked in private practice undertaking all types of Defendant PI work as well as Claimant work, which were all claims on behalf of lenders against surveyors and solicitors. He has also had exposure to D&O and Cyber claims.

Jo Phillips

Legal Director (New Zealand Qualified)

John Adams

John is a partner and head of Insolvency and Dispute Resolution in London leading a team specialising in both domestic and cross-border insolvency and commercial disputes. He has a specialism in contentious insolvency matters which often arise out of fraud such as his work advising the US Trustee of Bernard Madoff L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and the estate of Bernard L. Madoff. He advises on all aspects of asset investigation and recovery including in the context of corporate and personal insolvency.John has vast experience of recovery of all types of assets from the fraudster’s stereotypical Spanish properties to racehorses, bitcoin and other cryptocurrency.The fraud matters that John advises on often involve criminal or regulatory investigations running in tandem which requires liaising with the appropriate authority. John is also a great tactician and well versed in using the full litigation toolbox to achieve the desired outcome for his clients including worldwide freezing orders and third-party disclosure orders such as Norwich Pharmacal Orders.Although John is best known for his contentious insolvency and fraud work, he also advises on non-contentious insolvency matters including advising directors on the appointment of administrators or liquidators and advising on the sale or purchase of assets of insolvent companies.John is a member of several insolvency and fraud associations including: Insolvency Lawyers Association (ILA), R3 – Association of Business Recovery Professionals, INSOL Europe/International, Fraud Lawyers Association, London Solicitors Litigation Association, Financial Services Lawyers Association. In addition to regularly attending fraud and insolvency conferences, John is often invited to speak including at the INSOL Europe Annual Congress and the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime.

Jon Snade

Jon is a partner in the national corporate team, based in London, specialising in advising on corporate transactions for SMEs, entrepreneurs and investors. Jon has a particular focus on advising high-growth technology companies and disruptive, tech-enabled businesses, including FinTech and InsurTech clients and has received recognition in the legal directories (Legal 500 and Chambers) for his expertise in the fields of venture capital, M&A and FinTech. Jon guides and supports high-growth businesses and their stakeholders throughout the company growth lifecycle – from start-up to exit – and advises on a broad range of UK and cross-border private company transactions, including venture capital and private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and reorganisations. Jon is also a French speaker and an active member of the French Chamber of Great Britain.

Julia Green

Matt Jones

Matt is a 3 year PQE associate in the team. He specialises in contentious construction matters and also deals with non-contentious matters. Matt works for a range of our clients including high net-worth private individuals, local authorities, façade and ground work engineers as well as for a range of tier one main contractors and sub-contractors. He has recently completed a secondment at Mace.

Matthew Alderton

Matthew is an experienced advisor and litigator specialising in public, regulatory and information law. Matthew has provided advice and representation to clients in high profile and complex judicial review proceedings, statutory appeals, procurement challenges, and data breach/breach of confidentiality claims. Matthew previously worked within the Government Legal Department conducting high profile litigation in the areas of constitutional (the Brexit cases), health and social care (the junior doctors, accountable care and overseas charging judicial reviews), social security (the 2 Child tax judicial review), and information law. Matthew is dual qualified in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Matthew Trinder

Matthew joined the firm to start Browne Jacobson’s London clinical negligence team in November 2017, focusing on ‘private’ med-mal insurance and independent healthcare.He has a wealth of experience of acting for Insurers, leading healthcare providers and individuals, NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts and medical defence organisations , with a particular track-record on high value or complex claims, especially those involving neurosurgical (spinal or skull base), genetics, screening and pathology issues or obstetrics. He has a reputation as being a robust fighter on unmeritorious claims with a strong success rate at trial, combined with a commercial approach to cases which must be settled.  Since arriving at the firm, Matthew has won places on a significant number of insurance panels, is regularly referred cases as a result of conflicts or where the insured have had their indemnity withdrawn. He advised on the mass litigation concerning the Irish national screening programme for cytology. Matthew was previously ranked prior to leaving Bevan Brittan but joined after our submissions. He represents defendant groups on the High Court User’s Group in London and on the Civil Justice Council working party on fixed costs. The bespoke scheme for running claims up to £25,000 under fixed costs devised by Matthew and the small, invitation-only working group of experts will be one of the major changes to clinical litigation for all firms in this sector.  

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Nick Hurley

Nick, recognised as a Rising Star in previous editions, is a Senior Associate who has been a part of Browne Jacobson’s Government and Infrastructure practice since January 2015, having joined from the projects team at Nabarro LLP. He has considerable experience advising public and private sector clients on a wide range of public sector projects (including major procurements, infrastructure projects and joint ventures), with a particular focus on complex regeneration. Nick’s recent experience has also included outsourcing, commercialisation and advice on the structuring/operation of wholly-owned local authority housing/development vehicles. He has spent time on secondment in-house at both local authorities and key suppliers to government. The highlights of Nick’s recent work include: Acting for Folkestone and Hythe District Council (and Otterpool Park LLP) on Otterpool Park, a garden town project which will deliver up to 8,500 new homes. Advising Lovell Partnerships on its housing-led regeneration joint venture with West Sussex County Council which will deliver an initial pipeline of over 500 new dwellings across the county. Acting for Watford Borough Council on the Town Hall Cultural Quarter regeneration project. Advising the London Borough of Ealing in relation to Southall Gateway, a housing-led regeneration project that will deliver over 500 new homes, of which circa 80% will be affordable. Advising Kent County Council on its re-procurement of facilities management for its entire corporate estate. Acting for Morgan Sindall in relation to a number of corporate regeneration joint ventures and extra care development schemes with local authorities. Advising Chichester District Council on the Southern Gateway regeneration project. A circa £120m GDV mixed use town centre regeneration project led by the District Council, collaborating with West Sussex County Council. Continuing to act for the London Borough of Ealing on The Green, Southall, a major housing-led town centre regeneration scheme with a GDV of £200m. Continuing to advise the London Borough of Havering on the delivery of two housing regeneration projects with capital value of over £800m. Continuing to act for Watford Borough Council on the redevelopment of the Watford Health Campus via an asset backed vehicle. The Health Campus is a 29 hectare site under multiple ownerships that will be subject to over £500m of development. The most recent development being a multi-storey car park adjacent to Watford Hospital with a capital value of circa £50m. Advising Chalkdene Developments LLP (a regeneration joint venture between Lovell Partnerships and Hertfordshire County Council) on a series of five development schemes with a combined GDV of circa £50m. Acting for Lightquote Limited, a private sector developer, in relation to a housing-led mixed-use regeneration scheme in the centre of Barking, the developer working in conjunction with the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham to deliver circa 300 new homes Advising City of Lincoln Council in relation to the delivery of the Western Growth Corridor, a housing led mixed use regeneration project to deliver circa 3,000 new homes. Advising an NHS Foundation Trust on potential commercialisation options in relation to its surplus estate. Advising Uttlesford District Council on its corporate joint venture with Norse, with a contract value of £30m. Acting for Barking and Dagenham Trading Partnerships Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Council) on various commercial matters and acquisitions. Advising both Elmbridge Borough Council and Harlow District Council on the configuration and operation of their respective wholly-owned housing company structures.

Nicole Judah

Senior Associate - Employment - Non HR ServicesNicole has recently joined the firm’s employment team in London as a Senior Associate. She has significant experience of advising clients from a wide range of sectors on contentious and non-contentious employment law matters.Nicole advises both public and private sector clients on every aspect of employment law, including redundancies, restructures, TUPE transfers, general HR advisory matters such as disciplinary, grievance and performance management procedures, reviewing and drafting employment documentation, settlement negotiations and employment tribunal litigation. Nicole represents a number of academy clients in defending them against Tribunal claims, ranging from race and disability discrimination to unfair dismissal. Two of her most notable claims are defending an academy client against a claim for age discrimination on the grounds that the transitional provisions in the Teacher’s Pension Scheme are discriminatory and defending an academy client in proceedings that have escalated to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Nicole also has experience of high-value settlement negotiations and has recently advised on exit strategies for 2 Headteachers. Nicole often writes briefing notes and articles, and acts as the go to person for her HR colleagues.

Nikita Sonecha

Nikita provides strategic employment advice to employers of all sizes, from start-ups to multinationals. She helps HR teams, directors, MDs and CEOs to make commercial decisions that maximise opportunities, minimise risk and prevent disputes. She is also experienced in business restructuring, and how to deploy employment strategies that achieve commercial objectives. Nikita advises on dispute situations that organisations can face, with particular expertise in dismissals, disciplinary and grievance processes, and post-termination restrictions. She attempts to resolve disputes using cost-effective methods such as negotiation and mediation but is experienced at handling tribunal cases if required. She also advises individuals on their employment, from recruitment through to departure, including resolving issues arising along the way. She has extensive experience in discrimination, particularly race, age, disability and maternity. She advises many senior executives on complex employment matters such as service agreements, commissions, bonus arrangements and exit provisions. Nikita has a particular interest in data privacy, advising on the new UK Data Protection Act that incorporates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). She helps organisations to achieve compliance with the new requirements, including giving in-house seminars.

Ray Silverstein

Raymond heads the London employment practice. He advises a stellar list of retail clients, including brands within the world’s largest luxury goods groups and a string of fashion brands including ones based in France, Italy and the UK, on all aspects of employment law from day-to-day workplace issues to Employment Tribunal and High Court claims. He advises arm’s length and other public bodies, employers in the education, manufacturing, financial services and IT sectors and senior executives.  Raymond, and/or members of his team, advise on immigration matters, draft and advise on employment contracts, staff handbooks and present training, including mock Employment Tribunal hearings. He leads on our work in the modern slavery space. 

Rebecca McLean

Ros Foster

Ros has been instructed on a variety of threatened judicial reviews against the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and the Local Government Ombudsman and advises NHS England in relation to vires, judicial review and consultation and performers list matters. Ros acts for all public services ombudsman and auditors in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including the National Audit Office. She regularly advises the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and a range of NHS bodies on public law and information law matters. Ros is currently acting for the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (“PSA”) in the first judicial review challenge to a decision taken pursuant to the PSA’s voluntary accredited registers scheme.Ros has been a partner at the firm since May 2013, having joined from the public law team at DAC Beachcroft LLP in April 2012. She has developed her practice acting mainly for regulatory and health clients. She trained in local government and spent 11 years working in house dealing with a wide range of local government and both contentious and non-contentious public law matters.

Samantha Paxman

Samantha is a Partner and Barrister with an extensive professional disciplinary, civil and public law practice. Noted as a rising star in the professional disciplinary sector in 2019 and 2020, Samantha has been instructed on a number of complex, high profile and lengthy hearings. Samantha represents clients from initial instruction through to advocacy at the final hearing and provides advice which is technical, thorough and pragmatic. Described by an opposition barrister as both “delightful in manner and rigorously forensic”, Samantha presents cases in a manner appropriate for investigative proceedings with a sensitivity towards witnesses and respondent professionals, particularly those who are vulnerable. Samantha is one of the senior team acting on behalf of the Teaching Regulation Agency. As lead for cases at the hearing stage she provides oversight and supervision of junior colleagues along with strategic advice to the client. In the last year Samantha has provided timely advice to the client in relation to the introduction of virtual hearings. In addition to her professional disciplinary experience, Samantha also acts for public sector and insurer clients in high profile complex inquests, Court of Protection proceedings, civil trials and proceedings before the First Tier Tribunal Health, Education and Social Care Chamber.

Stephen Matthew

Stephen works in our Government and Infrastructure team and specialises in joint ventures, regeneration, procurement and outsourcings. He acts for public bodies and contractors and has experience in overseas markets (notably public private partnerships). Stephen manages teams across various disciplines in delivering major projects.

Susan Voice

Partner, Susan, joined the firm in 2018 from Royds Withy King and brings with her over 11 years’ experience in commercial real estate law, specialising in the retail and leisure sector. Susan has acted for a broad range of clients including high street and luxury retailers, art galleries (including overseas exhibitors) and charities. Her extensive experience includes acting on landlord and tenant matters, disposals, acquisitions, lending and re-finance of retail sites (high street stores, retail parks and shopping centres), office buildings and development projects. Susan acts for a number of national brands including acting for Pure Gym on their property interests in England.

Thomas Gibby

Thomas is a Senior Associate who specialises in IT & large scale technology outsourcing projects for insurers and their network of brokers, and public sector bodies and government agencies. He works with the Browne Jacobson projects team to structure and advise on large IT outsourcing projects, in addition to advising on related compliance areas including software licensing and data protection. He is also a Certified Data Protection Practitioner. Clients particularly appreciate the commerciality and creativity of Tom’s advice and his ability to understand commercial contracts and provide a wide range of commercial advice, including related compliance areas of software licensing and data protection. His commercial awareness is supplemented by his periods of time spent with the in-house legal teams at Elekta Ltd, Ricardo PLC and The All England Lawn Tennis Club.

Tim Claremont

Tim is the head of our construction and engineering team, which comprises 3 Partners, a Legal Director, 9 Solicitors (rising to 11 in early 2020), 2 trainees and a paralegal. He has extensive experience advising clients in relation to both domestic and international engineering and construction matters. Clients praise his engagement with the issues and pragmatic and quick responses. He continues to advise on major national and international projects, including major disputes for Centrica, Zurich Insurance plc, the Japanese heavy industry contractor IHI and in relation to two large waste to energy projects. His other recent work includes advising Yara, the world’s largest producer of ammonia, nitrates & NPKs, regarding an arbitration in relation to a new fertilizer terminal in Tanzania.