Mayer Brown International LLP

Alex Dell

Alex Dell is a senior asset-based lending (ABL) partner in the Banking & Finance practice of the London office. His practice is particularly focused on large, highly structured receivables financing and ABL transactions with a cross-border element. He also has an in-depth knowledge of supply chain finance, transit finance and vendor and title finance. Alex represents banks, financial institutions, sponsors and corporates, and advises on cross-border transactions for some of the world’s largest financial institutions and companies. He is widely-recognised as a leading ABL and receivables finance lawyer in the UK.

Alistair Graham

Alistair Graham is a Solicitor Advocate and has represented clients in litigation in the High Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords Privy Council and Supreme Court as well as in international arbitrations. He is also experienced in ADR techniques and is an accredited mediator. With a background in financial services disputes, Alistair has particular experience in white collar work advising both corporates and individuals directly. He also regularly advises on regulatory and fraud investigations and international asset tracing. He is sought after as a speaker and adviser on compliance issues under the 2010 Bribery Act: recent clients include investment banks and listed corporates.

Amy Jacks

Amy Jacks is a partner and co-head of the Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency practice of the London office. She acts for a variety of funds, investment and clearing banks, insolvency practitioners, corporates, management teams and property advisors. Amy advises on complex and often multi-jurisdictional restructurings as well as having undertaken many of the larger portfolio sales in the market recently. She has led various high-profile transactions across a breadth of sectors including, in the last few months, construction, retail, technology, waste, energy and automotive.

Andrew Stewart

Andrew Stewart focuses on complex commercial transactions, frequently in the sourcing arena, acting both for the customer and the supplier, and mergers and acquisitions, usually of a cross-border nature. He joined Rowe & Maw, now part of Mayer Brown, in London as a trainee in 1984 and has been a partner since 1994.

Caroline Humble

Caroline Humble is a partner in the Real Estate practice of the London office. She has extensive experience acting for clients on high profile and high value investment transactions and development projects. Caroline also represents a number of private equity real estate clients. Caroline has an excellent reputation for providing strategic advice to clients on complex transactions and development projects.

Chris Arnold

Chris Arnold is a partner in the Derivatives & Structured Products practice of the London office. Dual-qualified in English and New York law, Chris has more than a decade of experience across a broad range of capital markets and structured finance transactions, with a particular focus on derivatives and structured products. He has advised on numerous complex derivatives for leading market participants and has also been involved in many high-profile industry initiatives. Chris acts for the world's leading investment banks, as well as other financial institutions, end users, trustees, service providers and industry groups. His practice covers derivatives, repos, securities lending, structured securities and other risk transfer agreements linked to interest rates, foreign exchange, corporate and sovereign credit, equities, commodities, funds, insurance risks and strategic indices. He also advises institutions on European and US regulation of OTC derivatives markets and legal risk management, including situations involving distressed transactions. He is a regular speaker on derivatives documentation and regulation and has spoken at numerous conferences around the globe.

Chris Harvey

Chris Harvey is a partner in Mayer Brown's London office and head of the Real Estate Investment Team. Chris has extensive experience of acting for investors, funds, property companies, banks and developers in all kinds of investment, development and finance transactions. In particular, Chris has extensive experience of acting for Asian, US and European investors investing into the UK real estate market. Chris joined Mayer Brown in 2012 and was recently nominated by Times Online as one of the top ten future stars of the City.

Chris Chapman

Chris Chapman is a partner in Mayer Brown’s global Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement and Litigation & Dispute Resolution practices and is based in London.  Chris advises banks, insurers, other financial institutions and their senior managers on contentious and non-contentious regulatory issues under UK and EU law, including internal and external investigations and domestic and cross-border transactions and matters involving regulatory and law enforcement authorities, such as the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. He also represents financial institutions in litigation and arbitration disputes. He was previously head of contentious insurance regulation at another large international law firm. 

Christopher Fisher

Chris advises on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters. His advisory experience includes recruitment and termination of executives; team moves; restructuring programmes, including collective and individual consultation; business transfers and outsourcing; and the implications of the Business Transfer Regulations. His litigation experience includes defending discrimination and unfair dismissal claims in the employment tribunal, and defending and pursuing breach of contract claims in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. He successfully represented the employers in the restrictive covenant cases of: Arbuthnot Fund Managers v. Rawlings (2003) and TFS Derivatives v. Morgan (2005) and, more recently, in the team move case of QBE Management Services v Dymoke (2012).

David O'connor

David O’Connor is a structured finance and securitisation partner in Mayer Brown’s London office. He has represented lenders, arrangers, servicers, borrowers and investors in numerous financing transactions and restructurings involving commercial real estate debt in Europe. He works closely with hedge funds, private equity funds and investment banks on CMBS, RMBS and covered bond transactions. He also advises on whole business securitisations, trade receivables securitisations, warehouse lines and loan portfolio sale transactions (both distressed and performing).

David M. Harrison

David Harrison is a partner in the London office. He co-leads the European Antitrust and Competition team and is one of the group leaders of the global Antitrust practice. He has practised competition law for over 27 years in London and Brussels, and has advised numerous major global corporations in a wide range of sectors. He has represented parties to some of the largest global cartel investigations of recent years.  His merger control experience includes advising on many high profile cases, obtaining clearance of numerous transactions under the EU Merger Regulation and UK merger control rules, and co-ordinating complex multi-jurisdictional cases. David also advises on abuse of dominance, complaints, compliance and litigation at EU and national level, and on the application of the competition rules in regulated sectors. He has extensive State aid experience, including in relation to major infrastructure and public sector projects, and has advised on a wide range of other aspects of EU law.

Devi Shah

Devi Shah is co-head of Mayer Brown's Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency group in London. She focuses on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency and has a particular interest in international and cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters, as well as pensions aspects of restructurings. Devi has extensive experience in insurance insolvency and restructuring matters, including advising on provisional liquidation, schemes of arrangement (including international recognition and enforcement issues), proof issues and set-off. She also handles financial disputes and fraud related claims.

Dominic Griffiths

Dominic Griffiths heads Mayer Brown’s banking and finance group in London, representing financial institutions and companies across a broad spectrum of domestic and international financing transactions. His practice is particularly focused on commercial and investment bank asset-based lending and structured finance. Dominic has in-depth experience with regard to European and Trans-Atlantic cross-border secured loans and trade receivables financings. He also represents clients engaged in the structuring and execution of finance transactions in Italy. The group Dominic leads in London includes lawyers focussing on debt capital markets, derivatives, structured finance, asset based lending, asset finance, project and commodities finance, acquisition finance, restructuring, corporate and real estate finance. The team frequently works with the London office’s substantial corporate, real estate, insurance and litigation groups as well as with lawyers in the firm’s extensive network of offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Edmund "Ed" Parker

Edmund Parker is global co-head of the Derivatives & Structured Products practice, and head of the firm’s Banking & Finance practice in London. The Derivatives & Structured Products recently won European Law Firm of the Year, and was nominated for Global Law Firm of the Year, at the 2015 Global Capital Awards. He advises on complex OTC and structured credit, equity, fx and commodity derivatives (including emissions trading), as well as insurance and pensions-linked derivative structures. He advises on distressed derivatives, together with our litigators and insolvency specialists; as well as advising on central clearing issues and derivatives regulation, together with our regulatory team. Ed has strong structured finance/debt issuance skills in particular in relation to CLOs and hybrid structures.

Gary Silverman

Gary Silverman practices as Of Counsel in the Banking & Finance practice in the London office. He is a senior debt capital markets lawyer with a particular focus on advising corporate trust houses in their various roles, including note trustee, security trustee, paying agent, collateral agent, escrow agent, cash manager and custodian on a broad range of issues and products, including stand-alone bond offerings, medium term note programmes, repackagings, securitisations, collateralised debt obligations and other forms of asset-backed and structured finance transactions. Gary also has significant experience in advising on post-issue matters, such as restructurings, defaults and, generally, on the exercise of trustee powers, duties and discretions. In addition, Gary has advised issuers and dealers on a range of general securities work, including medium term note programmes and covered bond programmes and issues thereunder.

Iain Roberts

Iain is a partner in the Real Estate practice of the London office. His experience covers a wide variety of commercial property work, including property development and finance, corporate transactions, property management for investment funds and general transactional work and gains praise from notable clients. He has recently assisted in a number of large investment transactions.

Ian Wright

Ian Wright is a partner in London office of Mayer Brown’s Employment and Benefits practice, focusing on pensions issues. He advises a range of trustees, sponsoring employers and pension providers on both contentious and non-contentious matters, including investment, funding and employer covenant issues. He has particular interest in the specific impact for pension schemes of other regulatory regimes, advising clients regulated by the FSA and Ofgem. In addition, Ian has extesive experience advising sellers, purchasers and trustees on the pensions aspects of many corporate transactions. Ian is a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) and was for some years Principal Examiner of the PMI’s Law and Constitution paper. He works regularly with Government departments in developing new pensions legislation (including pensions taxation and discrimination). Ian has published many articles on pensions issues and is a regular public speaker on pensions.

Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald is co-leader of Mayer Brown’s global Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and a member of the firm’s global Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice, based in London. He acts for banks and funds, particularly in high value disputes relating to loan structures, structured finance and derivatives, many of which have cross-jurisdictional elements and often managing large teams and competing priorities. Most recently he has been part of a cross-office, cross-practice team advising a financial institution on a cybersecurity incident, including leading on litigation aspects in the UK. He has also advised on cases for financial institutions involving allegations of mis-selling, misconduct, misrepresentation, deceit, fraud, breach of duty, contractual interpretation and breach of transactional documentation, as well as on matters of enforcement, rectification and restitution. He is co-leader of the firm’s International Banking and Financial Litigation Action Group. Ian also acts for licensed insolvency practitioners, noteholders, lenders, creditors, directors and borrowers in contentious insolvency matters.

Ian Coles

Ian Coles serves on Mayer Brown's Partnership Board. He concentrates his practice on all aspects of bank and debt finance, ranging from projects and other structured finance to commodities financing and restructuring. He represents banks and other financial institutions, sponsors, and other participants in finance transactions throughout the world. He has particular experience in the mining finance sector. Ian is the head of the firm's finance practice in Europe. Ian is the author of numerous articles in connection with project finance.

James Taylor

James Taylor is a partner in the Banking & Finance practice of the London office. James’ practice focuses on public and private offerings of debt and equity-linked securities, advising issuers and underwriters on the standalone issue and offering of retail and wholesale medium term notes, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, warrants, convertible and exchangeable bonds and covered bonds, as well as the establishment and update of platforms for the issuance of multiple types of securities, the structuring of liability management transactions and the provision of ongoing advice on securities laws, corporate governance and stock exchange requirements related to them. James has, in recent years, advised state-owned and privately owned companies and underwriting banks on some of the most cutting edge equity-linked instruments to come to market, including mandatory convertible bonds issued as part of recapitalisation programmes and contingent capital instruments and other forms of regulatory capital issued in compliance with the Basel III guidelines. James experience has covered a diverse range of jurisdictions, including most parts of Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Russia and the former CIS, New Zealand, Australia and Canada.

James Morris

James Morris is a partner in the Construction & Engineering and International Arbitration practices of the London office. His practice includes a wide range of dispute resolution, advising employers, contractors, consultants and insurers in relation to all forms of construction related disputes and EU public procurement. He regularly advises on complicated technical disputes, including claims concerning defective design and workmanship, programming, delay, disruption and quantum, which arise out of the major forms of construction and engineering contracts. He is an experienced litigator who has represented clients in complex multi-party litigation in the High Court (Technology and Construction Court), mediations, adjudications and arbitrations (both domestic and international). James has advised on disputes regarding a wide variety of projects, including jetties, defence facilities, waste management facilities, mines, railways, utilities, office facilities and hospitals. He has represented clients in a number of different jurisdictions in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. James also has experience of dealing with complex insurance issues and regularly advises insurers on professional indemnity cases.

James Whitaker

James Whitaker is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice of the London office, where he focuses on complex, high value commercial disputes and insurance-related litigation. His practice focuses, in particular, on disputes involving senior management liability (often relating to leading multinational and FTSE 100 and 250 companies), shareholder disputes, banking and financial institutions, professional liability, intellectual property disputes and political risk/trade disruption/contract frustration, including in the context both of traditional High Court litigation, and of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, particularly arbitrations (under LCIA and ICC rules in particular) and mediations. James has particular experience of derivative actions, unfair prejudice petitions, as well as securities claims and other class and collective actions, and has advised in relation to regulatory investigations involving senior directors and officers. He also advises extensively on insurance policy coverage issues.

Jason Hungerford

Jason Hungerford is a US and UK-qualified investigations and regulatory partner based in Mayer Brown's London office. Previously based in Washington DC, Jason advises corporates and financial institutions on economic sanctions and export controls, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering in the context of investigations, complex transactions and compliance programme development and testing. Jason advises corporates across a range of sectors, in particular aerospace and defence, oil and gas, mining, shipping, transportation, engineering and heavy machinery, and FMCG. He also works closely with a range of financial institutions, insurers and brokers. Jason's investigations and compliance work has included mandates in China, Southeast Asia, Russia, Brazil, the United States, the Middle East, the Nordic region and throughout Europe.

Jeremy Clay

Jeremy Clay is a partner in Mayer Brown's London office. He currently heads the firm's Global Real Estate Group and serves on Mayer Brown's Management Committee. Jeremy represents investors, developers, banks and corporate clients in all kinds of structured development, investment and finance transactions.

Jessica Walker

Jessica Walker is a partner in the Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency practice of the London office. She has considerable experience advising financial institutions, insolvency practitioners, directors and other stakeholders on all elements of domestic and cross border restructuring and insolvency matters. Jessica's experience covers contentious and non-contentious matters, particularly in respect of distressed transactions, pensions restructuring, CVAs and schemes of arrangement.

Jim Oulton

Jim Oulton is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice of the London office. He is particularly well known for his work in the professional liability field. He regularly advises in claims in the English courts concerning accountants and auditors, insolvency practitioners, lawyers, trustees, tax professionals and many other professions. Jim's work includes managing and supervising overseas claims — particularly in offshore jurisdictions where he has very broad experience. 

Jonathan Stone

Jonathan Stone is a partner in the Construction & Engineering practice of the London office. He advises clients (including architects, engineers, consultants, contractors and suppliers) on all aspects of construction and engineering law. A significant part of his work involves advising insurers and professionals in the defence of professional indemnity claims. Jonathan also advises insurers on policy coverage issues arising out of various types of construction policy, including professional indemnity, public liability and CAR policies. Jonathan has a broad experience of contentious litigation matters, and acts on high value and multi-party disputes arising out of civil works, sport stadia, public transport systems, waste treatment facilities, hospital PFI projects, office buildings, public car parks, road networks and wind farms. Disputes include those relating to defective works, negligent design, delays, loss and expense, contract terminations and payment issues.

Jonathan Hosie

Partner

Kate Ball-Dodd

Kate Ball-Dodd has a wide-ranging corporate practice that encompasses corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions (including public takeovers), equity fund raisings, joint ventures, and corporate governance. She advises a number of quoted companies and financial intermediaries on the UKLA Listing Rules and Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Prospectus Rules, the AIM Rules, the Takeover Code and general company law. Kate speaks regularly at external conferences on corporate governance and takeovers.

Kevin Hawken

Kevin Hawken is a securitisation and structured finance partner in Mayer Brown's London office. He has represented asset originators, programme sponsors, arrangers, liquidity and credit enhancement providers, and other participants in transactions involving a wide variety of asset types and structures. His cross-border securitisation experience includes transactions backed by auto loans and other consumer receivables, residential mortgage loans, corporate bonds and other securities, credit derivatives, equipment leases, trade receivables, future export receivables, and operating company revenues from countries in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Kevin also has experience in debt restructurings and insolvency matters involving both corporate and structured finance borrowers. He also advises financial institutions on risk-based capital requirements and other regulatory issues affecting securitisation and structured finance.

Kwadwo Sarkodie

Kwadwo Sarkodie is a partner in the Construction & Engineering group of the London office. He has substantial experience across a broad range of dispute resolution. He regularly advises employers, insurers, contractors, subcontractors and consultants in relation to disputes concerning such matters as defective works, final accounts, extension of time and loss and expense under a variety of forms of construction contract (both standard form and bespoke). He has extensive experience with regard to litigation, mediation and adjudication. Kwadwo has wide-ranging international experience, having advised in relation to projects and disputes in Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, India, Russia and the Middle East. He regularly advises in relation to international arbitrations, including under the ICC, UNCITRAL and LCIA rules. Kwadwo has written extensively regarding dispute resolution and arbitration in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Luiz Aboim

Luiz Aboim is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice of the London office. He is an experienced arbitration practitioner with deep connections to the Brazilian and Lusophone markets. He also has experience handling corporate and commercial disputes, particularly in the energy, resources and infrastructure sectors. Luiz has nearly two decades of international arbitration experience. Having started his career in Brazil, Luiz has worked in London and Paris at two leading international law firms for the past 15 years. His practice focuses on Lusophone African and Latin American jurisdictions, such as Angola, Brazil and Mozambique, where he has advised on some of the largest disputes to date. Consistent with his regional focus, most of Luiz’s work is in the oil and gas, mining, power, telecoms and infrastructure sectors. His recent experience includes a number of complex M&A disputes, FPSO construction and conversions, JOA and environment related disputes, many involving amounts in excess of US$1 billion dollars. Luiz regularly sits as arbitrator in ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitrations, which have recently included disputes in Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique and Portugal.

Mark Prinsley

Mark Prinsley concentrates on non contentious intellectual property including, in particular, IT project and outsourcing work. Mark is head of the Intellectual Property & IT group in London as well as the outsourcing practice. His practice involves acting for customers at all stages of outsourcing transactions. Recent outsourcing projects have included acting for a commodity exchange in the outsourcing of its IT functions; a telecommunications company in IT outsourcing; a global bank in the outsourcing of its human resources functions; a global chemicals company in outsourcing its Finance and Accounting functions; a global automotive company in the outsourcing of human resources functions; and a consumer goods company in Finance and Accounting outsourcing. Mark also works on the technology aspects of corporate transactions and advises online gambling businesses including, in particular, in relation to international activities of UK operators.

Mark Stefanini

Mark Stefanini is a partner in Mayer Brown's global Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and a member of the International Arbitration group. He is also a member of the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice and the Global Energy group. He acts for financial institutions and other large corporations in a wide range of disputes frequently involving a multi-jurisdictional element. He has acted in substantial trials in the Commercial Court and Chancery Division as well as before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He is also experienced in acting for clients before a wide range of arbitral institutions (including the ICC, SCC, LMAA and LCIA). Mark handles major disputes for clients in a variety of sectors including the energy, financial services, chemicals, technology, publishing, construction, shipping and automotive sectors. He regularly acts in disputes involving complex issues of contractual interpretation, misrepresentation and the existence or scope of tortious duties. He has particular experience in financing disputes, warranty claims and other post-acquisition disputes, supply chain disputes, shareholder and JV disputes, competition related claims and breach of confidence claims. He regularly advises oil and gas companies on issues arising out of JOAs, farm-out arrangements and other commercial disputes. Mark is commercially focused and is experienced in using mediation and a range of other alternative dispute resolution techniques to provide results for clients at the earliest opportunity. He regularly advises on dispute resolution agreements to be included in cross-border transactions, including transactions involving sovereign entities.

Martin Wright

Martin Wright is a partner in the Real Estate practice of the London office. He advises domestic and overseas clients on all aspects of property investment and development. He has acted on transactions involving some of London's highest profile buildings. He has particular expertise in large scale urban regeneration projects including redevelopments at Canary Wharf, Paddington Basin, Stratford and Silvertown London, property development and head office lettings and disposals throughout London. He also has considerable experience in mortgage portfolio acquisitions and mortgage-backed securitisation. Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2013, Martin practised at a leading international law firm.

Michael Regan

Michael Regan is recognised as one of the world's leading construction and engineering lawyers and is head of the Construction & Engineering Group in London. Michael has advised clients in relation to claims arising out of the construction of power stations, nuclear facilities, bridges, dams, process plant, refineries, buildings, roads, mining projects and infrastructure projects in many different countries and in every continent, and has conducted international arbitrations subject to the rules of all the major arbitral institutions including the LCIA, the ICC and ICSID. He has many years experience of conducting complicated technical disputes arising out of construction and engineering projects, including claims involving defects in design and workmanship, programming, delays and quantum. Michael also advises clients on risk allocation, and procurement strategies, and has extensive experience of all the major forms of construction and engineering contracts, particularly FIDIC.

Michael Fiddy

Michael Fiddy is a partner in the Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency practice of the London office and co-head of the Firm's global Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency practice. He is particularly recognized for his market-leading work in portfolio and distressed real estate restructuring. He regularly acts for financial institutions, funds, debtors, creditors and office holders on both domestic and international transactions.

Miles Robinson

Miles Robinson is a partner in the London office of Mayer Brown's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice. He represents clients in substantial contractual and commercial claims, often with a cross-border element. He has acted on claims in the High Court, Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and in international arbitration (including under ICC, LCIA and LMAA rules). Miles has handled major disputes for clients in a variety of industry sectors, such as chemicals, energy, mining, automotive, music, publishing, food, FMCG (fast moving consumer goods), life sciences, outsourcing (both IT and Business Process), financial services, hospitality, shipping and logistics. His experience includes shareholder disputes, warranty claims, joint venture disputes, supply chain disputes, competition related claims (including acting on the first competition damages claim to reach the Supreme Court), breach of confidence claims and product liability. He also regularly advises clients on product recall, labelling and regulatory issues, and is co-head of the London Product Liability Practice, as well as being co-group leader for the Global Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice.

Nigel White

Nigel White is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Finance group. He acts for banks, financial institutions, other lenders and borrowers on a wide range of structured international finance transactions. Nigel's practice is focused on secured international and domestic finance transaction with a particular emphasis on structured real estate investment and development finance (both origination and subsequent distribution) fund financing, debt portfolio acquisition/disposal and leveraged finance. Nigel regularly acts on the acquisition and disposal of performing and non performing/distressed debt portfolios (both whole loan and tranched facilities). Whilst traditional distribution channels, such as syndication and securitisation, remain restricted and with the increase in default situations this has been an attractive transaction structure for lenders with a desire to reduce balance sheet exposure in certain sectors. He joined Mayer Brown in 1991 and was named partner in 1996.

Nigel Wright

Nigel Wright’s law practice is focused on banking and finance law and structured finance. He especially concentrates on emerging markets, cross-border acquisition finance and trade finance. He advises clients on transactions across a broad spectrum of cross-border structured and acquisition finance work. Prior to joining Mayer Brown International in 1994 (named partner in 1997), Nigel held a senior position with another prominent UK law firm in London.

Oliver Yaros

Oliver Yaros is a partner in the Intellectual Property & IT Group as well as the Technology & IP Transactions and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practices of the London office of Mayer Brown. He advises clients on technology and outsourcing transactions with a particular focus on artificial intelligence, fintech and digital transformation projects, as well as clients operating within a broad range of sectors on data protection matters and cybersecurity incidents, intellectual property transactions and related issues. Oliver is also co-leader of the firm’s Global Cyber Incident Response team. Oliver has a broad-based practice that includes experience advising on different types of technology and outsourcing transactions; on AI, data protection and cybersecurity matters; and on intellectual property matters and issues. Oliver joined Mayer Brown in 2004. He is the Chairman of the Digital Economy Committee of the UK International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in Europe (CIPP/E) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Rachael O'Grady

Partner

Rachel Speight

Rachel Speight represents banks and sponsors in international structured and project financings. She particularly focuses on the mining finance sector and has experience in infrastructure finance in areas including the road, rail and healthcare sectors, including work on PPP projects.

Raid Abu-Manneh

Raid Abu-Manneh is global co-head of the International Arbitration group and a partner in the Construction & Engineering group. He focuses on complex cross border disputes particularly in emerging markets.  Raid has extensive experience both domestically and internationally in advising various clients including banks, contractors, utilities and other clients in various industries including energy, rail and other infrastructure sectors.  Raid has substantial experience of all forms of arbitrations, adjudications and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He has acted on ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC and LCIA arbitrations and on matters before the High Court including in relation to the enforcement of International Arbitration awards.

Richard Page

Richard Page is a partner in the Corporate group with a broad range of corporate finance and transactional experience, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and secondary fundraisings, private equity and joint ventures work. He acts for clients across a variety of industry sectors, most notably TMT (in which he has gained a strong reputation over a number of years), corporate real estate (working closely with colleagues in the real estate group on a variety of high value and complex transactions) and life sciences.

Robert Hamill

Robert Hamill is a partner in Mayer Brown's London office focusing on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. He has particular experience in the energy sector and co-heads the firm's global energy group. Robert joined Mayer Brown as a partner in 2002.

Robert (Rob) Flanigan

Robert Flanigan is a Banking & Finance partner who regularly represents issuers and underwriters on Rule 144A/Regulation S private placements and SEC-registered offerings of a wide range of equity and debt securities, particularly in transactions involving French and Spanish issuers. He has advised on some of the largest capital markets transactions in Europe, including the €4.3 billion IPO of Aena, the €2.4 billion IPO of Inditex, the €1.2 billion IPO of Snecma; over €3.3 billion in offerings of high yield notes by Rhodia; and Barclays Bank plc in the creation and operation of its €10 billion Global Collaterlised Medium Term Note Progamme. Robert also represents foreign private issuers in connection with ongoing compliance with SEC and NYSE reporting obligations and advises clients regarding public disclosure obligations and corporate governance issues. He has advised private and public companies in M&A transactions in a variety of business sectors.

Sally Davies

Sally Davies is the Senior Partner in Mayer Brown's London office. She has extensive experience in the litigation, arbitration (domestic and international LCIA, ICC,UNCITRAL), mediation and adjudication of construction industry disputes. She advises owners, contractors, engineers and consultants, subcontractors and suppliers, as well as professionals and insurers, on all aspects of construction and engineering law. She has resolved such disputes involving airports, sports stadia, harbour facilities, nuclear facilities, waste water treatment plants, LNG plants, motorways, mines, roads, bridges, cranes and railways, dams, office facilities, distribution centres and water treatment facilities as well as traditional construction projects.

Sam Eastwood

Sam is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Litigation practice in London and a member of the Firm’s White Collar Defense & Compliance practice which represents corporations, boards of directors, board committees, executives and public officials in criminal , civil and regulatory enforcement proceedings around the world. Sam's experience includes: pursuing and defending claims arising from significant corporate acquisitions; competition litigation; advising on joint venture and shareholder disputes; fraud investigation; and seeking injunctive relief. He advises on ethics, anti-corruption and human rights issues in connection with companies’ internal compliance policies and procedures and international business transactions. Sam has significant experience in cross border corporate investigations involving complex financial and accounting issues and anti-corruption matters throughout Africa, Asia, Europe (particularly the Nordic region), Middle East and South America. He regularly conducts risk assessments, transactional due diligence and compliance program reviews.

Simon Fisher

Simon is a partner in the London office. He has a wide range of experience working for banks and other financial institutions across different types of syndicated and structured transactions, focusing on large leveraged and ABL facilities for cross border acquisition financings and for general corporate purposes. He has recently been involved in a number of high profile ABL transactions and has worked on a number of significant leveraged finance deals. In addition, Simon frequently acts for financial institutions in property acquisition and development financing transactions. He also acts for both corporates and financial institutions in more general syndicated and secured lending transactions.

Stuart Pickford

Stuart is a partner in the London office of Mayer Brown's Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. He handles a variety of contractual and other commercial disputes in the High Court and in appellate courts. Stuart's main focus is on litigation concerning commercial trusts. He is head of the firm's Pensions Litigation practice in London and advises on a range of contentious pension matters including some of the most significant cases of recent years.  Stuart represents clients in a range of sectors, including the telecoms, energy, utilities, logistics and construction industries, as well as advising on matters involving investment funds, private trusts and sovereign wealth funds.

Susan Rosser

Susan Rosser is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice of the London office. Her practice focuses on disputes involving financial institutions, asset managers and investment advisers, complex financial products, regulatory investigations and enforcement (including FCA, SFO and Takeover Panel investigations), professional discipline, corporate investigations, business crime, fraud and asset recovery, bribery and corruption, and professional negligence claims. Susan is known for her understanding of investment banking operations and the financial markets, which was enhanced by a secondment to a global investment bank. In addition, she has a particular interest in data privacy, legal privilege and disclosure.

Tim Nosworthy

Tim Nosworthy is a partner in Mayer Brown’s private investment funds group in London. He advises managers, investors and other industry participants on a wide range of funds-related matters, including fund formations; joint ventures; co-investments; fund investments; secondary transactions; and acquisitions of fund management businesses. He has considerable experience across a number of asset classes, including real estate, private equity and infrastructure.

Victoria Thompson

A partner at Morgan Lewis, Victoria Thompson assists clients in a variety of finance transactions, focusing on asset-based lending, borrowing base financings, refinancings, special situations, and distressed debt funding. She has experience with general banking and finance transactions across several industries and sectors, including retail, manufacturing, aviation and mining. Victoria acts for all classes of investors including banks, nonbank financial institutions, alternative finance providers, hedge funds, asset managers, quasi-private equity funds, and investment companies. For more information, view Victoria’s bio at https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/victoriathompson.

Will Glassey

Will Glassey is head of Insurance in London. He is a litigator, whose primary practice area is representing professional firms and individual professionals in professional negligence claims. He has a particular emphasis on defending claims against solicitors, barristers, pensions actuaries and property professionals.  The subject matter of the claims he defends is diverse, but he has a particular focus on claims arising from transactions, including corporate, commercial, real estate and finance transactions, and he has extensive experience in claims arising from pensions and tax issues. In addition, Will represents professional firms and individual professionals in regulatory investigations and disciplinary proceedings: he has handled matters before the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, the ICAEW, the Serious Fraud Office, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the FCA, and the Takeover Panel. He also advises insurers on policy coverage issues arising in claims against professionals, and represents insurers and reinsurers in reinsurance coverage disputes.