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Name	Position	telephone	Email
Ahmed, Molly	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2637	Email»
Arora, Deepak	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2648	Email»
Atkinson, Clare	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2557	Email»
Baer, Matthew	Trainee Solicitor	+44 (0) 207 614 2649	Email»
Bailey, Emma	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2560	Email»
Barnett, Steve	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2626	Email»
Barr, Sian	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2531	Email»
Benham, Caroline	Associate	+44 (0)207 614 2678	Email»
Bennett, Simon	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2522	Email»
Besch, Helen	Senior Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2612	Email»
Blossfeldt, Janina	Paralegal	+44 (0)20 7614 2542	Email»
Box, Elaine	Business Support	+44 (0)207 614 2521	Email»
Channo, James	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2673	Email»
Chatterton, Joanna	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2617	Email»
Clark, Richie	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2507	Email»
Cook, Rachel	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2669	Email»
Crook, Natasha	Paralegal	+44 (0) 207 614 2613	Email»
Custance, Tom	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2508	Email»
Daughtrey, James	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2597	Email»
Davidson, Rebecca	Senior Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2636	Email»
Davies, Matthew	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2614	Email»
Evans, Laura	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2590	Email»
Evans, Rebecca	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2677	Email»
Faber, Peter	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2525	Email»
Foggo, Gavin	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2543	Email»
Giddings, Matthew	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2671	Email»
Gilmore, Nicola	Business Support	+44 (0)207 614 2572	Email»
Gubbay, Jeremy	Business Support	+44 (0) 207 614 2552	Email»
Jefferies, Harry	Trainee Solicitor	+44 (0)207 614 2566	Email»
Jones, Duncan	Trainee Solicitor	+44 (0) 207 614 2647	Email»
Lavin, Maxine	Trainee Solicitor	+44 (0) 207 614 2692	Email»
Lumby, Laura	Trainee Solicitor	+44 (0) 207 614 2646	Email»
Mann, Jane	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2510	Email»
Manning-Brown, Romella	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2616	Email»
McCarthy, Nick	Senior Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2670	Email»
McGlashan, Andrew	Trainee Solicitor	+44 (0) 207 614 2653	Email»
Mehmet, Özlem	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2635	Email»
Meleagros, Evie	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2593	Email»
Miller, Nigel	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2504	Email»
Murphy, David	Senior Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2633	Email»
Nathan, Tamar	Associate	+44 [0]20 7614 2655	Email»
Nouri, Gina	Business Support	+44 (0)20 7614 2517	Email»
Oliver, Kristina	Business Support	+44 (0)207 614 2545	Email»
Osborne, Paul	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2503	Email»
Owers, Joanne	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2518	Email»
O'Donnell, Sharon	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2578	Email»
Pachu, Jaspal	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2564	Email»
Pope, Aron	Senior Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2640	Email»
Preece, Douglas	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2519	Email»
Redmond, Sarah	Trade Mark Attorney	+44 (0) 20 7614 2532	Email»
Richardson, Rebecca	Trainee Solicitor	+44 (0) 207 614 2629	Email»
Rowley, Tom	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2661	Email»
Ruff, Elizabeth	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2514	Email»
Sayers, Nick	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2509	Email»
Selby, Chitra	Business Support	+44 (0) 7968 853 943	Email»
Sidkin, Stephen	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2505	Email»
Smith, Simon	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2513	Email»
Sutherland, Daniel	Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2624	Email»
Taylor, Howard	Senior Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2567	Email»
Taylor, Paul	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2512	Email»
Toomey, Paul	Business Support	+44 (0)207 614 2620	Email»
Volkmer, Paula	Associate	+44 [0]20 7614 2668	Email»
Watkins, Rebecca	Senior Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2558	Email»
Watson, Mark	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2506	Email»
Williams, Sean	Senior Associate	+44 (0) 207 614 2541	Email»
Williams, Tina	Partner	+44 (0) 207 614 2502	Email»
Wright, Peter	Partner	+44 (0)207 614 2680	Email»

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Molly Ahmed

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2637
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1437
email: mahmed@foxwilliams.com

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Molly Ahmed is an associate in the firm's dispute resolution practice. She qualified as a solicitor in September 2004.

Molly's dispute resolution experience covers high court litigation, arbitration (LCIA and ICC), interim applications for injunctive or other interlocutory relief and mediation. Recent cases have included acting for a Chinese client in an international trade dispute with a British high street retailer, several partnership disputes, acting for a listed company in a claim involving breaches of fiduciary duties and breach of contract and advising on shareholder disputes.

Molly trained at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP. Upon qualification, she joined the corporate department of DLA Piper, focussing on M&A and private equity transactional work. However, in December 2005 she changed practice area to specialise in commercial litigation and, after spending nearly two years at a national firm, joined Fox Williams in September 2007.

Molly is a graduate of University College London where she read Classics (BA Hons) and where she was awarded the Platt Prize for Greek. She then obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Law and completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law. She is currently reading for an LLM in Commercial Law at the University of Bristol on the Advanced Awards programme and is currently working on her dissertation.

Molly is a member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association

Molly Ahmed, Associate

Deepak Arora

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2648
fax: +44 (0)20 7614 1448
email: darora@foxwilliams.com

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Deepak graduated from University College London in 2006 with an LLB Hons degree and gained a Commendation rating for the Legal Practice Course at The College of Law, Moorgate in 2007. Deepak commenced his training contract with Clifford Chance LLP in 2008, spending six months on secondment at the firm's Paris office as well six months in the firm's Litigation, Arbitration and Regulatory Group. Deepak qualified as a solicitor in February 2010 and subsequently joined Fox Williams' Dispute Resolution team.

Deepak's contentious experience to date includes a spectrum of commercial, financial and regulatory-based litigation.

Deepak Arora, Associate

Clare Atkinson

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2557
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1457
email: catkinson@foxwilliams.com

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Clare is a member of Fox Williams’ technology and ebusiness law team and undertakes a range of commercial, technology and intellectual property work. Recently, Clare has been involved in:

Advising on and drafting contracts for the supply of professional and technical services;
Advising on cross-border data protection issues;
Managing applications for worldwide trade marks, advising in respect of trade mark oppositions, co-existence and infringement;
Advising on and drafting software licence and IT service agreements;
Advising on and drafting ecommerce agreements, including web-site development agreements and online terms and conditions;
Advising on compliance with laws governing ecommerce and online business.

Clare Atkinson, Associate

Matthew Baer

Trainee Solicitor

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2649
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1449
email: mbaer@foxwilliam.com

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Matthew began his training contract with Fox Williams in September 2009 and is currently undertaking his placement in Commerce and Technology.

Matthew has already experienced a broad range of work, including involvement with a umber of M&A deals, an AIM listing, the tax structuring an acquisition, and attending a hearing for default judgment.

Matthew graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2009 with a 2.1 degree in Law before going on to complete the Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School, where he gained a commendation.

Matthew Baer, Trainee Solicitor

Emma Bailey

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2560
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1460
email: ebailey@foxwilliams.com

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Emma is head of the tax practice at Fox Williams. She has over ten years experience advising clients in a wide range of business sectors, in particular travel and leisure, real estate, banking and financial services. Emma advises on a broad range of tax matters, including in the context of public and private UK and cross border M&A and private equity transactions, public listings and offerings, corporate re-organisations and restructurings, property and other financings and tax structured financial products.

Prior to joining Fox Williams in March 2010, Emma was a Counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Emma graduated from Keble College, Oxford with an honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and trained at Cameron Markby Hewitt (now Cameron McKenna) before joining Freshfields on qualification in September 1997.

Emma is a contributor to a number of tax publications, including PLC Tax and Tolley's Tax Planning.

Emma Bailey, Partner

Steve Barnett

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2626
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1426
email: sbarnett@foxwilliams.com

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Steve Barnett is a partner in Fox Williams' Corporate department and advises on a broad range of corporate transactions. He specialises in corporate finance work, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity/venture capital and joint ventures, with many transactions having a technology focus. He is also an active member of the firm's technology and digital group and private equity/venture capital group.

Steve graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University in 1992 with a degree in Law and went on to take the Law Society Finals Examination at the College of Law in York. He qualified in September 1995, and joined Fox Williams in June 1999. Outside the firm, Steve is also a member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), and an active contributor to its M&A commission, as well as a member of the Legal and Technical Committee of the British Business Angels Association.

Steve was promoted to partnership in August 2008.

Steve Barnett, Partner

Sian Barr

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2531
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1431
email: sbarr@foxwilliams.com

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Sian is a member of the firm's Commerce & Technology department. She deals with a range of intellectual property, commercial, data protection and competition law matters, in both a contentious and non-contentious setting but with a particular focus on intellectual property law. Sian is a member of the Fashion Law group, which specialises in assisting clients in the fashion industry.

Sian graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2003 with an honours degree in English and French Laws with French. She spent a year in France and gained a Licence in French Law from the University of Bordeaux IV. Sian completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law Chester. She went on to qualify as a solicitor at Wragge & Co in 2007, having completed her training there. After qualifying, Sian obtained a post-graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice from the University of Bristol in 2008 and joined Fox Williams as an associate in 2009.

Sian Barr, Associate

Caroline Benham

Associate

telephone: +44 (0)207 614 2678
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1481
email: cbenham@foxwilliams.com

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Caroline joined Fox Williams in September 2011 and is an associate in the Dispute Resolution and Litigation team.

Caroline has acted on a wide range of commercial disputes including fraud, professional negligence, restrictive covenant, breach of contract and restitutionary claims. Caroline's experience covers both domestic and multi-jurisdictional disputes, along with alternative forms of dispute resolution including mediation, arbitration and adjudication.

Caroline graduated from Durham University with a degree in History and Politics before completing the Post Graduate Diploma in Law. Prior to joining Fox Williams, Caroline trained at K&L Gates and qualified there in September 2006, moving to Manches in 2007 as a commercial litigation associate.

Caroline Benham, Associate

Simon Bennett

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2522
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1422
email: sbennett@foxwilliams.com

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Simon advises clients in a variety of Intellectual Property matters ranging from patents, trade marks and passing off to copyright and designs and breach of confidence in sectors including fashion, new media, financial services, IT and oil and gas. He is experienced in many types of dispute resolution including arbitration, mediation, High Court, Court of Appeal, Copyright Tribunal, Trade Marks Registry and European Patent Office. In addition, he has extensive experience advising clients in relation to their IP rights, including the drafting of commercial agreements relating to these rights. He has also advised clients on their IP portfolios and strategies to further enhance and protect existing rights.

He has a reputation for advising clients on the protection of their rights on line; particular examples of work include having a cybersquatter sentenced to prison for 1 year on behalf of a major high street retailer and representing 100 famous authors in the first class action domain name dispute of its kind. He currently serves as a panellist for the resolution of .eu domain name disputes administered by the Czech Arbitration Court.

Simon is recommended by The Legal 500 Directory for his IP expertise in TMT, media entertainment.

Simon has written and spoken widely on intellectual property. His articles have been published in Trademark World, World Trademark Review, Computer and Internet Lawyer, Copyright World, IPLaw 360 and The European Lawyer, among other publications. He has lectured on the subject of the protection of intellectual property at The Central European University in Budapest and to Chinese government officials in Beijing, China as part of a joint WTO and EU initiative. He is also co-author of “A User’s Guide to Designs”, published in March 2010 by Bloomsbury Professional.

He is a regular commentator in the media, having been quoted in the Times and Financial Times on IP issues, and he has appeared on ITN News commenting on trade mark protection for the Metropolitan Police. His claim to fame is appearing on BBC 4 in conjunction with an exhibition of artwork at the ICA where a confidentiality agreement he drafted was displayed in the place of a piece of artwork that the artist would not allow to be displayed for confidentiality reasons.

Simon is a member of the Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association and has organised and spoken at seminars on the new global top level domains that have been introduced.

Simon Bennett, Partner

Helen Besch

Senior Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2612
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1462
email: hbesch@foxwilliams.com

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Helen is a Senior Associate in the employment department. She advises both employers and senior employees on a broad range of employment issues, both contentious and non-contentious, including contracts and handbooks, restrictive covenants, redundancies, dismissals and termination packages, employment tribunal proceedings, TUPE and the employment aspects of corporate transactions. Helen spends much of her time advising and supporting HR professionals and management in dealing with a wide variety of HR and employment issues.

Helen organises (and has spoken regularly at) the firm's popular client seminar programme and contributes to the department's monthly email bulletin, hrlaw (an invaluable online information source for HR professionals and in-house counsel).

Helen Besch, Senior Associate

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Janina Blossfeldt

Paralegal

telephone: +44 (0)20 7614 2542
fax:
email: jblossfeldt@foxwilliams.com

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Elaine Box

Business Support

telephone: +44 (0)207 614 2521
fax: +44(0)207 614 1421
email: ebox@foxwilliams.com

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Financial Controller

Elaine Box, Business Support

James Channo

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2673
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1473
email: jchanno@foxwilliams.com

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James Channo is a partner in our Corporate department. He advises on a broad range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and financings for a diverse range of clients in a number of sectors including natural resources, hotel and leisure and retail. In particular, James has extensive experience advising both institutions and issuers on domestic and international listings and offerings. He also completed a secondment at a corporate finance house advising on flotations and capital raisings.

James was educated at Ampleforth College. He then graduated from the University of Kent in 1997 with an honours degree in English law and Spanish Law, which included a year abroad studying at the University of Madrid, Complutense. James completed the legal practice course at the College of Law, Guildford.

James trained at Speechly Bircham before joining McCarthy Tetrault on qualification in April 2002. In June 2007, he joined Fox Williams.

James has advised on and led the FW team on the following notable transactions:

Acted for UrAmerica Limited, a uranium mining company with assets in Argentina, in connection with Cameco's US$10 million equity financing and strategic alliance agreement;
Acted for SuperGroup PLC (Superdry brand) on its Main Market listing and £125 million institutional and retail offering;
Advised broker Seymour Pierce on the £8.4 million secondary placing for AIM-listed company Ortac Resources Limited with gold assets in Slovakia;
Advised AIM-listed Solomon Gold Plc on its £15 million secondary placing to fund its exploration program in the Solomon Islands;
Advised Ivory Coast oil & gas exploration company CLNR Holdings on its $17 million asset acquisition and sale to ASX-listed Rialto Energy Limited;
Advised Spanish hotel chain in connection with the disposal of its London hotel for approximately Euros 38 million;
Advised Norhtland Capital on the reverse Takevoer for $25 million by Synchronica Plc of Nokia Corporation's operator branded messaging business;
Advised SuperGroup Plc on it acquisition of CNC Collection BVBA for up to Euros 40 million;

James Channo, Partner

Joanna Chatterton

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2617
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1417
email: jkchatterton@foxwilliams.com

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Joanna is a Partner in the employment department. She undertakes a wide range of both contentious and non contentious work including advising on employment contracts and handbooks, TUPE, whistleblowing, handling redundancies and other dismissals and dealing with discrimination allegations. She has developed a particular interest in supporting human resources professionals in dealing with complex employee issues often involving sensitive reputational concerns. She has strong connections with a large number of senior executives whom she has advised on job moves, handling grievances and bringing tribunal claims and the potential constraints imposed by restrictive covenants. She has experience in pursuing and defending claims for both employers and employees in the Employment Tribunal and High Court.

Many of Joanna's client's are in the financial services, banking, professional services and insurance sectors however she is also a member of the firm's fashionlaw and healthcare teams.

Joanna oversees www.hrlaw.co.uk (an invaluable online information source for HR Professionals and in-house counsel). She has been quoted in the press on topical employment issues, she has lectured widely and provides practical training on a wide variety of topics TUPE and outsourcing, managing diversity in the workplace and discrimination for fashion clients. She has also written articles on a wide range of employment law topics.

Joanna qualified in March 1997 having trained with Herbert Smith. She joined Fox Williams in 1998, becoming a partner in 2006. She is listed in The Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession directory, which notes her “excellent advice and support based on a pragmatic business approach” as “One to Watch” in the field of employment law.

Joanna Chatterton, Partner

Richie Clark

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2507
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1407
email: rclark@foxwilliams.com

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Richie Clark is a partner in our corporate department and heads up the firm’s capital markets group.

Richie advises companies and financial institutions on a broad range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, listings, financings, public takeovers and increasingly on activist investor and corporate governance issues. He advises clients in a variety of industry sectors including technology, natural resources, clean tech and financial services and has particular expertise in understanding the issues facing international companies entering the UK market to seek funding or make acquisitions.

Representative transactions include:

London Capital Group Holdings plc – acted for nominated adviser and broker Cenkos Securities plc on the £8 million secondary placing for this AIM-listed online spread betting, foreign exchange and derivatives trading company
Constellation Software Inc - acted for this Toronto Stock Exchange listed technology company on its unsolicited £18 million mandatory cash offer for AIM-listed Gladstone plc
Just Retirement plc – acted for management of AIM-listed Just Retirement plc on its £220m takeover by way of a scheme of arrangement by Avalon Acquisitions Limited, an acquisition vehicle backed by private equity giant Permira
Northleaf Capital Partners – acted for TD Capital Private Equity Investors on the spin-out of its global private equity investment firm to create Northleaf Capital, Canada’s largest independent global private equity fund manager and advisor managing over $2.8 billion in private equity fund commitments on behalf of institutional investors, including TD Capital.
San Leon Energy plc - acted for nominated adviser (Daniel Stewart and Company) on the AIM admission of this Irish oil & gas exploration company with assets in the Europe, Africa and North America, which had a market capitalisation of over £100 million on admission to AIM
Coastal Energy Limited – acted for broker on $16 million secondary fundraising for this AIM and TSX-listed oil & gas producer with assets in Thailand
Renewable Power & Light plc - AIM admission and £40 million placing, as well as a subsequent £10 million placing, fundamental disposal of two dual-fuelled power plants in the Northeastern United States, and two reductions and returns of capital to shareholders
Cardinal Resources plc - admission to AIM and $20 million placing; $20 million acquisition of Rudis Drilling Company; $50 million PIK Note financing with a US hedge fund; strategic investment and management agreement with Colombian-focussed Condor Exploration and $35 loan facility; $71 million sale of its Ukrainian assets to the Kuwait Energy Company

As well as being a director of the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce, Richie writes for numerous international business publications, has spoken at professional conferences and has been quoted in the press on topics related to UK public markets and corporate governance issues. Richie is also a member of the International Bar Association and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.

Prior to joining Fox Williams, Richie was a partner at McCarthy Tétrault which he joined in 2001, after spending several years at Ashurst.

Richie received a first class B.A. with distinction from Mount Allison University in 1991 and an M.A. from Carleton University in 1992. He received his LLB from Dalhousie University in 1995 and was called to the bar in Alberta in 1996. Richie moved to the UK in 1997 and was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1998.

Richie Clark, Partner

Rachel Cook

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2669
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1469
email: rcook@foxwilliams.com

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Rachel received her law degree from Durham University and qualified into Dispute Resolution in September 2007 having trained at Fox Williams.

Rachel has handled a broad range of general commercial disputes. In particular, she has experience in all types of intellectual property disputes, including design rights, trade marks, copyright and passing off.

Her past work includes:

Achieved a settlement for the brand Superdry against Primark, who had been accused of copying Superdry’s Brad Jacket
Achieved a settlement for the brand Superdry against the streetwear retailer Fenchurch, who had been accused of copying one of Superdry’s jacket designs
Achieved a settlement against Arcadia Group, who had been accused of copying a client’s designs
Acted successfully for Trinity Mobile (a mobile phone ticket provider) in defending an action for patent infringement to the extent that the Claimant withdrew its Claim
Successfully acted for a client who had been accused of design right infringement which led to the complaint being dropped
Acted for the Swedish telecommunications company, Tele2 in its litigation against the Post Office in the High Court and Court of Appeal
Getting a Default Judgment set aside on behalf of a Canadian based company which subsequently led to a favourable settlement of the Claim being made against it
Obtaining favourable settlements at mediation on behalf of several commercial agents who were claiming compensation following their termination

Rachel is a member of Fox Williams’ Agentlaw and Fashionlaw groups. She has given seminars and talks on a variety of issues arising in these areas, including in-house training. Rachel is also a member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association.

Rachel Cook, Associate

Natasha Crook

Paralegal

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2613
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1413
email: ncrook@foxwilliams.com

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A law graduate of University of London, Natasha joined Fox Williams LLP as a specialist immigration paralegal in October 2006. She has significant experience in advising personal and corporate clients in business and personal immigration applications including entry clearance, extension and settlement, freedom of movement, the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme/Tier 1 (General), and British citizenship. She also assists with Sponsor Licence and work under the Points Based System.

Natasha has a particular interest in the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme/Tier 1 (General) and EEA applications, and a special interest in legal philosophy, particularly the work of H.L.A Hart.

Natasha Crook, Paralegal

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Tom Custance

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2508
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1408
email: tcustance@foxwilliams.com

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Tom Custance joined Fox Williams in 2001 to head up the dispute resolution department having previously been a partner with Herbert Smith. Tom was admitted as a solicitor in 1989 having graduated from Bristol University with an honours degree in classics in 1985. He subsequently qualified as a solicitor advocate (higher courts civil) in 1997. Tom is a member of the Solicitors’ Association of Higher Court Advocates and of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, and a Freeman of the City of London Solicitors’ Company.

Tom has extensive experience in all aspects of the litigation, arbitration and mediation processes across a broad range of commercial disputes. Much of this has been in the insurance field, where Tom has acted in several substantial and high profile insurance policy disputes, as well as advising on policy wording issues. Other areas of expertise include banking disputes, employment and partnership law, and professional negligence, product liability and public liability claims. As a solicitor advocate, Tom appeared at the Southall and Ladbroke Grove Rail Accident Public Inquiries as advocate for one of the parties, as well as undertaking regular court work.

"Tom Custance deserves particular mention for high-level instructions such as acting for Belgian investment group IFE against Goldman Sachs International". The Legal 500 directory

Tom has been frequently quoted in both the national and legal press, and has appeared on BBC2’s Working Lunch.

Tom Custance, Partner

James Daughtrey

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2597
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1497
email: jdaughtrey@foxwilliams.com

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James graduated in 2005 from the University of Manchester with an honours degree in Law with Politics. James then completed the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School, London, following which he joined Fox Williams as a trainee solicitor in October 2006. James qualified into the firm's corporate department in 2008.

James advises on a wide range of corporate matters including share disposals and acquisitions, initial public offerings, private equity financings and joint ventures. James also advises on all aspects of partnership law and is a member of the firm's cross departmental partnership group.

James Daughtrey, Associate

Rebecca Davidson

Senior Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2636
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1436
email: rdavidson@foxwilliams.com

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Rebecca is a Senior Associate in the Employment law department. She regularly advises both employers and employees on a wide range of employment law and HR issues. She has a wide range of clients including law firms, insurance brokers, banks and private equity investors across the UK and internationally, but with a particular focus on the City. Rebecca also acts for senior executives such as CEOs, managing directors, traders and senior managers.

Rebecca regularly advises clients on every stage of employment and HR issues, from recruitment through to grievances and dismissals, team moves and enforcing restrictive covenants. Rebecca spent six months on secondment to Aon Limited where she worked as an in-house employment adviser to their HR team.

Rebecca has a particular interest in Tribunal litigation, and has both brought and defended numerous claims in the Tribunals for unfair dismissal and discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, age, disability and sexual orientation. She also has considerable experience in advising on team moves and bonus disputes in the High Court.

Rebecca is a member of the Employment Lawyers' Association and regularly contributes to Fox Williams’ interactive employment law service www.hrlaw.co.uk. She has had articles published in a number of legal publications including the Employment Law Journal and regularly speaks at client and other seminars, as well as providing training on issues such as diversity,and handling disciplinary procedures for problematic employees.

Rebecca Davidson, Senior Associate

Matthew Davies

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2614
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1414
email: mdavies@foxwilliams.com

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Matthew heads up Fox Williams Business Immigration practice. He qualified as a solicitor in the City in 1997, practising general employment law before specialising in immigration and nationality work.

Matthew has expertise in all aspects of UK business and employment-related immigration, including advice to employers as to potential liability for illegal employment of foreign nationals. He also represents private individuals and business people in relation to UK immigration and nationality matters.

The 2010 editions of The Legal 500 and Chambers UK directories recommend Matthew as a leading individual, and rank Fox Williams as a leading firm for business immigration.

Matthew is a member of the Economic Migration sub-committee of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association and speaks and writes regularly on immigration issues affecting employers and business people.

Matthew Davies, Partner

Laura Evans

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2590
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1490
email: levans@foxwilliams.com

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Laura graduated from Exeter University in 2003 with an honours degree in Law. After graduating she joined the 'Teach First' teaching scheme and taught in inner London schools for three years. In 2008 Laura completed the LPC at BBP law school and went on to join Fox Williams in September of that year.

Laura Evans, Associate

Rebecca Evans

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2677
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1477
email: revans@foxwilliams.com

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Rebecca joined Fox Williams in 2006 as a trainee and qualified as an associate in the real estate department in 2008. She advises on a broad range of commercial property matters including property management, commercial leasing and general landlord and tenant issues.

Rebecca graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2004 with a degree in Psychology. She then completed the GDL and LPC at BPP Law School in London.

Rebecca Evans, Associate

Peter Faber

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2525
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1425
email: pfaber@foxwilliams.com

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Peter is a partner in our corporate department, where his particular focus is international and domestic M&A. He has extensive experience in UK and cross-border acquisitions, disposals and mergers (for both publicly listed and private companies), public share offerings and financings, corporate reconstructions and joint ventures, as well as private equity and venture/development capital investments (representing, variously, investors, management teams, debt providers and sellers). He advises clients (ranging from multi-nationals through private corporates and investment houses to management teams and start-ups) in a wide range of business sectors, including media/publishing, travel and leisure, pharma/biotech/life sciences and financial services.

Before joining Fox Williams in 2010, Peter was a partner for ten years in the London office of the international law firm, Jones Day; before that, he was a partner for many years at Simmons & Simmons. He is co-author of "M&A strategies for the UK", published in 2007 by Aspatore Books, Boston, USA, and he is recognised as a Leading Lawyer in M&A by Legal Experts 2010 and Legal Business and in the 2010 PLC Global Counsel Handbook. Peter has an Honours Degree in Modern History from Oxford University. He qualified as a Solicitor in 1974

Peter Faber, Partner

Gavin Foggo

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2543
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1443
email: gfoggo@foxwilliams.com

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Gavin heads up the litigation and dispute resolution department. He handles a broad range of UK and international commercial disputes, involving litigation, arbitration, mediation and negotiations. In particular, Gavin specialises in corporate transactional and corporate governance claims (including breach of warranty, breach of directors’ duties and shareholder disputes).

Gavin has also handled IT/e-commerce and intellectual property claims (including computer software and web development claims, domain name disputes, copyright infringement, trademark infringement and passing off, and misuse of confidential information).

Being a member of the firm's Partnership Law Group, he regularly advises clients on partnership and employment disputes, and claims involving financial services, negligence, commercial agents, insurance, property and defamation.

Gavin is the Honorary Secretary of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, and a member of the Litigation Sub-Committee of the City of London Law Society. He is also the Honorary Secretary of the Association of Partnership Practitioners (APP) and served on the APP Working Party on the reform of partnership law. In addition, Gavin is a member of the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal User Group. Gavin has written a number of articles, has been quoted in the national and trade press and was formerly on the editorial board of Trademark World.

He is rated as a leading dispute resolution individual for partnership law in The Legal 500 directory as well as in Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Profession (2009 edition) which states: "Solicitor Advocate Gavin Foggo's rising profile within the partnership community continues to earn him a commendable reputation: "he always has his clients best interests at heart" and clients consider his expertise and knowledge and "assertive attitude" to be valuable."

Gavin graduated with an honours degree in law from Durham University in 1987. He completed his training with Fox Williams and qualified into the firm’s Dispute Resolution department in 1992, becoming a partner in 2001. He is a solicitor-advocate (higher courts civil).

Gavin Foggo, Partner

Matthew Giddings

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2671
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1471
email: mgiddings@foxwilliams.com

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Matthew is an Associate in the Corporate Department at Fox Williams. He advises on a broad range of corporate acquisitions and disposals across a variety of sectors including technology, healthcare and real estate. He also advises issuers, managers and trustees on capital market transactions including main market IPOs, AIM listings, secondary offerings, convertible bonds and medium term note programmes. Matthew entered law as a post-graduate, following a BA in History from University College London and a M.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Oxford. Matthew previously worked in political and economic risk consulting before qualifying as a lawyer in 2007 at Clifford Chance. Matthew joined Fox Williams as an Associate in 2010.

Matthew Giddings, Associate

Nicola Gilmore

Business Support

telephone: +44 (0)207 614 2572
fax: +44(0)207 614 1472
email: NGilmore@foxwilliams.com

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Head of Human Resources and Training

Nicola Gilmore, Business Support

Jeremy Gubbay

Business Support

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2552
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1452
email: jgubbay@foxwilliams.com

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Chief Operating Officer

Jeremy is responsible for all operational aspects of the firm including Finance, IT, HR, Risk Management and Office Services. He also works with the firm’s Partnership Board on strategic projects and overseeing their implementation.

Jeremy is a Chartered Accountant admitted in 1989 after graduating with an honours degree in Economics and Politics at the University of Manchester.

Prior to joining Fox Williams in 2009, Jeremy was the CEO of a West End law firm. His career has covered a variety of financial and general management roles both in professional services and industry. After qualifying at Arthur Andersen, Jeremy moved to Unilever Plc where he undertook various finance roles including Management Accountant, running a Treasury Dealing room, Corporate Finance and establishing and running a Derivatives Operation in the Netherlands. Jeremy’s subsequent roles have included Regional Financial Controller at PepsiCo Inc and Head of Finance at the London office of Clifford Chance LLP.

Jeremy Gubbay, Business Support

Harry Jefferies

Trainee Solicitor

telephone: +44 (0)207 614 2566
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1466
email: hjefferies@foxwilliams.com

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Harry joined Fox Williams in September 2011 and is a trainee solicitor in the Corporate Tax team

Harry Jefferies, Trainee Solicitor

Duncan Jones

Trainee Solicitor

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2647
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1447
email: djones@foxwilliams.com

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Duncan began his training contract with Fox Williams in September 2010 and is currently undertaking his second placement in the Employment department having also worked in the Corporate, Commerce and Technology, and Dispute Resolution departments.

Duncan has worked on a wide variety of employment matters, including the drafting and negotiation of compromise agreements and employment contracts, updating employment handbooks and assisting with a number of contentious tribunal matters.

Whilst working in the Corporate department, Duncan assisted with a secondary fundraising for a Main Market listed client and worked on a number of private acquisitions. Whilst a member of the Dispute Resolution department, Duncan appeared before Masters in the High Court and was heavily involved in a wide variety of disputes, including tortious based claims, breaches of contract and a breach of a distribution agreement. Duncan also successfully negotiated settlement agreements on behalf of clients. In the time that Duncan spent in the Commerce and Technology department, he was heavily involved in a number of contentious IP matters, as well as drafting and negotiating agency and distribution agreements.

Duncan graduated from Exeter University with a 2.1 in BSc Geography before studying the GDL (commendation) and LPC (distinction) at BPP Law School in London.

Duncan Jones, Trainee Solicitor

Maxine Lavin

Trainee Solicitor

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2692
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1492
email: mlavin@foxwilliams.com

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Laura Lumby

Trainee Solicitor

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2646
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1446
email: llumby@foxwilliams.com

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Laura graduated from Bristol University in 2008 with an honours degree in Law. She then took a gap year, working for five months in a small law firm, spending six weeks in Granada, Spain learning the language, and travelling through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Belize.

Laura achieved a distinction on the LPC at BPP Law School in London, following which she joined Fox Williams as a trainee solicitor in September 2010.

Laura Lumby, Trainee Solicitor

Jane Mann

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2510
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1410
email: jemann@foxwilliams.com

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Jane is Head of the Employment team at Fox Williams. She is immensely experienced and equally at home advising employers or senior employees. Clients benefit from her strong technical expertise coupled with her extensive management and business experience. Jane believes that the defining characteristic of a good employment lawyer is the ability to adapt to the particular requirements of a client’s situation. Sometimes a conciliatory approach is required sometimes a highly tactical and determined approach. A judgement has to be made in any given situation as to the best way of proceeding. Jane's employer clients (who are now largely drawn from the City) benefit from her ability to provide pragmatic and commercial solutions to difficult employment law problems. Jane also advises partners and partnerships on issues involving individual partners.

She is particularly effective at defending and pursuing employment litigation. In the past couple of years Jane acted for newly formed Vestra Wealth LLP who were sued by UBS AG when more than 70 of their employees decided to move to Vestra and she defended Chelsea Football Club when it was sued in the employment tribunal by its former director Paul Smith. In the past Jane advised Deutsche Morgan Grenfell on the departure of Nicola Horlick, Dulwich College on the departure of its headmaster Anthony Verity, John Charman on his departure from ACE Insurance and the establishment of Axis Insurance and Chelsea Football Club on proceedings brought by its former director and owner Ken Bates.

Jane is ranked as a leading individual in both the Chambers Guide to the legal profession and the Legal 500 directory. Chambers say that Jane "is very focused, thinks laterally and is a good strategist,". She is also recommended in the 2010/2011 international guide "Who's Who Legal", and Chambers Global 2011 who describe Jane as “very thoughtful with a great understanding of what the client is looking for."

Jane sits on the Management Committee of the City HR Association and is Chair of its Best Practice Committee which has produced written guidance for City employers on the information and consultation regulations, age discrimination legislation, bullying and harassment and diversity and discrimination law. She is also a member of the board of directors of Devonshire House Management Club for senior management/HR professionals. Jane regularly comments in the media and speaks at conferences on employment law issues. She spoke about gender inequality at the City HR Association's 2009 conference on Re-building the City: HR's role in organisational revival.

In 1992, Jane co-founded the Employment Lawyers’ Association and was its first Secretary. She served on the management committee for a decade and was Chairman from 2000 to 2002, during which time she played a significant role in building up the Association to become the principal representative body for UK employment lawyers. Jane is a member of the Employment Law Sub-Committee of the City of London Law Society and a former Treasurer of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association. She is a member of the International Bar Association’s employment and discrimination committees.

Jane has been a partner at Fox Williams since 1994. Prior to that she was a partner at Denton Hall having established their employment department from scratch. She studied law at Girton College, Cambridge and trained at McKenna & Co where she gained her initial experience as an employment and immigration law specialist. During the course of her career she has advised clients in nearly every business sector.

Jane Mann, Partner

Romella Manning-Brown

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2616
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1416
email: rmanning-brown@foxwilliams.com

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Romella advises both employers and senior executives on a wide range of HR and employment–related matters, including executive service agreements, disciplinary and grievance issues, and termination packages and compromise agreements. Romella also advises on a range of contentious matters, both in the employment tribunal and the high court relating to unfair dismissal, discrimination and bonus disputes. She is a regular contributor to the online HR resource www.hrlaw.co.uk.

Romella's experience also includes advising companies on the employment and pensions aspects of corporate transactions. She has also advised both employers and pension scheme trustees on a wide range of pensions issues including benefit changes, age discrimination and employer cessation debt obligations.
Romella graduated from the University of Sussex with a politics degree and went on to study the PgDL at the University of Sussex and the LPC at the College of Law in London. Romella trained at Dechert in London and during her time there spent periods working at their offices in Philadelphia and Brussels. She moved to Slaughter and May on qualification and then joined Fox Williams in December 2007.

Romella Manning-Brown, Associate

Nick McCarthy

Senior Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2670
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1470
email: nmccarthy@foxwilliams.com

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Nick is a Senior Associate in the Corporate Department at Fox Williams LLP. He has a broad range of experience in UK and cross border acquisitions and disposals for both public and private companies and government bodies. Nick also has experience in joint ventures, fundraisings on AIM and the main market and investments in private companies. Nick has acted for a wide range of clients across different sectors and most recently in the healthcare, financial services and waste sectors.

Nick graduated from the University of Birmingham with an LLB honours degree in 1999. He completed the legal practice course at Nottingham Law School in 2000. Nick was previously at Eversheds before joining Fox Williams in May 2010.

Nick McCarthy, Senior Associate

Andrew McGlashan

Trainee Solicitor

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2653
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1453
email: amcglashan@foxwilliams.com

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Andrew undertook a Law degree at the University of Bristol and graduated in 2008. He completed the Legal Practice Course in 2009 before spending a year working as a paralegal.

Andrew McGlashan, Trainee Solicitor

Özlem Mehmet

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2635
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1435
email: omehmet@foxwilliams.com

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Özlem advises employers (including international companies, law firms and investment houses) and employees on a wide range of employment issues (both contentious and non-contentious), including termination packages and compromise agreements, executive service agreements, redundancy, unfair dismissal and discrimination. She has assisted a number of senior executives in negotiating and formalising the terms of their termination package with large organisations. Özlem has also spent time on secondment to a client's in-house legal department where she gained experience in working with HR professionals and defending tribunal claims brought by employees. Özlem contributes to Fox Williams' interactive employment law service, hrlaw and is involved in the City HR Association.

Özlem joined Fox Williams in September 2007 having qualified in the Pensions and Employment department at Slaughter and May in November 2006. She graduated with an honours law degree from King's College London in 2003 and completed the LPC at BPP Law School the following year.

Özlem Mehmet, Associate

Evie Meleagros

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2593
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1493
email: emeleagros@foxwilliams.com

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Evie is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution department. She undertook her training contract at Fox Williams and qualified in September 2010. Evie is also a member of the firm's Agent Law group.

Evie graduated from Brunel University in 2006 with a First Class Honours degree in Law. After graduating she spent a year working as a paralegal before completing the Legal Practice Course.

Evie Meleagros, Associate

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Nigel Miller

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2504
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1404
email: nmiller@foxwilliams.com

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Nigel is one of the firm’s founding partners and leads the firm’s technology and digital group.

Nigel has extensive experience in a range of commercial matters specializing in commercial contracts and regulation, information technology, intellectual property, data protection and e-commerce. Working with clients to grow their businesses and manage their commercial relationships, Nigel deals with negotiation, drafting and advice on a variety of commercial contracts, both domestic and international, and on compliance with UK and EU business regulation.

Nigel is featured in "Legal Experts 2011" (an independent guide published by Legal Business magazine) in relation to e-commerce and Information Technology and in "Who’s Who Legal - Internet & Commerce 2011". The Legal 500 directory said that Nigel is "an expert on regulatory matters and his "no-nonsense" style is praised by clients".

He is a Fellow, and past Chairman, of the Society for Computers & Law (www.scl.org), the leading UK organisation for the encouragement and development of IT-related law. He is also a past President of the International Federation of Computer Law Associations. Nigel is a member of the Legal Advisory Group of the Federation against Software Theft (FAST) and is a regular writer and speaker on business law matters.

Nigel is known for providing practical, commercially driven advice and for drafting contracts in plain English. The clients for whom he acts range from multi-national corporations to SME's and individual entrepreneurs, both in the UK and abroad.

Nigel Miller, Partner

David Murphy

Senior Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2633
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1433
email: dmurphy@foxwilliams.com

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David guides HR, management and in-house legal teams through difficult employment situations and advises senior individuals when they join and leave their employers or face problems during their employment.

He advises on issues ranging from difficult employee relation matters, such as performance and management, dismissals and exit packages through to tribunal litigation (particularly discrimination claims), restrictive covenants and the employment aspects of business re-organisations and corporate transactions.

Whilst his corporate client base has a strong focus on the financial sector he also acts for a number of other clients including professional services firms and a leading climate change company. His individual clients include fund managers, board directors, investment bankers, lawyers and some leading figures in the retail, leisure and communications sectors.

David delivers training to the CIPD and clients and has appeared on Channel 5 News on the subject of maternity-related rights. He has featured in City AM's "Ask the Guru" column and he also has written articles for the Daily Telegraph, Personnel Today, SME Web and the International Resource Journal. He also contributes to http://www.hrlaw.co.uk, the firm’s employment law website. As an active member of the City HR Association http://www.city-hr.co.uk, David edited and produced its best practice guide on bullying and harassment issues and co-ordinated and wrote its response to the consultation on the draft ACAS Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures.

After university, David spent a semester at law school in Houston and now regularly advises US clients with UK interests on their HR and employment matters. He trained with Nabarro, qualified in 2004 and joined Fox Williams in 2007.

David Murphy, Senior Associate

Tamar Nathan

Associate

telephone: +44 [0]20 7614 2655
fax: +44 [0]20 7614 1455
email: tnathan@foxwilliams.com

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Tamar Nathan is an intellectual property lawyer at Fox Williams. She studied Government and Law at the London School of Economics and trained and qualified as a solicitor at Denton Wilde Sapte LLP. Her experience covers a wide range of intellectual property rights, both contentious and non contentious and includes patents, trade marks, passing off, copyright and related rights, and domain names as well as contractual disputes. Tamar has particular experience in intellectual property litigation and has advised clients on brand enforcement.

Tamar has also delivered seminars on IP rights, contributed to recent book publications on advertising law and privacy law (Advertising Law & Regulation by Crown, Bray & Earle, 2nd Edition and Privacy Law Handbook Edited by Keith Mathieson, published by Law Society Publishing) and written numerous articles in IP journals including European Intellectual Property Law Review and the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice.

Tamar Nathan, Associate

Gina Nouri

Business Support

telephone: +44 (0)20 7614 2517
fax:
email: GNouri@foxwilliams.com

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Kristina Oliver

Business Support

telephone: +44 (0)207 614 2545
fax: +44 (0)207 614 1445
email: koliver@foxwilliams.com

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Marketing and Business Development Manager

Kristina Oliver, Business Support

Paul Osborne

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2503
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1403
email: plosborne@foxwilliams.com

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Paul heads up the Corporate department where he specialises in domestic and cross-border M&A, venture capital, private equity and joint ventures. He has a wealth of experience in these disciplines with a particular emphasis in the technology and financial services sectors. Paul is recognised as a leading individual in both Legal Experts 2011 and in Chambers Directory 2012 in Corporate / M&A Mid - Market. He brings strong and effective leadership to the corporate department.

The clients for whom he acts range from multi-national and quoted companies to institutional investors and family run businesses. Feedback from clients states: “Paul Osborne is well trusted and likeable. People get along with him. He is well respected and has a lot of clout.” and “He’s proved himself to be an outstanding negotiator. He is quick to appreciate the subtleties of a contractual discussion. He’s good at steering towards the outcome we wish to have.”

He has written for publications such as Financier Worldwide and Real Business.

Paul graduated from the University of Warwick in 1980 with a 2:1 degree in law before being admitted as a solicitor in October 1983. In 1989, he co-founded Fox Williams after 6 years of practising in a major City law firm.

Resides Oxfordshire. Enjoys golf, running, the occasional horse race and watching his sons from the touchline.

Paul Osborne, Partner

Joanne Owers

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2518
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1418
email: jowers@foxwilliams.com

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Joanne advises a primarily employer client base on the whole range of HR and employment issues, both contentious and non-contentious. She has developed a particular expertise in defending high value and complex discrimination claims. She writes and lectures extensively on topical employment law matters, including for her local branch of the CIPD in Hertfordshire, has been interviewed on Radio 4's Law in Action and is actively involved in delivering seminars and training to clients.

Joanne is heavily involved in the activities of the Employment Lawyers Association. She has recently been elected unopposed to the post of Chair of the Association from May 2010 and was previously Deputy Chairman since 2008.

Joanne graduated from the University of Exeter with a Masters Degree in European Law. She qualified in September 1995 having trained with Lovells. She joined Fox Williams as a newly qualified solicitor in 1997 and after moving to Baker & McKenzie and later Charles Russell (where she was a Partner from 2003), Joanne rejoined Fox Williams in April 2008 as a Partner in the Employment Department.

Joanne Owers, Partner

Sharon O'Donnell

Associate

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telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2578
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1478
email: sodonnell@foxwilliams.com

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Sharon O'Donnell is an associate in our Corporate department. She advises on a broad range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, financings, joint ventures and advising institutions and issuers on domestic and international listings and offerings.

Sharon graduated with LLB Honours from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow in 2003, completing the Diploma in Legal Practice in 2004. Sharon completed her training contract with Biggart Baillie LLP, qualifying in to the corporate department, and worked there until joining the Fox Williams team in June 2008. During her time with Biggart Baillie, Sharon was seconded to the Scottish Co-Investment Fund where she gained valuable experience in investment management for a diverse range of companies. Sharon sat the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test shortly after joining Fox Williams, obtaining dual qualification and becoming English law qualified in November 2008.

Sharon O'Donnell, Associate

Jaspal Pachu

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2564
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1464
email: jpachu@foxwilliams.com

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Jaspal is an Associate in the tax practice at Fox Williams LLP. He has a broad experience of advising on a range of corporate tax issues, including capital markets transactions, acquisitions, corporate structuring, company reorganisations, real estate transactions and disputes with HM Revenue and Customs. Jaspal also has experience in advising on employee share schemes and management incentive arrangements.

Prior to joining Fox Williams in September 2010, Jaspal was an associate at Herbert Smith LLP, where he also trained. Before that, Jaspal read Law at King’s College, London and graduated with an honours degree.

Jaspal Pachu, Associate

Aron Pope

Senior Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2640
fax:
email: apope@foxwilliams.com

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Aron Pope is a Senior Associate in the Employment law Department at Fox Williams. Aron regularly advises both employers and employees on a host of employment law and HR issues. His clients range from multi-nationals to start-ups, law firms, inter-dealer brokers, banks and investment houses, and he has experience in a number of sectors including insurance, sports, recruitment, printing, natural resources, e-commerce and technology. He also acts for senior executives, such as directors, bankers, hedge fund managers and partners in professional service firms.

Aron has particular experience in dealing with high-value employment and partnership disputes involving discrimination, bonuses, restrictive covenants and team moves. He helps clients with general HR issues (such as disciplinary and grievance procedures and family friendly matters), and has advised on and managed the redundancy and TUPE implications of a number of business reorganisations.

Aron is a member of the Employment Lawyers' Association and the Association of Partnership Practitioners. He is the co-editor of Fox Williams’ interactive employment law service www.hrlaw.co.uk, and has had articles published in a number of legal publications including the Lawyer and the Solicitors Journal. He regularly speaks at client and other seminars, and gives practical workshops on issues such as diversity, bullying and dispute resolution procedures.

Aron graduated from the University of Leicester with an honours degree in History. He then spent two years at the College of Law, London gaining a Commendation and Distinction in the PgDL and LPC respectively and joined Fox Williams as a trainee in November 2002, qualifying into the employment team in 2004.

Aron Pope, Senior Associate

Douglas Preece

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2519
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1419
email: dpreece@foxwilliams.com

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Douglas is a corporate lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity. He joined Fox Williams in 2000. He has acted on many transactions for clients in technology and related industries and in the fashion and merchandising industry on acquisitions, disposals and capital raising, including share purchases, business purchases and brand purchases.

He also advises on all aspects of partnership law and in particular the formation, merger, de-merger and dissolution of professional and commercial partnerships.

Douglas has attracted the following comments in the Legal 500, UK edition for his M&A and partnership law work:

“recommended”
M&A: smaller deals 2006 edition

“commanding good reputation”
Partnership law 2006 edition

“recommended”
Partnership law 2007 edition

“name to note”
Partnership law 2009 edition

“a deep understanding of partnership law”
Partnership law 2010 edition

“commercially astute”
M&A: smaller deals 2010 edition

Douglas Preece, Partner

Sarah Redmond

Trade Mark Attorney

telephone: +44 (0) 20 7614 2532
fax: +44 (0) 20 7614 1432
email: sredmond@foxwilliams.com

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Sarah joined Fox Williams in September 2011 as a Trade Mark Attorney within our Commerce and Technology team. Sarah has over 16 years experience in the trade mark industry. She is involved in all aspects of trade mark protection and portfolio management which includes clearance, filing, prosecution, oppositions, invalidations, assignments and co-existence agreements. She also advises in relation to trade mark infringement and passing off and has extensive experience in the filing and prosecution of UK and Community designs.

Sarah is a Member of ITMA.

Sarah Redmond, Trade Mark Attorney

Rebecca Richardson

Trainee Solicitor

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2629
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1429
email: rrichardson@foxwilliams.com

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Rebecca commenced her training contract with Fox Williams in September 2010. She currently sits in the Corporate Department, having spent time within the Employment and Commerce and Technology teams. As a result, Rebecca has experienced both contentious and non-contentious work, including defending claims at the employment tribunal, obtaining a court order against Google and assisting both sellers and buyers in M&A transactions.

Rebecca read Law at the University of Kent before going on to complete the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in London. In the summer of 2009, Rebecca travelled to Beijing where she undertook a two-month internship in a Chinese law firm. She travelled extensively in and around Beijing during this time.

Rebecca Richardson, Trainee Solicitor

Tom Rowley

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2661
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1461
email: trowley@foxwilliams.com

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Tom practices in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, private equity, and corporate finance. He is experienced in a broad range of transactions, including domestic and cross-border company acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, restructurings, reductions of capital, and public company takeovers and securities offerings. His current practice has a particular emphasis on private equity work, including management buy-outs, buy-ins, and venture and development capital financings for growing companies and their investors.

In addition, he provides general corporate and commercial advice to clients from a wide variety of business sectors, including technology, media, telecommunications, natural resources and aviation.

Tom’s legal writing has been published in Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law , and in addition to having participated in various legal and business seminars, he has sat on the panel of judges for the European New Venture Challenge hosted by Chicago Booth Business School.

Tom joined the Fox Williams team in January 2011, having spent 7 years with the London office of the global law firm, Jones Day.

His transactional experience includes:

Advising various private equity funds on investments in the e-business and cleantech sectors
Advising the shareholders of an unlisted PLC in the natural resources sector on its £70m sale
Advising a US-based investment bank on the £70m disposal, by way of management buy-out, of a UK portfolio company in the natural resources sector
Advising a growing pan-European internet technology company on a major UK-based restructuring and associated financing rounds
Advising the sellers of a legal publishing company on its acquisition by a competitor
Advising on the auction sale of a major UK housebuilding company to a FTSE 250 bidder
Advising a Paris-listed internet technology company on the acquisition of a UK competitor from management and private equity institutional sellers

Tom Rowley, Associate

Elizabeth Ruff

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2514
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1414
email: eruff@foxwilliams.com

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Liz advises on a broad range of commercial property transactions, both freehold and leasehold, including property management, investment acquisitions and disposals, secured lending, property finance, general landlord and tenant issues. She also provides support on real estate issues to the firm's corporate teams.

Liz's client base is diverse, ranging from private individuals and investors to pension funds, private companies, public limited companies and property investment companies. In particular, Liz is part of the Fox Williams' Fashion Law Group and has advised many clients in the fashion industry on their real estate requirements. Private individuals and investors also seek Liz's expertise in relation to high value freehold and leasehold residential property transactions.

Liz graduated from Leeds University with LLB Honours, qualifying as a solicitor and joining Hopkins and Wood in 1986. In 2003 she was appointed Special Counsel at US firm Faegre & Benson LLP from where she joined Fox Williams LLP as partner in March 2008.

Elizabeth Ruff, Partner

Nick Sayers

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2509
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1409
email: nsayers@foxwilliams.com

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Nick is a partner in our Corporate department and has a broad corporate finance practice, with extensive experience in advising clients on mergers and acquisitions and fundraisings, particularly listings on AIM. Over the years, Nick has acted on corporate finance transactions which have typically been in the £2 million to £200 million deal size range, although a number have been substantially larger. A significant part of Nick’s practice involves acting for international clients, particularly from the US and the far east.

Prior to joining Fox Williams in October 2008, Nick was a partner at Lane & Partners for over ten years. Nick graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford University and qualified as a solicitor in 1986.

Nick is a member of the IBA (International Bar Association), QCA (The Quoted Company Alliance) and EVCA (European, Private Equity & Venture Capital Association) and is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences.

Nick Sayers, Partner

Chitra Selby

Business Support

telephone: +44 (0) 7968 853 943
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email: cselby@foxwilliams.com

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Chitra is a solicitor and Consultant at Fox Williams, having joined the firm in September 2009.

Chitra has over a decade of commercial experience having first trained at a City firm qualifying in 1998. She subsequently pursued a career "in house" that culminated with her appointment as Senior Legal Counsel at a $20 billion multinational.

In 2005, Chitra returned to private practice to co-found a "boutique" City practice, where she was Managing Partner until 2008.

Chitra is excited at the prospect of working with the Fox Williams team to help develop the firm's business.

Chitra Selby, Business Support

Stephen Sidkin

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2505
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1405
email: slsidkin@foxwilliams.com

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Stephen is a founder partner of Fox Williams. From the earliest days of the firm, he has advised clients on commercial law, specialising in commercial agreements, intellectual property licensing, franchising and competition law. Stephen has been publicly recognised as a leading authority on distributorship and agency law, and, in particular, the Commercial Agents Regulations. This led him to establish Fox Williams' agentlaw team and the development of www.agentlaw.co.uk, a Fox Williams' website dedicated to agency and distribution law. He is head of the Commerce & Technology Department of Fox Williams.

Stephen is involved in advising many of Fox Willams' fashion clients on their agency, supply and licensing arrangements. Stephen drove forward the creation of www.fashionlaw.co.uk and now leads the Fashion Law Group. Recently he was a member of the team which advised the Superdry brand owner, SuperGroup PLC, in connection with its institutional and retail share offerings which resulted in SuperGroup listing on the London Stock Exchange.

A specialist area of Stephen's franchising practice concerns the international franchise established by a number of leading independent schools including Dulwich College, North London Collegiate School and Wellington College. Stephen chairs the Fox Williams School Franchise Group.

Stephen has written and spoken widely on agency and distributorship agreements, in particular, and commercial law issues, in general. The last few months have seen articles written by Stephen published in Womenswear Buyer and Cabinet Maker among other publications. He is also co-author of the UK chapter of Kluwer's Commercial Agency and Distributorship Agreements (3rd edition).

He is a regular commentator on radio and television where his appearances include Watchdog (going head to head with Anne Robinson), GMTV, Newsroom South-East, and BBC Radio 5. He has also appeared on many programmes made by Legal Television Network. In addition he keeps in touch with King's College, London from where he graduated with an honours degree in Law before obtaining his Masters in business law.

Stephen has served for many years on the Commercial Law Committee of the City of London Law Society. He was its Chairman from 1995 to 1999 and is currently again its Deputy Chairman. In addition, since 2007 he has been President of the Contract Law Commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA). At the 46th Congress in Sydney in 2002 he spoke on the topics of protecting brands in international sale of goods and the law of distribution contracts. This was followed by the 2003 Congress in Lisbon at which he spoke on pre-contract negotiations. At the 48th Congress in Geneva, Stephen spoke on intellectual property licensing agreements.

Prior to joining the UIA he was a long standing member of Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats and spoke at many of its congresses.

Stephen Sidkin, Partner

Simon Smith

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2513
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1413
email: ssmith@foxwilliams.com

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Simon specialises in commercial real estate work, including real estate investment and development, portfolio management, corporate real estate, commercial leasing, landlord and tenant law and secured lending.

Simon has extensive experience in advising on the acquisition and disposal of investment property, including portfolios, and also advises a number of well known corporate occupiers and retailers on real estate matters in the UK. Recent transactions include acquiring several substantial investment properties for private and off shore investors, dealing with lease transactions in the City of London for two major companies in the insurance sector, and managing a large portfolio of central London properties for an offshore client.

Prior to joining Fox Williams, Simon headed the property practice of the London office of Faegre & Benson LLP, formerly Hobson Audley for 10 years. He graduated from the University of Warwick with a degree in History/Politics and was admitted as a solicitor in 1980

Simon Smith, Partner

Daniel Sutherland

Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2624
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1424
email: dsutherland@foxwilliams.com

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Daniel specialises in advising businesses in the professional services and technology sectors, with a focus on the formation and running of limited liability partnerships, commercial and technology contracts and mergers and acquisitions. He is a member of Fox Williams' highly regarded partnership law and ebusiness groups.

Daniel has advised on several cross-border partnership matters and has particular expertise in providing legal and regulatory advice to foreign law firms which either have an English branch or are seeking to establish one.

Daniel has written for numerous business publications in connection with partnership and technology matters and is an active member of the Association of Partnership Practitioners.

Daniel Sutherland, Associate

Howard Taylor

Senior Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2567
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1467
email: htaylor@foxwilliams.com

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Howard is a corporate lawyer specialising in the sale and purchase of companies and businesses, joint ventures, investments in private companies, management buy outs and listings and fundraisings on AiM. Howard also advises on a wide variety of other corporate law matters, including company reorganisations and refinancings, repurchases of shares and reductions of share capital, shareholder agreements and lending and security documentation. He works with both domestic and international clients across a range of business sectors.

Howard obtained a LL.B honours degree in 1994 from King’s College, London and was called to the Bar in 1995. He subsequently re-qualified as a solicitor in 1998. Howard trained at Lane & Partners, where he spent 10 years before joining Fox Williams in October 2008. He was admitted as a solicitor in 2000.

Howard Taylor, Senior Associate

Paul Taylor

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2512
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1438
email: ptaylor@foxwilliams.com

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Paul is a partner in our Corporate department and advises clients on a broad range of business areas including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, banking and insolvency.

Paul graduated with an honours degree in law from the University of Hull in 1988. He then completed his Law Society finals at Chester Law School. Paul was articled at Lovells (including secondments to Esso and Clayton Utz in Australia) and qualified in 1991.

After 14 years with Hobson Audley (latterly Faegre & Benson), he joined Fox Williams LLP as a partner in its corporate group in March 2008. His clients include AIM listed companies, partnerships, licensed insolvency practitioners, property investors and emerging companies.

Representative transactions include:

Banking

Negotiating trade finance facilities for SuperGroup from HSBC as part of SuperGroup's full market list
Negotiating £130m facility from Barclays Bank and £14m facility from Lloyds Bank for Greenergy International Limited

M&A

Acquisition and disposal of a £130m property portfolio
Sale of three separate IT training/networking companies to the National Computing Centre (Impact, CIO Connect and PMP)
Representing Tikit plc (AIM listed) on its acquisition of various UK and international companies
Advising the management of Apollo Lifts on a secondary management buy out

Insolvency

Advising on the pre-pack acquisition of the business of Washington Green Art galleries

Start-ups

Advising on the establishment of Blue Hackle (a security business)
Advising Trinity Mobile Limited (a company specialising in e-ticketing services)

Paul Taylor, Partner

Paul Toomey

Business Support

telephone: +44 (0)207 614 2620
fax: +44(0)207 614 1420
email: ptoomey@foxwilliams.com

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Head of Building and Office Services

Paul Toomey, Business Support

Paula Volkmer

Associate

telephone: +44 [0]20 7614 2668
fax: +44 [0]20 7614 1468
email: pvolkmer@foxwilliams.com

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Paula is an Associate in the employment department and advises both employers and senior executives on a wide range of HR and employment–related matters, including executive service agreements, disciplinary and grievance issues, and termination packages and compromise agreements.

Paula's experience also includes advising companies on the employment, employee share scheme and pensions aspects of corporate transactions. She has advised both employers and pension scheme trustees on a wide range of pensions issues including benefit changes, age discrimination and employer cessation debt obligations. She has also advised employers on a range of benefits issues including drafting bespoke bonus and retention arrangements.

Paula undertook a law degree at University College London and graduated with an honours degree before completing the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School. Paula trained at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where she qualified into the Employment, Pensions and Benefits Department in March 2009, before joining Fox Williams as an Employment Associate in May 2011.

Paula Volkmer, Associate

Rebecca Watkins

Senior Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2558
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1458
email: rwatkins@foxwilliams.com

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Rebecca Watkins is a senior associate in the real estate department. She advises on a broad range of commercial property matters including property management, commercial leasing, landlord and tenant issues and investment acquisitions and disposals for a wide spectrum of clients.

Rebecca graduated from the University of Bristol in 1999 with an honours degree in Archaeology She then completed her diploma in law and legal practice course at the University of West of England, Bristol graduating in 2001. Rebecca completed her training contract at Hobson Audley (now Faegre & Benson LLP) and remained there until May 2008 when she joined Fox Williams.

Rebecca Watkins, Senior Associate

Mark Watson

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2506
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1406
email: mawatson@foxwilliams.com

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Mark is a partner in the Employment Department. He advises on all aspects of employment law, including termination payments for senior executives, the employment aspects of the purchase and sale of businesses and companies, redundancies and restrictive covenants. He is often consulted on difficult problems relating to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations and outsourcing. Mark acts for many US companies on employment matters, either directly or through their UK subsidiaries.

Mark contributes to a range of publications on employment matters and chairs many of Fox Williams’ own employment seminars. He is the immediate Past President of the Labour Law Commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats, and a former head of the employment department at Fox Williams.

Mark Watson, Partner

Sean Williams

Senior Associate

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2541
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1441
email: swilliams@foxwilliams.com

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Sean deals with a wide range of corporate and commercial matters for both public and private companies. Particular areas of specialisation include mergers and acquisitions, company start-ups and joint ventures, corporate finance, employment related corporate matters, and a broad range of commercial contracts.

Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with an honours degree in law and subsequently spent a year at law school in Chester, three years at Allen & Overy, during which time he established their highly successful banking information unit and assisted in the introduction of the University of Banking, an award winning training course.

Sean then moved on to train at Rosling King where he qualified into the company/commercial department in September 1998. After two further years at Rosling King, including a promotion to senior associate, Sean left to join Fox Williams. He spent four years in the corporate department where he became a senior associate in May 2004. Sean went on to work at Fortune Law, a firm specialising in public company work, in April 2005. He returned to Fox Williams as a senior associate in July 2006.

"Sean Williams at Fox Williams has been, on more than one occasion, an invaluable support to the business. His pragmatic, sensitive and commercial advice has been instrumental in protecting the business and providing it with a platform to grow. His speed of execution and strategic thinking has enabled us to make quick and effective decisions during periods of real uncertainty. I would highly recommend him."
Ben Stones
Managing Director
Optima

Sean Williams, Senior Associate

Tina Williams

Partner

telephone: +44 (0) 207 614 2502
fax: +44 (0) 207 614 1402
email: cjwilliams@foxwilliams.com

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Tina specialises in international mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and private equity. She is also one of the UK's leading partnership and limited liability partnership lawyers, advising on structuring, management and remuneration issues, mergers, regulation, partner and team moves and discrimination. She has represented many of the US law firms which have established an EU presence.

Tina has broadcast on radio on the setting up of new businesses and has written and spoken publicly on issues affecting the legal profession. She was a long-standing member of the Company Law Sub-Committee of the City of London Law Society and member of the committee of the Association of Partnership Practitioners.

Tina graduated from the University of Oxford with a masters degree in modern languages and was admitted as a solicitor three years later. In 1989, she co-founded Fox Williams.

Tina was appointed Senior Partner at Fox Williams in May 2005.

"Tina Williams is charming and extremely good with clients."
Chambers UK 2011

Tina Williams, Partner

Peter Wright

Partner

telephone: +44 (0)207 614 2680
fax: +44(0)207 614 1480
email: pwright@foxwilliams.com

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Peter is a litigation partner specialising in Financial Services regulatory issues and is a leading member of the firm’s financial services group, He graduated with an honours degree in law from the University of Bristol in 1997 and then trained with London firm Russell Jones & Walker, where he qualified and specialised in commercial litigation.

Having qualified in private practice, Peter was recruited by the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) Enforcement Division’s Legal Group, where he was quickly appointed to the position of senior lawyer advising on various high-profile matters arising out of the financial crisis, including the published action taken against individual directors of Northern Rock.

Peter has substantial experience in conducting disciplinary cases before the FSA’s Regulatory Decisions Committee and before the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber). He has also acted as an FSA prosecutor and helped the regulator secure one of its earliest convictions and a custodial sentence for an unauthorised stockbroker acting in breach of the Financial Services and Markets Act. He also has higher rights of audience (civil) as an advocate which he has exercised in a number of insolvency cases for the regulator.

At the FSA, Peter regularly spoke on financial services issues at international seminars organized by the regulator. His knowledge and experience has also been sought by other domestic and international law enforcement agencies and he has appeared as an expert witness for the Serious Fraud Office.

An experienced litigator in the High Court, Peter often obtains emergency orders in relation to various forms of investment fraud, both in a domestic and international context in relation to share frauds, illegal deposit taking schemes and other activities. He also conducts litigation matters in corporate and commercial, civil fraud, insolvency litigation and disciplinary cases, including sports disciplinary work.

Peter Wright, Partner