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Gareth Timms

Partner

Squire Patton Boggs

Gareth Wadley

Gareth is a partner and head of the Bristows employment team. He joined Bristows in November 2021. Gareth’s practice covers all aspects of employment law, including Tribunal and High Court litigation. The primary focus of Gareth’s work is on non-contentious employment matters: employment contracts and bonus arrangements; senior executive appointments and terminations; international assignments; complex investigations; reorganisations and redundancies; the people issues arising from outsourcing arrangements and corporate transactions; and international HR projects. Gareth also specialises in immigration law and leads the Bristows’ global mobility practice. He supports businesses with the movement of their workforce around the world and the recruitment and retention of international talent. Gareth’s dual employment and immigration expertise gives his practice a natural international focus. He advises clients across a variety of sectors but has particular experience of acting for businesses within the financial services, technology and life sciences sectors. Gareth’s clients include large multi-national companies. However, he also has a real passion for working with innovative, rapid growth companies, helping them to set up, and grow, in new territories. Gareth’s recent work includes: supporting a fintech business on the roll-out of new contracts to senior managers and certified persons prior to the award of its banking licence; advising a global technology business on the employment aspects of an acquisition across 15 jurisdictions; designing an investigations training course for an international technology business and delivering it across multiple jurisdictions; advising a financial institution on the resolution of a sensitive and high-value whistleblowing claim; advising a number of clients on workforce planning strategies and the implications of the new immigration system following the end of EU free movement into the UK. Gareth speaks publicly on a broad range of employment and immigration topics and regularly hosts thought leadership discussions on evolving employment laws and practices. He has considerable experience of designing and delivering bespoke in-house training programmes for clients. Gareth has spent time in-house at a leading insurance broker and a financial services regulator.

Bristows LLP

Gareth Wadley

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Gareth Walliss

Consultant acting for a broad spectrum of clients, with a particular expertise in asset protection and succession planning.

Stevens & Bolton LLP

Gareth Williams

HCR Law

Gareth Williams

Director, Court of Protection & Wealth Protection

Price Slater Gawne

Gareth Williams

Gareth specialises in biotechnology-related patent work, with particular expertise in genomics and peptides. For his doctorate he conducted research into human molecular biology and genetics, which was funded as part of the Human Genome project. His patent practice includes inventions relating to therapeutic antibodies and proteins, stem cells, pharmaceutical formulations, genetically modified organisms, diagnostic and screening methods, and research tools. As well as filing and prosecution of patent applications worldwide, Gareth has extensive experience of attending hearings at the European Patent Office. His practice also involves advising on patent term extension, infringement matters and general intellectual property strategy. He provides freedom to operate and other due diligence reports on complex IP portfolios for clients considering investing in or acquiring IP assets. Gareth is a frequent speaker at conferences, and has published many articles on aspects of biotechnology patenting practice, as well as authoring and editing Marks & Clerk's annual Life Sciences Reports. He is listed in the LMG Life Sciences Guide 2014 as a ‘Life Sciences Star’ and described as “easy to work with and capable of producing good reports concerning patent diligence and transactions.”

Marks & Clerk

Garrath Reayer

Head of residential property team. High-net-worth residential sales and acquisitions for individuals and onshore/offshore trust structures; acting for financial institutions who are market leaders in high-value onshore/offshore sterling/foreign currency lending.

Irwin Mitchell

Garreth Duncan

Garreth’s experience in the patent profession, both in private practice and as an in-house attorney in Pfizer’s European patent department, have focused strongly on pharmaceutical patents. Garreth’s technical expertise covers all types of chemical subject matter including food chemistry, petrochemicals, agricultural chemistry, polymer chemistry and chemical syntheses and processes. In the pharmaceuticals sector, Garreth handles patent applications for new active substances, formulations, combination therapies, new medical indications, and manufacturing processes. He has particular expertise in obtaining supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) and other forms of patent term extension, advising clients on SPC strategies and filing and prosecuting SPC portfolios throughout Europe on a number of important marketed pharmaceutical and plant protection products.

D Young & Co LLP

Garry Brett

Strategic land for housebuilders, regeneration schemes and residential/commercial development generally, Build to Rent (BTR) and Private Rented Sector (PRS), warehousing/sheds/logistics, development finance and secured lending. High end residential plot sales account manager. Inward investment from Europe and beyond. Clients include Bovis Homes, Argent (King's Cross), Battersea Power Station Development Company, Inspired Villages Group, Millwood Designer Homes, U+I, and Wates Developments.

Cripps

Garry Turkie

Garry is a Solicitor in our Dispute Resolution team. He has a broad litigation practice, encompassing commercial, property, and finance disputes. Garry draws his clients from a wide range of businesses, whilst he enjoys particular experience in the property and banking/finance sectors, and in the publishing industry. He is also known for his skill in dealing with professional negligence claims, particularly against solicitors and surveyors and is a member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association.Garry regularly acts for overseas clients, including working with local lawyers and is accustomed to working with clients based in the USA, and in the Russian Federation.

Keystone Law

Garth McDonald

Garth is a specialist film & tv lawyer advising producers, distributors and financiers on their projects. “I work on the whole life cycle of film and tv projects from development, production and financing through to exploitation. I’m particularly focused on media finance and act for leading banks, funds, public bodies and high net worth individuals across the US and Europe. Using my experience and specialist knowledge of the sector, I always aim to provide pragmatic and commercial advice and to describe complex matters in a simple way. It’s a privilege to work in such an interesting and fast-moving industry and it’s always exciting when you watch a new production and know you played a small part.”

Wiggin LLP

Gary Ashford

Gary is a well-known international tax partner (non-lawyer) with particular expertise in contentious tax matters. He previously held senior positions at HMRC and leading accountancy firms. He has particular expertise in complex structures, including trusts and funds both in the UK and overseas, and supports non domicile and international clients in identifying areas of risk in their tax affairs. Gary is an expert on the various overseas tax agreements, international transparency, exchange of information and the increasing need for substance. Gary has particular expertise assisting clients who need to make disclosures to HMRC or who are under Code of Practice 8 & 9 (COP8 and COP9), or criminal tax investigation. He advises on international tax issues, the OECD BEPS programme (UK implementation) and the EU Anti Avoidance Tax Directive. He also advises private clients, trusts and corporate clients on a range of complex tax issues such as restructuring, residence, non domicile/remittances, transfer pricing matters, employment and property tax and various other matters including VAT. Gary spends a considerable amount of his time helping high net worth and high-profile individuals and their companies on managing tax avoidance dispute issues and tax risks relating to overseas structures. Gary also advises, in collaboration with our reputation management lawyers, individuals on protecting what is rightfully theirs while at the same time limiting any media exposure. Gary is an author for Bloomsbury and a tax lecturer on international tax matters. He also leads for the tax profession in tax consultations with HMRC and the Treasury.

Harbottle & Lewis LLP

Gary Assim

Gary is the senior partner in the firm's national Retail and Intellectual Property and Creative Industry Groups in which he has built up strong reputations on both a national and international basis. He specialises in resolving disputes especially those to do with anti-counterfeiting, with particular emphasis on parallel importing. Over the past few years he has been involved in leading cases for H&M, Jimmy Choo and Dr Marten's relating to patents, trade marks, copyright and design right advice including (clients identified in bold): • Stretchline Intellectual properties Ltd v H&M Hennes & Mauritz [2015] EWHC 3298 (Pat); • J. Choo (Jersey) Ltd v Towerstone [2008] EWHC 346; • R Griggs Group Ltd v Evans [2005] EWCA Civ 11; and • Mackie Designs Inc. v Behringer Specilaised Studio Equipment (UK) Ltd RPC (1999). He acts for clients across a broad range of sectors, but is especially well known in the clothing and footwear and automotive industries. He has written articles for the New York Law Journal, International Commercial Litigation and various national and international trade press as well as being a well known commentator on television and radio on intellectual property rights. Recent accolades include being named Client Choice Awards winner for IP by The International Law Office for the years 2014 to 2018, included in the World Trade Mark Review's WTR 1000 from 2012 to 2018, awarded the Intellectual Property Magazine Innovation prize in 2010, named in the International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers from 2009 to 2018, the Top 100 list of The Most Powerful and Influential People in Fashion in 2008 and The Lawyers Hot 100 in 2007. He is passionate about intellectual property, especially in relation to consumer brands, hence his love of fast cars, gadgets and anything sporting. He is best known for having advised H&M, Jimmy Choo, Chloe and Dr Martens as well as setting up the mentoring scheme for the British Fashion Council (organisers of London Fashion Week) to help their NewGen and Fashion Forward designers. The Times commented, after the Chloe case against Topshop, that Shoosmiths were "the legal label to die for"! He also leads the firm's international relationships and travels extensively meeting with clients, intermediaries and law firms. He was on the board of the international network the World Services Group between 2013 and 2017 and was its Chairman between 2016 and 2017. He is a member of the IBA and INTA and attends both conferences regularly. Prior to reading law at Durham University, Gary spent three years with Lombard North Central plc gaining commercial experience and an understanding of how in-house legal teams operate. He was articled with Travers Smith Braithwaite in London where he qualified and gained experience in commercial litigation and intellectual property for nine years.

Shoosmiths LLP

Gary Attle

Head of education and governance. Gary leads the firm’s national practice in the higher education sector, which advises on all areas where universities need legal advice, ranging from spin outs to student accommodation developments to international joint ventures. His own specialist area relates to governance and student issues. Gary’s recent work involves advising universities on allegations of research misconduct, the student-university legal relationship, the regulatory framework for higher education, defamation and freedom of speech. Many of his matters have an international element to them.

Mills & Reeve LLP

Gary Bloxsome

Special Advisor, Solicitor-Advocate. Gary has been described both in the National and International media outlets as a formidable and brilliant lawyer, and is recognised worldwide for providing clear, comprehensive and strategic legal advice to both individuals and organisations. Gary’s specialist and almost unique legal portfolio means that he is often instructed to defend both high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals who are subject to both criminal investigations and multi-jurisdictional legal problems.Gary’s work is purely recommendation referrals often from clients, previous clients and other lawyers. Gary’s client base includes individuals , CEOs, solicitors, barristers, accountants together with public figures including royalty, politicians, celebrities and professional sports persons (football, cricket, rugby and boxing).Gary’s strategic judgement when advising on written submissions to prevent or stop investigations on both public interest and evidential grounds pre and post charge is second to none.Gary is acknowledged for his expertise in dealing with reputation issues and crisis management of individuals and companies.Gary’s current instructions include advising an individual (UK) in the highest profile US investigation into trafficking young females worldwide, individuals under investigation for corporate manslaughter and health and safety allegations arising from the police investigation in the Grenfell Inquiry. Gary is instructed in a number of fraud, money laundering, insider trading and bribery and corruption matters.Gary has also been instructed to defend the largest ever cryptocurrency case in Europe. Gary is one of the leading private crime solicitors and his work apart from above also includes investigations of historical sexual allegations ,art and antiquities investigations and firearm related offences.

Blackfords LLP

Gary Delderfield

Partner

Burges Salmon LLP

Gary Dunger

Partner and Joint Head of Real Estate | Commercial Property An experienced commercial property specialist, Gary advises on all aspects of commercial property, offering particular expertise in investment, residential/commercial development and property management. Gary also advises on future income generation through the retention of overage rights on disposals. He deals with the property aspects tied to major corporate transactions and real estate finance, including ‘Etridge’ compliant third party advice. Gary’s sector and industry experience is equally broad, with niche expertise in retail, leisure, manufacturing and education. He undertakes portfolio management work for national shopping centre and high street retailers, and deals with complex industrial development and associated infrastructure works.

SA Law LLP

Gary Ekpenyoung

Partner

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Gary Grigor

Gary heads up the Leeds banking team and is a member of the firm’s management committee. He also co-heads the Leeds office with Chris Drabble. He has extensive experience of advising on a range of financial instruments and arrangements, including syndicated and bilateral loan facilities; facility restructurings; mergers; group collapses; intra-group funding; interest rate derivatives; private shelf facilities, and high-value private bond issues. He acts for borrowers, lenders and trustees on real-estate finance related arrangements, with a renowned specialism in social housing finance.

Devonshires Solicitors LLP

Gary Herbert

Partner

Price Slater Gawne

Gary Johnston

Gary Johnston has over 25 years’ experience as a Trade Mark Attorney advising clients in matters relating to the adoption, protection, enforcement and exploitation of brand names and designs, both in the United Kingdom and globally. He has been a Partner at Mathys & Squire LLP since 2008. He works closely with IP specialists and other professionals from around the world in order to provide his clients with global IP solutions. He has a wealth of experience, having acted for regional, national and multinational trade mark owners in matters relating to the protection, management, maintenance and exploitation of their national and global trade mark portfolios and associated IP rights.

Mathys & Squire LLP

Gary Jones

Gary qualified in 1989 with Alsop Wilkinson in London (now DLA Piper). In 1991 he returned to the north and for four years worked at Aaron & Partners in Chester. He moved to Mace & Jones in 1995 and became a partner in the corporate department in Liverpool in 1997. Mace & Jones merged into Weightmans in May 2011. Gary offers a wide range of expertise to a varied client base including owner managed businesses, large corporates, universities and the regional venture finance holding fund North West Business Finance Limited. He advises clients on all aspects of corporate work, nationally and internationally, from starting up, shareholders agreements, mergers and acquisitions, MBOs, joint ventures, private equity, fundraising and AIM floatations. Gary advises local authorities, universities, venture capital funds and public and private companies on State aid compliance. Feedback from DCMS state aid team is that the state aid review letter has been the best and most comprehensive they have to date seen across all the Waves of the Local Full Fibre Projects and has now set a new benchmark on quality expected going forward. Gary is the partner principally responsible for the firm's relationship with Legalink, the international network of 70 independent law firms. Gary has helped lead the Legalink network through its management committee since 2013 and was appointed Legalink Chair for two years from October 2017. Gary is actively involved with the International Bar Association and is a member of the IBA Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and Space Law Committee.

Weightmans LLP

Gary Miller

Gary is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department. He is an international litigator who has specialised in complex commercial disputes involving dishonesty, fraud and corruption issues for over 37 years. For the first 13 years of his career Gary worked in Hong Kong and headed up the Litigation Departments of two of the leading firms there. During this time Gary worked for the leading multi-national financial institutions in Asia, assisting them in asset recovery exercises and enforcing foreign judgments in Hong Kong and throughout Asia. In 1991 Gary joined Mishcon de Reya and founded the Fraud Group which he led for over 15 years. He has pioneered the use of injunctions in the arena of asset recovery with particular emphasis on freezing assets, forcing disclosure of financial information and seizing evidence via search orders in order to force speedy resolutions of commercial disputes. In the course of his asset tracing activities Gary has developed an in depth knowledge of the workings of the various offshore banking and trust jurisdictions which are habitually used by parties to conceal their assets. As a result Gary is regularly retained by clients who are seeking creative solutions to unwind or break-up complicated trust and asset sheltering structures in order to access secreted assets. Gary also regularly advises organisations on how to protect themselves from bribery and corruption risks and assisting them in dealing discreetly with internal and external issues arising when such risks materialise. Gary works closely with Chief Executives, FD’s, HR Heads as well as Legal and Audit Departments to devise strategies to minimise the criminal, civil and reputational exposure created by internal and external corruption. Gary is co-founder of The International Fraud Group. The IFG (previously known as the Fraud Network) is a handpicked group of specialist fraud lawyers across 20 countries focused on securing injunctions, asset recovery and trust busting remedies in key offshore jurisdictions. Chambers 2014 cites Gary as a "great thinker, brilliant tactician and good negotiator." Gary was appointed as a Director of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) UK Chapter in March 2014. His election to the Board of the UK Chapter of the ACFE reflects his experience and standing in the field of fraud prevention and protection. Gary became a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) in 2014.

Mishcon de Reya LLP