محامون في England

James Stunt

Senior Associate

Gowling WLG

James Sutherland

Head of Burges Salmon’s Real Estate Disputes team Main Areas of Practice: All areas of landlord/tenant disputes, with a particular focus on lease break, vacant possession and terminal dilapidations. Commercial Rent Review. Property related insolvency disputes.

Burges Salmon LLP

James Tait

James is head of our Birmingham employment practice and a partner in the team dealing predominantly with private sector work. He has 19 years’ experience of all aspects of employment law dealing with both contentious and non-contentious issues. He deals with the firm’s tech, retail and manufacturing clients. He has been involved in a number of high profile reported cases in the EAT, High Court and Court of Appeal. He has particular experience of advising on: cross border transactions, advising on TUPE compliance including warranties and indemnities protecting confidentiality/trade secrets and enforcing restrictive covenants for the purposes of business protection discrimination and whistleblowing claims. James regularly trains the department’s clients with other members of our team and speaks at local and national conferences on employment law. He has provided multi-day training to a number of the firm’s international clients. He has published many articles for the local and industry press. James also undertakes international employment work and is a member of the firm’s Pangea Employment group, which is a group of international lawyers, and sits on the firm’s international desk. James is also a board member of the British American Business Council in the Midlands which is an organisation aimed at promoting transatlantic trade and business. He is also a trustee of Performances Birmingham Limited which manages the world renowned Town and Symphony Halls in Birmingham.

Browne Jacobson LLP

James Tarling

CEO

Ashtons Legal

James Taylor

James is an employed barrister working across the firm’s core practice areas, with a particular focus on commercial litigation, commercial and civil fraud, insolvency and company disputes. He acts variously as sole counsel, junior counsel and in an associate capacity on CANDEY matters (both London and BVI). His recent work includes: Acting for the defendant trustee, appointed as representative of the beneficiaries, in a claim seeking revocation of seven BVI trusts on grounds of mistake (junior counsel to David Harby, also of CANDEY). Acting for the petitioners in trial of a s994 unfair prejudice petition concerning the contrived insolvency of a recruitment business (sole counsel in High Court, Business List (ChD)). Drafting Reply and Defence to Counterclaim in debt claim arising out of failure by co-supplier to make onward payments pursuant to a services agreement and cooperation agreement (with Tony Beswetherick KC). Advising on the effect of a settlement agreement between lender and co-guarantor under an English law-governed facility agreement, and on the effect of the rule in Gibbs on foreign proceedings. Advising the UK subsidiary of a leading Indian real estate company in relation to threatened proceedings by its former LLP partner. Advising on whether the right to terminate was effectively excluded by the terms of a share purchase agreement, and on the contractual enforceability of a deed that had not been validly executed (sole counsel). Obtaining relief from sanctions (debarring witness statements) in proceedings arising out of an investment agreement made between shareholders in a farming company (sole counsel in the High Court, Circuit Commercial Court (KBD)). Obtaining a Norwich Pharmacal order against a leading high street bank in relation to a phishing fraud targeting an Italian clothing manufacturer (sole counsel in the High Court, ChD). Drafting claim notices in respect of alleged breaches of insured warranties in a share purchase agreement, and in the same matter drafting LCIA Request for Arbitration seeking c. £5 million. Advising an SME in relation to authorised push payment (APP) banking fraud. Drafting pre-action correspondence and advised in relation to prospective claims against two investment banks in respect of their early redemption of equity-linked securities. Before commencing pupillage, James was the Judicial Assistant to David Richards LJ in the Court of Appeal; and subsequently a Research Assistant in the Commercial and Common Law team at the Law Commission of England and Wales. During his legal studies James was a Lord Denning Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn and won the Lincoln’s Inn Student Law Journal Prize. Before converting to law James graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a First in history. James was called to the Bar of England and Wales at Lincoln’s Inn in October 2021 and the Bar of the British Virgin Islands in November 2024.

CANDEY

James Teagle

Bevan Brittan LLP

James Teagle

Partner - Property Litigation Birmingham, Leeds & Manchester

Weightmans LLP

James Thorpe

James is a Partner in the Corporate Team. James is an experienced M&A lawyer with over 20 years’ experience advising on a range of M&A matters, specialising in transactional work for UK clients and subsidiaries of overseas clients. James acts for clients of all sizes and in various sectors.James also undertakes complex business reorganisations, demergers, capital reductions, and share buy backs and shareholders’ agreements working alongside the client’s accountants and tax advisers. He also provides advice on shareholders’ agreements, succession planning and investments. He trained with and spent 5 years with a large regional practice.

Gardner Leader LLP

James Touzel

Partner

TLT

James Townsend

James Townsend is Head of the Employment department and has over two decades of experience as a solicitor advising business leaders and HR professionals on strategy, engagement, reward and disputes in the field of employment law. James specialises in statutory and contractual employment disputes, executive terminations, complaints involving the Equality Act, restraint of trade issues and the domestic employment aspects of national and international business mergers and acquisitions. James acts in cases before the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, as well as, in the County Court and High Court. James is a trusted adviser and often first port of call on employment matters. His clients operate in a number of different sectors, from those listed on the FTSE to smaller owner managed businesses. Clients include an international motorsport championship organiser, a national television company, one of the UK’s largest distributors of wines and spirits, an international IT retailer, manufacturers, developers, high street retailers, companies operating in construction and a number of privately owned businesses.

Payne Hicks Beach LLP

James Trevis

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

James Tumbridge

James is an intellectual property litigation lawyer with a specialism in data protection, and has litigated all IP rights, before the courts of several countries. He is also a qualified arbitrator and mediator, listed with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, CIArb, Clerksroom and a number of other ADR providers. James spent two years chairing the International Trade Mark Association’s ADR committee and for ten years he held appointment as a Chairman of Police Tribunals, a junior judicial role. He has experience with IP crime cases and has trained several police forces on data protection matters. James’ practice covers all types of intellectual property disputes, and ancillary issues in commercial litigation, employment, and insolvency affecting intellectual property rights. His work also extends to compliance in regard to data protection for advertising and promotions, as well as issues with data capture for those dealing in virtual currency and customer data. James advised the UK Government on the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Online Safety Act 2024. He also has a sub-specialism in election law. James advises clients in the UK and internationally. He has appeared as an advocate in courts in the USA, Canada and the Falkland Islands, as well as working on disputes in Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, Germany, France, Austria and Spain.

Keystone Law

James Vernor-Miles

Partner specialising in Property and Landed estates work. He also has extensive experience in acting for Charity Trustees and Commercial Property clients for whom he advises regularly in connection with the sale, lease, purchase and development of land. James advises a number of charities on matters other than property. His clients include professionals, high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, property investors, agricultural land owners and landed estates, private and off-shore trustees, charities, residential property management companies, and professional practices.

Hunters Law LLP

James WR Davies

Partner. With more than 25 years’ experience James specialises in all aspects of employment law. He works closely with HR Directors and Managers as well as in house Counsel. James also represents Executives and their interests.

Simons Muirhead Burton

James Waddell

Managing partner of the firm. As a corporate partner, James dealt with a wide range of corporate, corporate finance and related regulatory work, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private equity transactions, joint ventures and corporate governance issues. He acted for some of the firm’s larger corporate clients as well as the owners of high growth companies across a number of sectors, from incorporation through to exit. His sector experience includes technology, financial services and outsourcing/distribution.

Stevens & Bolton LLP

James Walsh

Partner

Fieldfisher

James Walters

I'm a specialist employment lawyer with over twenty years' experience of solving people issues for UK and International businesses. I've worked in-house and before law I trained to be an actor and worked in the theatre. Now my clients rely on me to deal with the drama in their workplaces. I'm known in particular for providing pragmatic, results focussed employment advice and resolving complex employee relations issues. My clients include household name brand owners and businesses in sport, broadcast media, the performing arts, retail, hospitality, consumer goods, renewable energy and technology.

Lewis Silkin

James Ward

James heads the Private Client team at Kingsley Napley. He has extensive experience advising families and individuals on wealth protection and tax mitigation. He is adept at managing the succession planning through the generations and often acts for parents, children and grandchildren to facilitate the best results. Often his clients will have international connections; whether they own overseas property or have recently arrived or invested in the UK, or are long term residents who are still non-UK domiciled. He specialises in giving advice on UK tax for these international clients or working closely with accountants on key areas such as UK inheritance tax and UK capital gains tax. James has a broad client base covering people just across the road or located on the other side of the world. He is just as comfortable dealing with the private affairs of a CEO of a multinational business or person in the public eye as he is dealing with a vulnerable elderly client with tricky family dynamics. James is regularly asked to comment in the media, give lectures and provide thought leadership on private client matters.

Kingsley Napley LLP

James Warner

James is a partner in the Life Sciences team and has over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical sector. He headed up our Pharma group for seven years, and “is well-known for handling multi-opponent oppositions, including rare cases with more than 10 opponents” (IAM1000). His practice focuses exclusively on medicinal chemistry inventions for pharmaceutical innovators, and he has acquired a reputation for his imaginative approaches to the legal and technical strategies on the most commercially important cases. “James is noted for his adept handling of multi-opponent EPO opposition proceedings.” (The Legal 500, 2025). James is particularly sought after for conducting multi-opponent European Patent Office (EPO) opposition proceedings – he is one of only a handful of advocates to have extensive first chair experience of defending EPO oppositions with very large numbers of opponents, including over ten opposition defences of eight opponents or more, several of 15 opponents or more, and a recent record-breaking 20 opponent EPO opposition representing Janssen. Individually recommended in numerous industry directories, James is particularly known for successfully prosecuting and defending NCE, combination, formulation, second medical use and dosage regimen patents on marketed products. In this sphere, he has advised on many of Novartis’ blockbuster products and has led many EPO opposition defences to generic challenges, most notably the multi-party oppositions against Novartis’ Entresto, Exforge, Glivec, Aclasta and Ultibro products. He is also a lead outside patent counsel for Gilead’s HIV and HBV portfolios, successfully defending Gilead’s TAF and cobicistat medicines, present in a variety of their blockbuster antiviral products, against multi-opponent oppositions. He represents Roche in EPO opposition and appeal proceedings and is a lead counsel in the small molecule space for several other pharma companies, including Janssen and Incyte. He brings practical experience of the interplay of patent, SPC and regulatory law to these commercial situations. In his opposition work, commentators note that “James has a deep understanding of case law, the ability to navigate complex legal and technical intricacies, and can see the big picture alongside the small details to analyse each case effectively and develop the best possible strategy for success. James then makes complex arguments easy to understand and is highly skilled at picking up inconsistencies in the opponent’s arguments and uses them to strengthen his position. He is also experienced in the context of groundbreaking cases, where case law is yet to be established.” (IAM1000) James’ EPO opposition work frequently brings him into contact with parallel national litigation, and he is particularly sought out to bring his EPO and technical experience to litigation strategies throughout Europe and the world. He has earned a particular reputation defending cases involving clinical trial disclosures and has represented patent proprietors in many of the leading cases in this space, particularly T239/16, T108/21, T1098/22 and T779/24. James has also acquired a great deal of experience representing before the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal, having prosecuted two petitions for review and successfully representing Novartis before the Enlarged Board of Appeal on the ground-breaking decisions regarding the transfer of priority rights, G1/22 and G2/22.

Carpmaels & Ransford LLP

James Watkins

James is a solicitor practising in the Media Litigation and Commercial Litigation teams. He has worked on a variety of reputation management issues relating to defamation, misuse of private information, data protection, blackmail and harassment on behalf of business figures, politicians, “influencers”, private individuals and companies. Much of James’ work involves complaints relating to social media platforms whether that be complaints to the platform itself or action against other platform users. His media experience includes acting in pre-publication and post-publication matters in respect of local, national and international publications, broadcasts and press inquiries, often working alongside the client’s PR advisers.

Carter-Ruck

James Went

Corporate lawyer specialising in advising life sciences and technology companies. His transactional work includes acquisitions and disposals, often with an international element; university spin-outs; venture capital funding transactions; joint ventures; corporate restructuring and re-organisations. He works with companies at all stages of their life cycle and many clients are spin-outs from the University of Oxford, Imperial College London, and other universities and technology transfer organisations, who he works with on a long-term basis.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

James Wickes

Partner James Wickes is the Head of RPC's Professional and Financial Risks team in London. He advises insurers and reinsurers on complex coverage matters or disputes, especially those involving financial institutions, management liability/D&O, professional indemnity and crime / fidelity insurance. He is a recognised expert in advising on transactional liability / M&A insurance, in particular on W&I, tax, and contingent liability insurance claims. James has significant experience defending claims against directors and officers and a wide variety of financial institutions and financial services firms, including investment, asset, and fund managers, IFAs, wealth managers, currency exchanges, corporate services providers, tax advisers, collateral managers and nominated advisers. Prior to joining RPC, James worked in-house in a global commodities trading firm in Hong Kong, which developed his knowledge and understanding of complex financial products, many of which have been the subject of claims in the financial lines market in recent times.

RPC

James Wilding

James’ practice focuses on European Patent Office (EPO) prosecution and opposition work in the life sciences sector. He also has extensive experience with supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) and has prosecuted SPC applications covering a number of blockbuster drugs.

Mathys & Squire LLP

James Wilkson

James is a highly skilled corporate and commercial lawyer, who routinely advises clients on M&A transactions, capital fundraisings, shareholder agreements and general commercial arrangements. He particularly works with SMEs, high-growth enterprises and owner-managed businesses as they prepare for exits and other significant capital events.

Keystone Law