محامون في England

Laila Bhunnoo

Family and child care director, Laila Bhunnoo, is a solicitor-advocate and specialises in representing parents, children’s guardians, and children in all Children Act matters. She has a wide practice assisting publically funded clients across London. Her practice covers special guardianship orders, care orders, supervision orders, emergency protection orders, UK and international adoption, child abduction, forced marriage protection orders, and FGM orders. Laila’s work also covers matters that involve same sex relationships, and she has significant experience representing vulnerable teenagers, often separately from their Guardian when conflict has arisen. Laila is a member of the Law Society’s Children Panel as a Children Representative and is an experienced advocate with Higher Rights of Audience, which entitles her to represent clients at all levels of court. She is repeatedly the ‘solicitor of choice’ for Children Guardians in connection with Rule 16.4 appointments. Being one of the few Asian specialists in this area, Laila is also often appointed in culturally complex cases. Laila was awarded Employer of the Year 2011 and 2016 by the National Mentoring Consortium for her work with the University of Westminster law students; mentoring BME university students to help them achieve a better understanding of the work place and developing their skills through increasing confidence in their own abilities.

Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Lance Feaver

Lance is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer with over 30 years experience, who advises a wide range of clients from business start-ups, entrepreneurs and SME’s through to large multinational companies. He has considerable experience in running domestic and cross border corporate M&A transactions and has advised companies on AIM and PLUS IPO’s. He also advises on private equity and venture capital transactions and has worked across many sectors, including Natural Resources and Cleantech/Renewables.

Keystone Law

Lara Barton

Partner in the private client department specialising in wills, trusts, administration of estates, capital tax planning, powers of attorney and court of protection matters.

Hunters Law LLP

Lara Borrett-Lynch

Lara is the firm’s Head of Affordable Housing. She has over 20 years’ experience in residential development acting for Housing Associations, national and regional housebuilders and local authorities. Her key area of interest is the provision of affordable housing and she’s passionate about working with clients to satisfy the ever increasing need for quality housing. Lara looks to add value to her clients by being an extension of their team. She takes time to understand the aims and objectives of each transaction in order to achieve these.

Foot Anstey

Lara Cole

Lara is a property lawyer and provides a full-service offering in relation to real estate matters acting for investors, developers, landlords, occupiers and administrators. With a wealth of private practice and in-house experience including as Group Legal Counsel for the Targetfollow Group, she handles a wide range of matters involving property acquisitions and disposals, including high-value complex transactions, joint venture development sites, construction matters, associated financing and all property aspects of corporate deals. In addition, Lara is skilled in dealing with of all landlord and tenant issues in relation to investment portfolios.

Keystone Law

Lara Moore

Partner in the Commercial Disputes team and leads the Marine team.

Ashfords LLP

Lara Nyman

Lara is a Partner with the Dispute Resolution team specialising in property disputes, including landlord and tenant (both residential and commercial) rent and service charge recovery, forfeiture and possession claims, contested (and unopposed) lease renewals, enfranchisement and a variety of breaches of leasehold covenants including dilapidations and service charge disputes, applications for consent and other issues arising out of the terms of a lease. Lara’s specialism includes defective premises, boundary disputes, rights of way, right of light, party wall awards as well as real estate related professional negligence, rectification and misrepresentation claims, specific performance and real estate related insolvency. Lara’s clients include landlords, tenants, developers, hoteliers, property owners, investors, management agents and professionals. Lara has considerable experience in ADR including mediation and adjudication and advises on non-litigious ways of resolving potential disputes as well as conducting cases in the Court of Appeal, High Court, County Courts across the country, the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal and the Property Chamber of the First Tier Tribunal. Lara is a member of the Property Litigation Association and a committee member of the Education and Training committee of the PLA.

Seddons GSC LLP

Lara Tucker

Derbyshire born and bred, Lara trained in Manchester but is now based in Sheffield. Lara was promoted to Senior Associate at just 5 years PQE, which is a testament to her technical ability and client care. Lara tackles thorny issues in her cases that have baffled her opponents, many of whom are often Partners, with ease. Lara’s steely determination to achieve the best for her clients leaves them feeling that she is always in their corner. Lara is a specialist in HNW financial matters including cases with offshore assets, complex trust structures and vulnerable clients. She works closely with Ros Bever and Nat Groarke on UHNW cases. Lara has a thriving pre and post-nuptial practice, often being brought in by financial advisors for financial family planning. She is the trusted go-to for many advisors for their clients. In addition, Lara leads our Teams of Excellence for Appeals and Schedule 1 cases, respectively. Lara has considerable experience in Schedule 1 matters, have been part of the team advising a range of clients in relation to Schedule 1 claims, most notably cases involving professional footballers. Lara is at the forefront of appeal cases. She was a fundamental part of the team representing Julia Goddard-Watts, whose case was heard by the Court of Appeal in October 2022. This was a landmark case, in which Mrs Goddward-Watts successfully appealed the final order made following a second rehearing of her claim for financial remedies, the previous order having been set aside due to the husband’s material non-disclosure. Lara was also instrumental in the Sharland and Gohil appeals. Lara’s recent significant cases include: • Advising the former partner of an ex-Premier League footballer in relation to Schedule 1 matters. • Advising clients with significant personal injury damages awards in relation to wealth protection, and the financial consequences of divorce in the context of the source of their assets. Lara’s notable work this year includes a Pre-Nuptial Agreement where the client had assets of £9m to protect, together with representing another seriously injured client in financial remedy proceedings seeking to protect assets of c. £1.5m. • Representing a client with assets of c. £40m in relation to implementation matters following a contested 5 day hearing. • Acting for a former barrister in relation to financial matters arising out of her separation from her husband, a partner at a well-known national/international law firm. At this very early stage, the assets are unclear, but are understand to include a family home and a property abroad worth in excess of £1m, together with other capital assets exceeding £1m and significant pension assets.

Irwin Mitchell

Lara WulWik

Lara is a highly experienced family lawyer and mediator. She joined Simons Muirhead & Burton as the youngest partner in the firm and has been an integral part of the success and growth of the family team. Lara specialises in all areas of family law, specifically complex high net worth divorces with international elements. She also has a wide range of experience dealing with private law children cases, including applications for child arrangement orders, leave to remove from the jurisdiction and specific issue orders. She is well known for her robust approach and ability to take hold of cases which have been ongoing for some time and turn them around to achieve successful outcomes for her clients. She has an excellent manner with clients. One client recently said the following about her: 'In what feels like an inhuman process, Lara is a rare human. Calm, reassuring, and consummately professional.' She is an experienced family mediator and is in the process of working towards her accreditation. She has been praised by clients for her 'thoroughness and empathy'. Lara was named a Rising Star in Spears Family Law Index 2015 and has been nominated for the last three years as Family Lawyer of the Year by CityWealth.

Simons Muirhead Burton

Larry Nathan

Larry is a Partner in the Corporate department. He is a corporate transactional lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, structuring and asset protection, with a wealth of experience handling transactions both in the UK and cross border. His wide-ranging corporate and commercial expertise attracts a variety of clients, from boards to individuals. With over 25 years' experience in this area, Larry's client base spans a diverse range of sectors including, retail, breweries, gas and oil, telecoms, pharmaceuticals and new technology. He is recognised for his strong negotiation skills as well as his intelligent and innovative drafting. Larry is a mentor for the start-ups taking part in MDR LAB.

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Laszlo Kondrics

Trainee Solicitor

Sterling Law

Laura Austin

Laura is a Senior Associate within the Solent corporate team. She has experience working on mergers and acquisitions, management buy-outs, private equity investments and general corporate governance. Previously, Laura has worked in-house for both a technology company and a marine engineering company. She joined Shoosmiths as a paralegal in 2015 before starting her training contract. Laura spent nine months of her training contract working in-house at a corporate finance house before qualifying in 2018.

Shoosmiths LLP

Laura Baumanis

Partner

Olliers

Laura Bennett

Laura provides advice where a dispute has arisen between married and unmarried couples, both during a relationship and in the event of a separation. Laura is an experienced negotiator and advises clients through alternative dispute resolution forums in addition to traditional litigation. She also represents parents in cases where child arrangements are disputed. Laura's main areas of practice include: Divorce or dissolution of civil partnership; Financial provision upon divorce or separation, acting for both married and unmarried couples; Experienced in managing cases involving business assets, foreign properties, pensions, family trusts and insolvency; Future planning – preparation and negotiation of pre- & post-nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements; Child arrangements, including cases of disputed paternity, international and domestic relocation, disputed education arrangements in both state and private sectors and disputed arrangements for foreign travel; Experienced in advising clients through mediation, solicitor-led negotiation, arbitration or Court proceedings. Laura advises clients from a wide range of professional backgrounds, in addition to small to medium business owners and home makers. She has particular experience of cases involving doctors, surgeons, members of the clergy, academics, teachers and individuals within the banking and aviation sectors. Laura also has interest in cases where mental well-being is an issue. She has significant experience in difficult cases involving abusive and narcissistic behaviour, mental ill-health and addiction.

Blake Morgan LLP

Laura Berman

Laura has practised in education law for almost 30 years. She is a partner in the education team and advises state schools on a wide range of every day operational issues, usually pupil-focused, including: Admissions, admission appeals and objections to the OSA; Pupil behaviour and exclusions; Special Educational Needs, in particular in relation to schools’ responsibilities to make provision for pupils with and without an EHCP, SEN Funding, SEN related behavioural issues, responding to EHCP consultations; Disability and other Equality Act matters; Laura regularly defends disability discrimination claims in the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal; School policies; Parental complaints; Safeguarding. Laura regularly delivers training to clients on the above matters, in particular on exclusions and complaints. Laura’s depth of experience enables her to help clients with contentious and non-contentious issues. She regularly defends judicial review challenges. She has specialist expertise in advising faith schools and also has significant experience assisting individuals with education law issues. In addition, Laura manages and develops our Legal Support Retainer Service and oversees our retainer clients in London and the South East.

Stone King LLP

Laura Blackwell-Shaw

Laura is a partner in the residential estates practice, advising landlord and tenants on all aspects of tenancies, including leasehold enfranchisement and lease extension, collective and right to manage claims.

Cripps

Laura Board

Laura is a partner in the tax department and heads up the firm’s corporate tax practice. Laura has a wealth of experience advising a broad range of clients on corporate tax matters including M&A transactions, reorganisations, demergers and multi-jurisdictional tax planning. In addition, Laura advises on real estate tax, EIS and VCT qualifying fundraisings and has a particular expertise in advising on the taxation of image rights.

Shoosmiths LLP

Laura Bond

I am a Senior Associate in Michelmores’ Family team. I advise clients in relation to all aspects of private family law. I strongly believe in supporting my clients, and their families, to reach their goals as amicably and cost-effectively as possible via an out of court settlement or agreement. However, I acknowledge this is not always possible and, where Court proceedings are necessary, I represent my clients in a robust way. I advise in relation to divorce and related financial claims, cohabitation disputes, applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act and have considerable experience in drafting marital agreements. I have also built a strong private law children practice, both in international and domestic matters, and regularly represent applicants and respondents in injunction cases. I trained at a top ranked firm in London and qualified into their family department in 2009, focusing predominantly on High Net Worth matters, often with an international element. I relocated to the South West (where I grew up) in 2013 after a career break in Switzerland and New Zealand during which I trained as a ski instructor. I joined a leading regional firm and continued to build my experience in matters involving complex and high value financial arrangements, farm businesses, family companies, trusts and occupational pensions amongst others. I joined Michelmores in September 2022. I believe in building strong relationships with my clients and always aim to balance pragmatic proactive advice with sensitivity at what is always a difficult time for people. Expertise Family Family Law Laura Bond - Senior Associate - Family | Michelmores

Michelmores LLP

Laura Brealey

Bevan Brittan LLP

Laura Bretherton

Laura is the head of the firms real estate finance practice Laura advises sponsor, lender and borrower clients on a range of real estate finance transactions, with a particular focus on commercial investment and development financings. Her sector experience includes build-to-rent (BTR) and private rented sector (PRS), offices, industrial, student accommodation, and hospitality and leisure – with a focus on hotels. In addition she increasingly assists clients with sustainability and ESG-linked lending in real estate transactions. Laura sits on the Board of Advisers of CREFC (Commercial Real Estate Finance Council Europe) helping shape content for its members.

Macfarlanes LLP

Laura Brown

Laura has wide experience dealing with a broad range of real estate property matters. She handles acquisitions and disposals of freehold and leasehold properties, investment property, development with construction aspects, commercial landlord and tenant matters and real estate finance. Laura’s clients range from SMEs to large corporate organisations, LLPs, partnerships, financial institutions, the public sector and a number of exempt and non-exempt charities.

Freeths LLP

Laura Brown

Laura advises on all aspects of family law with particular expertise in divorce, financial remedy including cross-jurisdictional and substantial complex asset cases, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, cohabitation and unmarried parents and children cases involving complex matters such as parental alienation, relocation and domestic abuse. She also has experience of acting for trustees (often in relation to offshore trusts) and settlors in matrimonial proceedings and advising lawyers in other jurisdictions in respect of English legal principles. As a trained collaborative lawyer and qualified Resolution mediator, Laura is well placed to help clients work towards a solution without the need to go to court and often works with couples in mediation to find common ground with the aim of reaching a settlement acceptable to both parties which can then be formalised by a court order.

Keystone Law

Laura Cavannagh

Associate

Gordons Partnership 2020 Limited

Laura Chandler

Laura is a Partner in the Corporate Department. She is experienced in re-organisations and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity, joint ventures, and shareholders’ agreements and has acted for both public and private companies. Her experience covers a variety of sectors including retail/wholesale, technology, insurance, sport, real estate and manufacturing. Her client base includes a broad range of businesses including entrepreneurs, family businesses and corporations.

Mishcon de Reya LLP