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Rosie Sells

Rosie is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution department specialising in contentious trusts and estates and art law. Rosie advises trustees, beneficiaries and high net worth individuals on a wide range of complex and high value matters in this field. These include domestic and offshore trust disputes, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, professional negligence actions and Court of Protection proceedings. She also has experience acting in relation to transactions defrauding creditors, insolvency and asset recovery. In conjunction with this work, Rosie is also a member of the Art and Cultural Property group and advises art international private collectors, art dealers and auction houses in relation to contentious matters, as well as restitution claims to looted artworks. Rosie also has experience in representing clients in cross-border commercial litigation as well as judicial review proceedings.

Payne Hicks Beach LLP

Rosie Todd

Partner advising on a broad spectrum of private client matters ranging from wills and succession planning to tax efficient structures for non-UK domiciled individuals. She has particular expertise in the taxation of investment funds and investors. Rosie also provides advice in relation to both onshore and offshore trusts, with experience advising entrepreneurial clients and undertaking tax planning for business owners (including exit events and restructuring).

Stevens & Bolton LLP

Rosie Wild

Partner

Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP

Ross Bird

Ross is a Senior Associate working in the Residential Conveyancing department. Ross runs a large case-load of matters, dealing with a wide range of diverse Conveyancing cases, including freehold and leasehold matters, new-build properties, deeds of variation, lease extensions, right to buy and shared-ownership. Ross is responsible for the overall management of transactions from inception through to successful completion, focusing on the technical requirements of the matter.Ross joined Shoosmiths in May 2002 after graduating from the University of Leicester and has since helped thousands of clients move home. Ross became a Conveyancer for the firm in 2006 and a Senior Conveyancer in 2010. Ross has been accredited to the Conveyancing Quality Scheme as part of the firm’s wider accreditation to this industry-standard scheme.Outside of work, Ross takes a keen interest in travel, reading, sport and the cinema. He is husband to Karen and Daddy to Ethan

Shoosmiths LLP

Ross Bryson

Ross is a Partner in the Corporate department, specialising in M&A and joint ventures for both public and private companies. The majority of his practice focusses on commercial property, FinTech and hotels. Acquisitions and disposals on which Ross has advised include Brookfield's £330m purchase of seven retail parks, Capco's £250m sale of the Empress State office building at Earls Court, the £575m sale by Delancey/Ares of the Walbrook Building unit trust structure, Synechron's purchase of several FinTech businesses and advising founders in EdTech and cosmetics on their exit to trade and private equity. Hotel deals include Chelsfield's £180m sale of two Club Quarter's hotels, the acquisition of the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh from Hilton, the sale of Bovey Castle Hotel in Dartmoor, and advising Manhattan Loft on its joint venture with André Balazs for the redevelopment of the Chiltern Street Firehouse in Marylebone. Ross has also advised on numerous public company transactions, including IPOs, secondary fundraisings and takeovers.

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Ross Dixon

Ross Dixon specialises in financial, white collar criminal and regulatory defence. He represents companies and individuals caught up in the most serious bribery and fraud related cases. Recent cases include acting for senior executives at Tesco and G4S who were prosecuted following DPAs signed with the SFO. Ross has advised individuals in the recent SFO investigations into Rolls-Royce, Amec Foster Wheeler, Petrofac and Airbus. Ross is an expert on money laundering and proceeds of crime issues. He often works on trans-jurisdictional matters.He also regularly acts in regulatory matters involving the FRC, FCA and SRA. Ross advises on dawn raids, production and restraint orders, the execution of warrants, and the regulatory and strategic obligations that may arise from the discovery of potential wrong doing within a company. Ross regularly acts for professional people and their families caught up in police investigations. He appreciates the reputational damage being named in connection with criminal proceedings can cause and works carefully to minimise this.

Hickman & Rose

Ross Fairley

Specialist in renewable, Net Zero and environmental projects. Covers areas such as wind, solar, hydrogen, wave and tidal, low carbon transport, biomass, energy storage and biofuels. On environment, covers all aspects of regulation particularly contaminated land and environmental enforcement.

Burges Salmon LLP

Ross Hutchison

Ross is an experienced employment and immigration law practitioner with over 13 years’ experience. He provides day to day advice on the inter-relation between the two areas as well as supports applications to the Home Office related to sponsorship and his clients’ compliance with their ongoing duties. Ross works with a wide range of clients from the FTSE100 multinational to the single site UK business. He provides advice to Universities, goods and persons transport providers, NHS Trusts, engineering firms and retailers (as well as many more). He has supported many of his clients in relation to the immigration changes post-Brexit and worked with them to establish practical solutions where existing practices were no longer possible. He is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) and the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA). Recent work highlights Successful granting of a Skilled Worker/ICT sponsor licence upon implementation of the new regime for a rapidly expanding beauty product retailer Advised on the use of visitor visas for permitted business activities to enable contract compliance in time-pressured industry Provided training to a UK University with overseas campuses on the new immigration system Advised another UK University in relation to the availability of the UK’s Foundation Training Programme for junior doctors when graduating from their overseas medical campus Provided advice on engaging both employees and workers in foreign jurisdictions.

Weightmans LLP

Ross Kennedy

Senior Client Manager

Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law

Ross McWilliams

Partner

Irwin Mitchell

Ross Meadows

Partner

Oury Clark Solicitors

Ross Polkinghorne

Partner specialising in Real Estate Development. Advises both the private and public sector on town and city centre mixed use regeneration projects and new communities. Particular experience in residential, industrial and office led regeneration projects developed in joint venture and/or procured via a competitive dialogue.

Burges Salmon LLP

Ross Shine

Ross is a Partner in our real estate team. An experienced commercial property lawyer, Ross advises clients on a broad range of highly complex, multifaceted real estate projects, such as levelling up developments, infrastructure projects, shopping centres and brownfield sites. He handles all manner of real estate matters, including investment acquisitions, property management, development, estate work and landlord and tenant matters. A key adviser to our corporate team on the property-related aspects of complex deals and projects, Ross’ ability to resolve complex problems has seen him advise on significant infrastructure projects like the construction of the Ribble Link Canal and A130 as well as levelling up projects such as Eden Project Morecambe and The Strand (Bootle). With a strong background in non-contentious work, Ross specialises in representing clients across the public sector and the retail, sport and financial sectors, including Lancaster City Council, Carole Nash Insurance and the National Football Museum. Many of Ross’ clients have been with him for over 15 years thanks to his high attention to detail, fast response times and practical guidance. Ross joined us in 1990 and previously led our Lancashire team. He now works across the UK with a focus on London.

Brabners LLP

Ross Simpson

Partner in Real Estate specialising in strategic land and rural property. Undertakes complex strategic land work advising on options, promotion agreements and conditional contracts associated with major projects regularly acting for consortia of landowners. Also works within the firm’s Food and Farming team advising on the purchase and sale of estates, farms, country houses, commercial forestry, island properties, sporting rights and salmon fishings. Expertise extends to advising landowners and investors on natural capital opportunities including rural land acquisition and management for Biodiversity Net Gain, carbon and other environmental outcomes. Clients include traditional land and estate owners, family trusts, farm partnerships and institutional investors. Dual qualified to practise in Scotland and England and Wales.

Burges Salmon LLP

Ross Strowger

Partner and Head of Employment Law

Ashtons Legal

Ross Sylvester

Ross advises media businesses and technology platforms on commercial deals and regulatory matters. He is a leading adviser on sports media and data rights issues and acts for businesses right across the production and distribution chain. “I work closely with rightsholders, distributors and platforms to help them create and deliver entertainment to consumers. I draw on my knowledge of the range of commercial models and exposure to deals at each stage of the value chain to help shape the business terms of the deal as well as address the legal issues. I complement this commercial expertise with a detailed understanding of the regulatory landscape in both the audio-visual and sports sectors. On the technology side, I help deliver solutions to businesses to facilitate and enhance consumer experiences in the digital entertainment and leisure industries. My sector focus and work on both the customer and supply side means that I know the important and contentious points on transactions, enabling me to close them quickly and effectively.”

Wiggin LLP

Rosy Romano

Immigration Lawyer

Westkin Associates

Rovine Chandrasekera

Partner and Head of Middle East Practice Rovine is an experienced international arbitration and commercial litigation partner with extensive experience advising clients on disputes with a focus on the Middle East. He helps to resolve disputes relating to fraud, asset recovery, sanctions and cross-border enforcement. Rovine has been involved in some of the most high-profile fraud, sanctions and asset recovery cases in the Middle East over the past 15 years. He is recognised as one of the leading international lawyers dealing with disputes in the Iraqi market and is well known to be a go to lawyer in relation to marine fraud and sanctions. Rovine remains focused on disputes with a Middle Eastern link whether litigated in the UK, Dubai or the Gulf Corporation Council (CGC) region. He has extensive experience in bringing cases in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC). Whilst based in London he travels extensively to the Dubai region for his clients. Acting for a Canadian fund claimant in relation to a US$21m alleged trading fraud. This included criminal and civil proceedings in the UAE and court proceedings in Singapore. Acting for the Republic of Iraq as co-counsel with a US firm in ICSID proceedings defending claims of US$850m in respect to claims arising out of a regulatory agency’s decision to annul the claimants shares in Korek Telecom and subsequent government order to transfer these shares. Acting for the Ministry of Electricity, Iraq against an Indian contractor in LCIA proceedings pursing claims of US$650m in relation to the non-completion of a power plant project. Acting for a Middle East state aviation authority in ICC proceedings defending claims of US$20m in relation the termination of two management agreements. Acting for a US fund alongside Middle East counsel enforcing several judgments and awards against a major Indian conglomerate. This included enforcement proceedings in 14 jurisdictions over a two-year period. Acting for Emirates NBD bank in UAE proceedings in relation to court and then bankruptcy actions against a major UAE-based trading entity. Acting for a UAE shipping and trading company, Gulf Petrochem, in UK, UAE, Indian and Singapore proceedings against multiple claimants, defending allegations of fraud and appropriation. Acting for a Swiss-based oil trading company responding to an Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) investigation in relation to alleged sanction breaches. Acting for an Oman-based trading company in UAE court proceedings against its former joint venture partner in relation to claims of misappropriation of funds and wrongful asset valuation. This included subsequent enforcement proceedings in Cyprus. Advising David Haigh, the ex-managing director of Leeds United Football Club, on a DIFC claim initiated by the DIFC branch of a major Bahrain-based Islamic investment bank for AED23m on account alleged of breach of trust and money laundering. Acting for a UAE oil terminal in relation to a US$125m multi-jurisdictional dispute concerning title to two cargoes of oil discharged into terminals in the UAE. Acting for a leading UAE-based fund in relation to US$10m UAE proceedings brought against it due to the alleged actions of a rogue employee said to have misappropriated client funds. Acting for the State Trading Corporation, the transport arm of the government of Mauritius. The case related to the country’s previous and future transportation contracts and involved a review of contract terms, potential breaches of local procurement rules and potentially setting aside contracts because of undue influence or fraud.

Stewarts Law LLP

Rowan Brown

Rowan specialises in resolving insurance disputes, medical and life sciences litigation, providing advice for inquests and professional regulation. She advises on product liability, clinical trial and medical malpractice claims, regulations, policy coverage and wording disputes, inquests and fitness to practise investigations by regulators. Rowan’s clients are insurers, private healthcare providers, manufacturers of medical products and pharmaceuticals, charities, SMEs and individuals.

Keystone Law

Rowena Herdman-Smith

Rowena is a Partner in the Corporate Department. She is an expert commercial litigator dealing with corporate dispute resolution. Rowena specialises in director and shareholder disputes as well as those involving partnerships and limited liability partnerships. As an experienced litigator, she also works on a wide range of other disputes, including over sale and purchase, breach of warranty and general contractual issues spread over broad industry sectors including PR, general retail and pharmaceuticals. Rowena also spends considerable time on insurance related matters including advising on third party funding arrangements. Recognising her expertise, she was asked by The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) to write a mini-guide on boardroom disputes in 2013 and an update in 2015 (click here to view ICSA Solutions: Boardroom Disputes on the ICSA website).

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Rowena Kay

HCR Law

Rowena Marshall

Partner

Forsters LLP

Rowena Samarasinhe

Rowena is a commercial lawyer with over ten years of dedicated experience in the international sports industry having worked within a variety of sports, primarily Olympic sports and football. She specialises in the negotiation and implementation of international sponsorship and broadcast agreements and has worked with some of the largest global sports properties, concluding ground-breaking deals for sports bodies in addition to major endorsement deals with some of the most prolific athletes in the world. While practising as an in-house lawyer, Rowena gained a significant experience in rights protection, event operations, rights acquisitions and sales, and tender processes and bid evaluation. She has also worked closely with a number of international federations in the development of event documentation and governing regulations. Rowena also recently completed an MBA in International Sports Management and serves as a non-executive director for CIMSPA, the professional development body for the UK’s sport and physical activity sector. Shortly before joining Level, Rowena was included in The 2018 Legal 500 “General Counsel Powerlist” recognising the most influential and innovative in-house lawyers around the world.

Level

Rowena Tolley

Partner

Kilburn & Strode LLP