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Ben Muir

An expert in pharmaceuticals and biotech work, as well as chemicals and chemical engineering, Ben is a favourite with leading multinationals, who appreciate his breadth of international experience. Clients also value his deep knowledge and painstaking thoroughness, with one noting that “Ben Muir is highly skilled technically and legally diligent,” and describing him as “detail-oriented, and a pleasure to work with.” Ben’s practice is focused on the chemical, chemical engineering and life sciences sectors. His broad expertise encompasses air and gas separation, cryogenics, combustion, syngas, semiconductor manufacture, new chemical entities and chemical formulations, as well as pharmaceuticals and medical treatments and diagnostic methods, protein and nucleic acid synthesis and purification, and antibodies. Ben’s clients, which include a number of leading multinational corporations who instruct him directly, are full of praise for his understanding of their technology and the technical skill he’s gained over years of drafting applications for filing before the US, European and International Patent Offices. He also prosecutes cases before the European and International Patent Offices and consults on the prosecution of cases in the US, Japan, China, India and elsewhere. Ben regularly defends his clients’ patents and challenges competitors’ patents in opposition and appeal proceedings before the EPO. He also provides patent landscape, infringement and freedom to operate opinions, with experience in transactional and licensing work rounding off a broad practice. While Ben is much sought after by the world’s largest life sciences companies, he also enjoys working with smaller and medium-sized companies, and often handles all aspects of their patent portfolios. For many years Ben was a member of the Life Sciences Committee of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA), whose remit includes advising the UK government and other international bodies, providing training to its members, and publishing educational resources on IP matters in the life sciences field. Within Beck Greener Ben’s responsibilities include the Records and Renewals department. As the partner in charge, he ensures that the department runs efficiently, due dates are docketed and renewals are promptly paid.

Beck Greener LLP

Ben Newton

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Ben Pariser

Ben is a Partner and has worked extensively for residential, commercial and mixed-use developers throughout his career, as well as a number of local authorities, regional development agencies and registered providers. Ben’s development project work includes the drafting and negotiation of multi-phase, multi-conditional development agreements, collaboration and joint venture agreements (including public/private JVs), remediation conditions, overage provisions, land assembly, asset management, acquisitions and disposals. He regularly advises on the contractual framework and heads of terms at the project outset, then drafts and negotiates the various agreements, incorporating all necessary outputs, milestones, key performance indicators, clawback, security, overage and step-in provisions. He is adept at anticipating, identifying and thereafter mitigating public law and other risk factors such as state aid, vires, best value, procurement and governance issues. Ben's recent projects have included: •Working on behalf of a consortium of PLC residential developer in the strategic acquisition of a 3,000 unit new urban extension; •Working on behalf of a consortium of PLC residential developer in the strategic acquisition of a site for a 1,000 unit new neighbourhood; •Working on behalf of a PLC residential developer and a registered provider in their joint venture acquisition of a complex brownfield regeneration site from the HCA; •Working on behalf of a residential developer on a number of equity and debt funded acquisitions of immediate land. Ben has also advised high-street lenders in development projects and investment transactions, and so, when acting for the borrower or public sector partner, is adept at identifying the bank's likely requirements. Ben's experience includes mixed use regeneration schemes, hotels, restaurants, leisure facilities, offices, warehouses, supermarkets, industrial units, motorway service stations, residential / affordable housing developments and educational establishments.

Shoosmiths LLP

Ben Parry-Smith

Ben is a Partner in the Family department. Ben does family law because he cares about fairness, families and the children affected by relationship breakdown. He also enjoys the intellectual challenges: whether tackling trusts, difficult valuation issues or complex medical evidence. Oxford educated, Mishcon trained and Shackleton honed; Ben advises on all aspects of family law as calmly, clearly and cheerfully as possible: children, divorce/civil partnership, co-habitation, pre/post nuptial agreements, complex financial disputes and jurisdictional issues. Much of his work has an international element. Ben is described as “sharp and thoughtful, with an inventive mind which looks for and finds creative but positive solutions to the cases that he is involved in.” He has dealt with abductions, the relocation of children and on matters involving same-sex parents. Ben has experience of dealing with cases where decision-making capacity is an issue and often acts in cases involving trusts (for beneficiaries, claimants or the trustees themselves). Ben has worked on the leading case involving “special contribution”, as part of the team representing HRH Princess Haya and recently on a case where his client received far more than half the substantial marital pot to meet her needs. He has a broad practice and experience at all court levels. He is one of a handful of lawyers doing heavy weight financial and complex children work. He has considerable experience addressing domestic abuse of all types and in obtaining injunctions. Ben is familiar with Sharia family law concepts. Over the years, he has acted for all sorts of people in all sorts of predicaments from all over the world. Ben read law at Merton College, Oxford. He trained at Mishcon de Reya and joined Payne Hicks Beach on qualification in 2008. He became a partner in 2018. Between 2009 and 2013 Ben delivered a legal aid and legal skills training project at the National University of Rwanda. Ben has recently led a cross-profession and multidisciplinary initiative to assist vulnerable clients and those working with them. He is listed in all the major directories including the Spear’s Family Lawyers Index.

Payne Hicks Beach LLP

Ben Peecock

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Ben Pickup

Ben Pickup is a partner in Flint Bishop’s Real Estate team, specialising in complex property transactions and development projects. He advises clients across the property lifecycle, from site promotion and acquisition through financing, lettings, and ultimate investment disposal. He has particular expertise in retail and residential developments and works with investors, developers, and family wealth clients.

Flint Bishop

Ben Player

Please see full biography at osborneclarke.com/lawyers/ben-player/

TLT

Ben Posford

Partner & Head of Catastrophic Injuries

Osbornes

Ben Roberts

Ben leads the transactional tax team and is a partner in the RPC Corporate group. He is an expert in all manner of corporate tax matters, and regularly advises on mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganisations. His specialities include stamp duty, stamp duty land tax, VAT, share schemes, W&I insurance, and tax liability insurance. Ben acts for a wide range of clients, including companies of all sizes, W&I insurers, and high-net-worth individuals, who he advises on the UK tax treatment of their investments.

RPC

Ben Robinson

Ben is a partner in the real estate litigation team and leads the team’s fire safety practice. He works closely with institutional landlords, investment funds and social housing providers in relation to policy level guidance on fire safety strategy across their portfolios, and provides ongoing advice in relation to the Government’s Non-ACM Building Safety Fund. Ben offers holistic landlord and tenant advice regarding the effective management of their portfolios, including on development disputes, breaches of covenant, forfeiture and the recovery of arrears. His expertise also extends to providing comprehensive advice on complex residential property issues including rent and service charge disputes (most recently the Supreme Court case of Aviva v Williams), enfranchisement claims, party wall disputes, boundary disputes and adverse possession claims. Ben also specialises in property-related professional negligence claims and vacant possession strategies for large-scale development sites. He has spoken at a number of events, such as the National Housing Federation’s annual ‘Leaseholder and Tenant Service Charges’ conference, and the Asset Management Conference (Housing Quality Network), where he leads peer-to-peer discussions on service charges and fire safety works, discussing apportioning and charging for fire safety improvements. Separately, he regularly contributes to articles on the issue (including a fire safety podcast for the leading real estate publication, Estates Gazette), together with seminars and bespoke training sessions for clients and other property professionals.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Ben Rogers

Partner in the Personal Injury department. Ben specialises in acting for claimants in catastrophic personal injury claims, and has particular expertise in spinal cord, brain, complex orthopaedic, amputee and burns injuries. He has a particular interest in technology and was the first lawyer to secure landmark awards of damages for the purchase and replacement of REX and Ekso GT exoskeletons. Ben has a proven record of successfully litigating complex liability and quantum claims arising from road traffic accidents, employers’ liability, occupiers’ liability and military claims and is recognised for maximising damages recovery for technological advances. Cases on which Ben has advised claimants include: Astrit Tafa v Matsim Properties & Ors, which resulted in piercing the corporate veil so as to obtain judgment for damages against a director of a company. This was vitally important because the company was uninsured but the director was personally wealthy. The high-profile case of Robert Uren v (1) Corporate Leisure (UK) Limited (2) Ministry of Defence, resulting in judgment for damages against both defendants on a 100% basis for the serious spinal injuries that the claimant suffered as a result of diving into an inflatable pool during an “It’s a Knock Out” style event. Dale Messenger v Ministry of Defence – acting on behalf of a serviceman who suffered serious spinal injuries during a live ammunition training exercise in the Falkland Islands. The claimant recovered 100% damages including in excess of £550,000 to cover the cost of an Ekso GT exoskeleton with its replacement and associated costs over the course of his lifetime, a first in this jurisdiction. Barnes v (1) David Ord (2) EUI Ltd (trading as Admiral Insurance). This case was a worldwide first (according to REX Bionics), as damages were recovered to cover the cost of a REX exoskeleton walking device for home rehabilitation, its replacement and associated costs over the claimant’s lifetime. Mark Polllock v (1) Enda Cahill (2) Madeline Cahill, an important case in the field of domestic occupiers’ liability. Damages were recovered on a 100% basis for a blind claimant who was rendered paraplegic when he fell from the window of a second-storey bedroom. It was established at trial that the window had been left open by the defendants without them giving the claimant any warning that they had done so.

Stewarts Law LLP

Ben Rose

Ben Rose is Hickman & Rose's founding partner. He has spent over 30 years representing individual and corporate clients facing the most serious allegations of wrongdoing. An expert strategic litigator, Ben's skills extend beyond criminal and regulatory matters into extradition, Unexplained Wealth Orders, Production Orders, Confiscation and Forfeiture proceedings and working closely with foreign lawyers on multi-jurisdictional matters. Ben is acutely aware of the importance of reputation for his clients and has these concerns at the heart of his strategy. Ben frequently acts for corporations and individuals caught up in fraud investigations by law enforcement agencies such as the Serious Fraud Office, National Crime Agency, and the Financial Conduct Authority. He has a high success rate in these matters, frequently persuading the authorities not to pursue matters beyond the initial investigation stage. Clients include News Corporation, global banks, as well as senior individuals at BAT, Olympus, Deutsche Bank, HP/Autonomy and Macmillan Publishing and many other major companies. Ben has achieved significant successes for clients accused of fraud related to alleged -IBOR rate manipulation. In 2025 the Supreme Court quashed his client Carlo Palombo’s conviction for conspiracy to defraud in relation to EURIBOR: a ruling which, as well as righting a six-year miscarriage of justice, has ground-breaking significance for future SFO and other white collar prosecutions. Prior to this, Ben’s Barclays LIBOR client Ryan Reich was acquitted following a criminal trial; and UBS trader Panagiotis Koutsogiannis successfully defended regulatory misconduct proceedings before the FCA's Regulatory Decisions Committee. Ben’s regulatory expertise has seen him represent former Banque Havilland employee Vladimir Bolelyy in an Upper Tribunal challenge to the FCA’s Regulatory Decisions Committee. Ben has long experience defending against allegations of overseas bribery, particularly in the extractive industries. Current clients include senior individuals in the long-running SFO investigation into alleged corruption at the Kazakh mining group ENRC. Ben also acts for companies facing criminal charges. He has defended clients accused of corporate manslaughter and is currently acting for ITH Pharma in relation to serious health and safety offences. Ben has advised many major English and US law firms on their disclosure obligations under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Hickman & Rose's success is built on an intimate understanding of every aspect of the criminal justice system, from police station to the Supreme Court. Ben draws on this deep well of experience when advising his private clients. Ben routinely represents professional people who find themselves caught up in criminal matters that, if not handled with great care, can ruin lives. He takes strategic control from the earliest stage to steer a matter towards the best outcome. He has achieved significant success persuading the police either not to arrest, or to bring an investigation to an end before the charging stage. Ben is acutely aware of the reputational impact of being involved in any criminal matter. His clients value the way he quickly grasps this aspect of their cases. He has developed strategies to handle the most sensitive matters in a way that avoids negative publicity. Many of Ben's clients in this area remain anonymous. Ben has provided specialist legal advice to numerous individuals in relation to Operation Yewtree and 'Me Too' type sex offence allegations. Many of these cases have been disposed with the minimum - or even no - resulting publicity. His recent clients in this area include one of the best-known performers in the world, and a world-famous musician. Many of Ben's criminal cases straddle jurisdictions. He is expert in setting overall legal strategy and co-ordinating lawyers working across the globe. Ben has an extensive track record representing High Net Worth and high-profile clients such as politicians, celebrities and their families in relation to a range of legal matters, both criminal and regulatory. In 2025 Ben represented the musician Chris Brown, charged with various serious violent offences shortly before starting a global tour. Contrary to general opinion, famous people often find their high public profile a disadvantage in legal matters. Not only are the reputational risks greater, but law enforcement agencies have been known to focus on high profile suspects simply because of who they are. Ben has long experience of working in this area. He knows what may happen, and how best to mitigate against it. Ben routinely advises his HNW clients on the implications of the Criminal Finances Act for offshore wealth including what to expect from Unexplained Wealth Order legislation, and how best to react when a UWO arrives. He also advises on money laundering and POCA matters. The nature of Ben's work in this area means many of his clients’ identities are not in the public domain. Those who are include the artist David Hockney, the former X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos and the businessman Hans Kristian Rausing. Ben often acts in the highest profile and significant extradition matters. He successfully prevented the Kyrgyz businessman Maxim Bakiev from being extradited to the US and for a Pakistani business tycoon in his US extradition case, as well as for former Credit Suisse broker Surjan Singh in his US extradition matter.

Hickman & Rose

Ben Rosen

Ben, the head of the Private Wealth & Tax team, is a versatile and commercial-thinking Partner who brings to Quastels a broad range of experience in advising individuals, families and companies, both UK and international, on UK tax, trust and succession planning matters. His expertise includes tax advice on: Real estate Shares (acquiring, owning and disposing company shares) and partnership Wills, trusts and Lasting Powers of Attorney Residence and domicile issues Lifetime tax planning Pre-arrival tax planning for international individuals and families Cryptocurrencies, NFTs and digital landscape Ben is a member of the Law Society’s Tech London Advocates Blockchain Working Group. Ben has a commercial and personal outlook in his approach to technical issues faced by individuals and families, seeking to find a sensitive balance between the human and financial considerations faced by many clients.

Quastels LLP

Ben Rouse

Ben is an Associate at Littler and has experience across a broad spectrum of employment law matters including litigation, investigations, data protection, advisory and transactional support.

Littler

Ben Scarfield

Partner

Kilburn & Strode LLP

Ben Sharp

Associate

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Ben Sharples

Ben is a partner in Michelmores renowned Agriculture team. He specialises in resolving disputes arising from the use and ownership of rural land and has a wide-ranging expertise across the entire sector. He is dual qualified as also a Chartered Surveyor and Valuer and provides clients with pragmatic legal advice avoiding disputes wherever possible. He regularly acts as a legal assessor to arbitrators and am a member of both the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) Arbitrators and Mediators Panel. Ben also heads up the Michelmores Natural Capital team advising clients on issues relating to carbon sequestration, payments for environmental services and sustainability. This mix of contentious expertise and environmental experience is of particular relevance in this new and rapidly developing market where agreements need to be flexible enough to embrace as yet unknown future opportunities, and sufficiently clear so as to avoid disputes. Expertise Agriculture Environment Natural Capital Sustainable Economy Ben Sharples FRICS FAAV FCIArb - Partner - Agriculture | Michelmores

Michelmores LLP

Ben Sheldrick

Managing Partner Ben is head of the immigration department of Magrath Sheldrick LLP, and the firm’s Managing Partner. The firm provides advice and assistance to major multinational companies and individuals of all nationalities seeking work authorisation, skilled worker visas, family reunion and UK entry clearance. Ben is particularly focused on the financial services sector, acting as immigration counsel to major City institutions. He has experience in strategic immigration planning for large organisations and assists international assignment departments and human resources managers in developing compliance and legal right-to-work policies. Ben speaks regularly at major immigration conferences including the International Bar Association (IBA), British American Business (BAB) and Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA). He sits on the Immigration and Citizenship committee of the American Bar Association (ABA). Ben is co-editor of the Corporate Immigration Review, an annual publication addressing immigration developments around the world. He is also technical partner for immigration to the Expat-Academy. Ben is Managing Director of Magrath Sheldrick (Global) Pte. Limited in Singapore.

Magrath Sheldrick LLP

Ben Shem tov

Principal Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Ben Sheppard

Partner

Walker Morris LLP

Ben Simons

Senior Associate

Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Ben Smith

Ben is a partner in our Tax & Trusts Team. Ben advises a broad range of clients on their tax and estate planning, partnerships, trusts, succession and wills. Ben has a particular interest in Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), owner managed businesses and the interplay between the commercial and private client sectors. Ben is also interested in the way changing technology is influencing the legal profession.

Wilsons

Ben Smith

Ben is a Senior Associate at Littler who works across all areas of employment law including advisory, litigation and transactional support. He has particular experience in defending complex Employment Tribunal litigation, including as part of the team that successfully appealed a long-running whistleblowing, sex discrimination, pregnancy and maternity discrimination, and victimisation claim to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Ben regularly supports and manages international employment advisory projects. He also has significant experience of managing document review projects, such as disclosure and data subject access requests, leveraging technology and flexible resourcing solutions. Drawing on a longstanding academic interest and experience working in the charitable sector, Ben is particularly interested in equality, diversity, and discrimination issues for employers arising in both contentious and non-contentious maters. Ben also supports the London office’s knowhow and training capability, regularly keeping clients and the team informed of legal developments, as well as the legal technology workstream.

Littler

Ben Standing

Browne Jacobson LLP