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Clive Smith

Partner

gunnercooke LLP

Clive Weber

Clive advises on all aspects of UK pensions law drawing on over 45 years’ experience as a pensions’ lawyer. His expertise include acting for employers, trustees and members, including on restructuring of schemes, contingent asset arrangements (including for PPF purposes), dealing with the Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund, and with member complaints at scheme and Pensions Ombudsman levels, as well as advising on pension aspects of corporate transactions and on overseas transfers. In conjunction with our Private Client team, he also advises on pension death benefits and inter-generational wealth transfers.

Wedlake Bell LLP

Clive Zietman

Partner Clive is a well-known commercial litigator who has been involved in a wide range of complex and high-value claims including a number of high-profile frauds, insurance coverage disputes, professional negligence claims and banking disputes. His work regularly involves an international dimension. Over the past few years, he has been involved in several actions against banks, a task that most central London law firms are unable to undertake as a result of conflicts of interest. Clive also acts as a supervising solicitor appointed by the court in search order cases. He has been involved in several high-profile search order cases including the Ferrari secrets case and the Elton John stolen refuse dispute. Clive has acted in several well-publicised cases, including: Acting for 83 bankers in a case against Commerzbank regarding unpaid bonuses The RBS shareholder litigation concerning the 2008 right issue The high-profile diamond business dispute between Lev Leviev and Arcadi Gaydamak

Stewarts Law LLP

Clizia Motterle

Clizia joined our Family team in September 2015 and advises on divorce and matrimonial finances. She is also involved in advising clients who have been victim of domestic abuse. Clizia is an experienced Family Senior Associate who advises clients in connection with divorce and matrimonial finances and arrangements for children, as well as cases involving domestic abuse. Being an Italian national and speaker, Clizia regularly advises clients with a particular connection with that jurisdiction. Clizia is an Italian national, and bilingual (Italian / English). She grew up in Italy and moved to the UK after completing her first degree in Law, to complete her post-graduate studies in Bristol. Clizia joined RWK Goodman in 2013 and, having completed her training, she qualified as a Bath Family Solicitor in 2015. She was promoted to Associate in 2020. She recognises that even the most amicable of relationship breakdowns can be very emotional at times and aims to establish good relationships with clients, offering sympathy when needed at the same time as adopting a pragmatic approach in her advice. Whenever possible, she encourages clients to keep a line of communication open and to try and resolve matters through amicable and cost-effective negotiation. Clizia is listed as an Italian speaking solicitor on the register held by the Italian Consulate in London.

RWK Goodman

Colette Kelly

Partner

Irwin Mitchell

Colette McCann

Colette qualified as a solicitor in 2012 with experience of handling a wide variety of litigated personal injury claims. She joined Weightmans in 2014 and then specialised in defending occupational disease claims for major UK insurers, local authorities, multi-national self insureds and the disease legacy market with a particular interest in complex corporate histories. Colette currently works in the casualty department handling EL and PL claims for insurers and corporations.

Weightmans LLP

Colette Morgan-Ford

Colette is our Head of Construction and is ranked as a ‘leading individual’ in the Legal 500 directory. She has worked in private practice for over 20 years, including 10 years at Pinsent Masons. She has significant experience in dispute resolution and strategic advice in relation to construction and engineering projects. Colette is known for providing clear and direct advice which enables clients to achieve their objectives commercially and cost effectively. She has represented contractors, sub contractors, professional consultants, employers and developers through adjudication, litigation, mediation and arbitration (both domestically and internationally). Colette has a wide perspective in the sector and has advised on the standard form suite of contracts (e.g. FIDIC, JCT, NEC), bespoke contracts and complex PFI/PPP contracts, including associated step down agreements. Colette's relevant experience includes: Acting for an international contractor in a series of multi-million US Dollar disputes in ICC arbitration in relation to extension of time and money claims under EPC contracts for a project in the Middle East. Acting for a leading European contractor in a multi-million Euro dispute in ICC arbitration in relation to defects and delays on luxury hotel project in Azerbaijan. Acting for a global engineering consultant in relation to a multi party/action/million pound UK dispute in the Technology Construction court in relation to ground movement suffered at a national UK distribution centre. Acting for a police authority in a dispute with a leading contractor in connection with performance failures under an NEC Term Service Contract for repairs and maintenance works. Acting for an international facilities management contractor in connection with a multi-million pound dispute with the MOD. concerning variations under a NEC Term Service Contract for the provision of (among other) management, administration and site maintenance on a number of air weapons range training sites. Providing strategic advice and acting in adjudications on PFI disputes across various sectors (health, education and social housing) including disputes on unavailability deductions. Acting for an employer against a contractor on a marine project in relation to defective construction works which caused a significant sinkhole and resulted in extensive remedial works. Acting for M&E Engineers in adjudication against a design and build contractor in relation to contra charges wrongfully levied. Acting for a Design and Build contractor in adjudication against an Architect in relation to defective design works.

Weightmans LLP

Colette Van Zyl

Colette sits in the award winning Tax Disputes team of KPMG Law which is currently ranked Tier 2 in Chambers and Legal 500 with an individual ranking as Up and Coming in 2024 and 2025. Colette is an experienced tax litigation solicitor with more than 20 years of UK litigation experience across a diverse portfolio of clients. Colette has significant appellate experience at all levels of appeal, including the Tax Tribunals, Administrative Court and up to the Supreme Court. Colette advises on all aspects of indirect tax litigation but has particular experience in advising on complex VAT disputes. Colette combines her technical expertise and extensive tax litigation experience to advise clients on all aspects of dispute resolution including tax appeals, penalty mitigation and judicial review. Most recently, Colette has successfully negotiated settlements with HMRC by way of alternative dispute resolution. Legal 500 2022 the following was said about her: "‘Colette van Zyl is a very knowledgeable, proactive solicitor, who has an excellent understanding of VAT law. What I particularly value is her imaginative approach to finding solutions to problems, and her perseverance in getting to the bottom of all sorts of individual points that she is constantly on the look out for in her cases.’ Colette was also named as Associate to Watch in Chambers from 2020 to 2023 and named as Up and Coming in 2024 and 2025.

KPMG Law

Colin Askew

Principal Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Colin Bell

Colin is a Partner and leads our intellectual property and technology teams. An experienced commercial lawyer, Colin specialises in intellectual property (IP) law, advising both national and international clients. He handles issues relating to patents, trade marks, copyright, passing-off, brand management, company names and domain names, as well as database, image and design rights. With a strong background in both contentious and non-contentious IP work, Colin is highly experienced in the protection and registration of IP portfolios (including UK, EU and international trade marks), brand strategy, clearance advice, the exploitation and licensing of IP, enforcement and infringement disputes. He has developed an extensive and highly regarded network of trusted agents to assist in the enforcement and defence of IP rights in international territories.Colin also leads our technology team, which advises entrepreneurs, start-ups, scale-ups, established businesses, investors and corporate boards on a wide range of transactional, corporate and regulatory matters. We deal with both general technology-related matters as well as specific matters across a number of sector verticals including esports, the creative industries, IT, cybersecurity and big data.Outside the technology space, Colin represents many clients across the sport and retail sectors, advising on a wealth of commercial matters including commercial contracts, IT contracts, licensing, franchising, agency collaborations, joint ventures, sponsorship, broadcasting, host city and venue agreements, as well as privacy, data protection, GDPR, retail, e-commerce, digital assets, gaming, gambling, betting, advertising and promotion issues.

Brabners LLP

Colin Gibson

Partner

Fieldfisher

Colin Grech

Colin is a Senior Associate at Signature Litigation with a broad depth of experience, having advised clients in a wide array of contentious and non-contentious matters. Whilst Colin’s main focus is on dispute resolution, his non-contentious work involves large scale corporate and transactional matters. He has previously advised on complex trust and company structures, multi-jurisdictional corporate finance transactions, having acted on both sides for clients involved in large lending facility agreements, and also provides general corporate and commercial advice to local businesses in Gibraltar. Colin’s contentious practice has involved admiralty work including ship arrests, criminal work (where he has gained ample court experience) and he has advised on disputes in the following practice areas: corporate (including unfair prejudice petitions, breach of fiduciary claims against directors and disputes between shareholders), commercial (including breaches of joint venture agreements, disputes concerning private equity funds and he continues to advise one of the largest air-conditioning manufacturers in Europe in relation to an ongoing dispute with a national supplier), construction, landlord and tenant, employment (acting for both employer and employee), contract, trade licencing and distributed ledger technology. He frequently advises clients in a broad spectrum of financial services disputes which will often include elements of regulatory work. Colin also has experience in arbitrations, both commercial and international, having acted for clients in arbitrations under the LCIA Rules and in a very large investor-State arbitration under ICSID rules (acting for the investor). Colin also has a growing insolvency practice, having successfully acted for the cell liquidator of a private cell company against a regulated trust administrator in Gibraltar. This was the first time in the jurisdiction that an administration order (and subsequently a liquidation order) was granted by the Supreme Court against a regulated trust administrator. Colin was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2010 and was subsequently called to the Gibraltar Bar in 2011.

Signature Litigation LLP

Colin Howes

Colin is a consultant and former partner who applies his experience with numerous businesses and charitable organisations across a wide range of the firm’s clients. He provides specialist corporate and strategic advice on buying and selling businesses, investments in businesses, joint ventures and commercial agreements. Alongside that work he advises corporate and individual foundations, arts charities and other charities on commercial and regulatory issues. He has been involved with some of the firm’s best-known clients and projects. Many of the clients Colin advises are in the hospitality or media industries. He has a particular interested in seeing startup businesses progress to exit and beyond. In his work for charities he has a particular focus on those applying commercial principles to achieve their objectives, as well as helping a range of charities deal with all aspects of governance.

Harbottle & Lewis LLP

Colin Jaque

Partner

HCR Law

Colin Jones

Partner, Head of Construction and Engineering. Legal specialisation in construction and procurement law. Clients include: Marshalls Airport, Kings College, Trinity Hall College, Gonville & Caius College, European Molecular Biology Institute. Adviser to the British Institute of Interior Design and the Association of Consultant Architects. Acts for contractors, professionals, developer clients, manufacturers of construction products; providing advice in regard to contentious and non contentious matters. Member of Cambridge CleanTech, sits on the Procurement Reform Group of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Adviser to the Sports and Play Construction Association. Council member of the Cambridge Forum for the Construction Industry and a member of the Cambridge Interact Club of property and construction professionals. Governor of St Mary’s School, Cambridge. Practice areas: construction – contentious; Construction – non-contentious.

HCR Law

Colin Lavelle

Partner

Hill Dickinson LLP

Colin Leckey

If it involves your people, I can help. I specialise in employment law and have been a Partner at Lewis Silkin since April 2012, before that spending more than a decade at another major law firm. I work with clients across all industry sectors, with a particular focus on technology, professional services and financial services. I also work occasionally for senior executives and partners. My client base contains many large UK and international employers. I act for them on UK employment litigation, the full range of HR and employment advisory matters, and domestic and cross-border projects such as restructurings, compliance issues, acquisitions and outsourcings. I speak and write regularly on a wide range of employment law issues, from the national media to our own insight pieces. I co-organise and speak at our annual Managing an International Workforce conference, and our regular in-house Employment Lawyers Community events. I am also a host of our coffee break podcast.

Lewis Silkin

Colin Ligman

Specialist in real estate aspects of investment, development and rail infrastructure funding projects. Acts for Transports for Wales and Abellio group companies on property related matters involving rail infrastructure projects. Acts for senior debt lenders on development finance and investment finance for commercial real estate. Also acts for lenders, fixed charge receivers and administrators on distressed situations as head of the Burges Salmon Real Estate Insolvency Team. Many years’ experience both in structuring and securing loan facilities, and also acting on fixed charge receiverships and administrations involving the sale of significant commercial property assets, such as investment properties, partially completed development sites and nursing homes.

Burges Salmon LLP

Colin Morgan

Colin is a Senior Advisor in the firm’s real estate finance practice. He has extensive experience advising UK and overseas lenders and borrowers in relation to real estate investment and development finance. Colin acts for senior and mezzanine banks and non-banks, investors and developers, hotel owners and operators and high-net-worth individuals on the financing of the acquisition and / or development of a broad range of real estate assets in the UK.

Macfarlanes LLP

Colin Murphy

Partner

Leigh Day

Colin Nahon

Partner - corporate transactions, commercial contracts and secured lending.

Solomon Taylor & Shaw LLP

Colin Parker

Criminal & Regulatory Department Colin Parker was admitted as a solicitor in December 1974 following the completion of training articles with one of Birmingham’s leading commercial firms. With 50 years of experience in legal practice, Colin is one of our most senior lawyers and brings considerable knowledge of law and procedure to his serious caseload. Colin has worked in the Serious Crime Team since joining KANGS Solicitors in 2005 and his work is exclusively multi-million pounds fraud cases and serious criminal cases. He is regarded highly for his meticulous preparation of a client’s defence in readiness for trial and his friendly and re-assuring manner when assisting clients through what is, inevitably, an extremely stressful and worrying period of their life. Concluded cases include, by way of a small example, acting for numerous defendants in cases involving: Multi-million pounds MTIC/VAT Carousels Avoidance of VAT upon the importation of high value motor vehicles Avoidance of VAT upon the importation of tobacco from Europe and the Far East International people trafficking International money laundering International identity fraud Multi- million pounds pyramid fraud Ponzi frauds Mortgage frauds running into hundreds of millions of pounds. Frauds committed against the NHS. Additionally, Colin has been instructed by and has successfully defended fellow professionals, both solicitors and legal executives, faced with serious charges of conspiracy to defraud a variety of lending institutions and money laundering. The acquittals secured for these clients has preserved their reputations and enabled them to continue with their legal careers.

Kangs Solicitors

Colin Peck

Browne Jacobson LLP

Colin Rogerson

Recognised as one of the UK’s leading surrogacy and fertility lawyers, Colin heads the firm’s fertility law team. He is also highly regarded for his specialism in children law and is ranked in Band 1 for Cross Border Children Disputes by the Chambers Guide. He undertakes cases with international dimensions including child abduction, jurisdiction disputes and domestic and international relocations. Colin has litigated at all levels of court including the Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights.

Mills & Reeve LLP