Macfarlanes LLP

Adam Campbell

Adam works for a wide range of clients from private equity houses, asset managers and large corporate groups to family offices, professional services organisations and LLPs. He advises on a broad range of domestic and international M&A transactions, having considerable experience in the financial services sector in particular. He spends quite a lot of his time advising on private equity investments and other complex equity investment structures, regularly advising investors, founders and executive management teams across a range of sectors in respect of those arrangements, working closely with our Tax and Reward teams. · Corporate / M&A

Alex Douty

Alex advises on a range of fraud, asset recovery, and investigations, as well as general commercial disputes. He has a particular specialism in cross-border disputes, often involving parallel proceedings in multiple jurisdictions. He also has experience of high-profile group litigation and cases involving litigation funding. He regularly represents clients in the High Court and Court of Appeal, and in international arbitration and mediation. · Litigation

Alex Edmondson

Alex is head of the firm’s private equity practice and specialises in advising private equity clients on buyouts, management incentivisation and sales processes. He also has extensive experience of advising on asset manager M&A, private company M&A and general advisory matters. Alex has sector expertise in several areas, including in particular the technology sector and co-heads the firm’s cross-departmental technology practice group, advising companies, founders and investors. · Private Equity

Alexander Amos

Alex advises a wide range of asset managers and investors on the structuring and establishment of, and investment in, alternative funds. His particular focus is on credit and real estate funds. Alex’s focus is on the raising of alternative funds, as well as funds-of-one / managed accounts, joint ventures, pledge funds, co-investment vehicles and alternatives to the traditional widely held blind pool fund model. Alex also advises asset managers on team incentive arrangements, conflicts, allocation policies and all the wider elements relating to operating an alternatives business. He has advised on funds domiciled in Luxembourg, Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, Ireland and the UK. Alex spent six months on secondment in the legal team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He regularly speaks at external industry conferences and is a contributor to industry bodies as well as leading asset management publications and texts. Private Funds Management named Alex in its list of the top 30 private funds lawyers under 40, identified by the industry and their peers as the best in their field. Alex is also listed as a leading lawyer by Who's Who Legal Private Funds 2022. · Private Funds

Alexandra Green

Alex works on a broad range of corporate matters, with a particular focus on private equity, fund secondary transactions, GP-led restructurings and private acquisitions. Alex acts for private equity sponsors, secondary investors, co-investors, corporates and management teams. Alex has also spent time on secondment at an international private equity investor and a FTSE 250 company. · Corporate / M&A

Alicia Thomas

Alicia advises on a broad range of tax and structuring matters but has a particular focus on advising in relation to the formation and structuring of private investment funds and investment management businesses, including family-owned investment management businesses and investment platforms. Alicia’s clients range from large international investment fund managers to UK family investment platforms and the executives that operate them. Alicia has advised on fund raisings for a number of our investment fund clients operating in private equity, credit and hedge fund strategies as well as family office investment platforms and particularly specialises in advising on structures which involve the interaction of UK and non-UK tax considerations. Alicia has a particular specialism in structures which include both a UK and US nexus and she has spent nearly a year on secondment within the tax group of a leading New York law firm. · Tax

Andrew Barton

Andrew is a corporate insurance lawyer with expertise in a wide range of insurance transactional and advisory work, advising insurers, reinsurers and corporate clients on insurance matters. He is a leading practitioner in the field of insurance de-risking solutions for defined pension schemes. Andrew has broad experience of specialist insurance and reinsurance transactions as well as corporate and commercial matters in the insurance sector. He regularly advises insurers, reinsurers and pension schemes on complex defined benefit pension risk transfer transactions including longevity swaps, bulk annuity transactions, pension scheme buy-ins and buy-outs and associated collateral structures. He has extensive experience advising on insurance M&A transactions, M&A insurance (W&I policies), regulatory matters, commercial insurance policy negotiation, reinsurance, distribution agreements and trade credit insurance. He is a recognised expert on director liability protection, including director & officer (D&O) and POSI insurance and associated director indemnification issues. Andrew is Editor of Butterworths Insurance Law Handbook (15th edition) and a contributor to the ICSA Directors’ Handbook – chapters on D&O Insurance and director indemnification. Andrew is recognised in respect of Insurance Corporate and Regulatory in The Legal 500 UK 2015. Andrew is a member of the City of London Law Society Insurance Law Committee. · Insurance

Andrew Perkins

Andrew is head of the finance group. He acts for alternative lenders, credit funds, banks and financial institutions on a wide range of financing transactions. Andrew advises banks, alternative lenders and credit funds on all aspects of cross-border and domestic leveraged financings, fund finance and speciality finance. Andrew has a strong presence in the alternative credit space, advising fund managers on subscription lines and leverage facilities for their credit funds, advising these funds, and other alternative debt providers, on their leverage financing portfolio acquisitions and other credit investments. · Banking & Finance

Andy Mather

Andy acts on a wide range of substantial international and domestic arbitration, litigation and adjudication matters. He has a particular expertise in complex construction, engineering and real estate disputes and related professional negligence issues. Andy has represented a wide spectrum of clients, including state governments, financial institutions, large developers, high-net-worth individuals, professional consultants, contractors and sub-contractors. He has advised on many of the most high-profile development projects in the UK over the last few years, together with significant international infrastructure projects. His experience includes office, residential, hotel and industrial developments, hospitals, schools, power plants, airports, roads, and off-shore oil and gas projects. Andy’s arbitration work has included major international ICC and LCIA arbitrations, including appearing as advocate. He also has extensive experience of alternative dispute resolution procedures including mediation, expert determination and early neutral evaluation. Whilst an associate, Andy spent six months on secondment with the in-house legal team of a leading building and civil engineering contractor to assist with the preparation of a c£80m adjudication claim against a government authority in relation to a large hospital PFI project. He has an MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from King’s College London and is a member of the Society of Construction Law, the Adjudication Society and the Property Litigation Association. · International Arbitration

Angus Dawson

Angus is head of the non-contentious side of our construction and engineering group. He specialises in all aspects of construction law, predominantly advising developers and institutional investors on major development projects. Angus acts for a broad spectrum of clients including developers, funders, owner occupiers, tenants, architects and contractors. He advises on procurement strategies, building contracts, consultant appointments, warranties, third party rights, bonds and guarantees. He also advises on construction aspects of agreements for lease and development and funding agreements. Angus is a member of the City of London Law Society Construction Committee, has an MSc in construction law and dispute resolution from Kings College and writes regularly in the RIBA Journal. Angus is co-author for the chapter on UK construction law for the International Comparative Legal Guide to Construction & Engineering. · Construction & Engineering

Anthony Burnett-Scott

Anthony is a partner in the real estate group. He has a significant and varied real estate practice and wide experience in all forms of commercial property work. Anthony acts for a number of developers and property companies. He has particular expertise in mixed use development, acquisitions, disposals, lettings and real estate partnerships. Anthony is a partner champion of our REACH (race, ethnicity and cultural heritage) staff network, a forum for networking and peer support between ethnic minority staff and allies. · Real Estate

Ashley Greenbank

Ashley advises on the full range of corporate tax issues, but particular specialisations include the corporate tax aspects of UK and cross-border corporate finance and M&A transactions, group tax planning and dispute resolution. Ashley also advises companies on group structuring and strategic tax planning (including corporate residence, permanent establishment, transfer pricing and CFC issues) and assists our private client group on corporate tax aspects of structuring issues for substantial privately held groups. Ashley also has broad experience in handling disputes with tax authorities. He is a Deputy High Court Judge, a Deputy Judge in the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery) and a CEDR accredited mediator. Ashley is a former chair of the Tax Law Committee of the Law Society and a member of its Corporation Tax Sub-Committee. In that capacity he is active in making representations to and in consultations with Government and tax authorities on changes to existing legislation and new policy proposals. He is also a member of the committee of the British Branch of the International Fiscal Association and the organising committee for the IFA Congress in London in 2019. · Tax

Barry Donnelly

Barry has more than 30 years' experience in international disputes and investigations, involving banking, finance, financial services, fund and asset management, trusts, insolvency, fraud and financial crime. He has been approved as a Skilled Person by the Financial Conduct Authority and has conducted numerous business critical regulatory reviews in both the UK and overseas. Barry has particular expertise in large scale financial litigation and arbitration, and regulatory investigations and proceedings. He represents clients in connection with investigations and proceedings involving both UK and overseas regulatory bodies and government agencies, including the London Stock Exchange, the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Serious Fraud Office, the Department of Justice, the SEC and the CFTC. He frequently advises and conducts internal investigations for financial institutions and other regulated investment businesses; examples include matters involving failings in systems and controls, conflicts of interest, internal fraud, the alleged manipulation of LIBOR, precious metals, FX and commodities trading, market abuse, insider dealing, misleading statements, money laundering, bribery and corruption, and failure to prevent economic crime. Barry's representation of clients has included complex, often cross-border, disputes and investigations involving the co-ordination of proceedings or the obtaining of evidence abroad, as well as information requests from international courts, regulators and government agencies, such as under the Hague Evidence Convention or the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003. Overseas jurisdictions have included the Cayman Islands, the BVI, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, France, Italy, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Brazil, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Mauritius, Indonesia, Greece, Ireland, the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. · Litigation

Ben Webster

Ben advises on a wide range of contentious tax matters for individuals, partnerships, funds, multi-nationals and FTSE-listed companies. Ben is senior counsel within the tax investigations and disputes team, and his varied practice includes advising clients on HMRC powers and enquiries, disputes before the Tax Tribunals, High Court disputes that involve tax, and the mitigation of tax risk on commercial transactions. Ben regularly advises on the technical, tactical and procedural aspects of tax investigations and disputes across the full range of direct and indirect taxes, and has been involved with cases at all levels of the UK tax tribunal and civil court system. Ben also acts in High Court litigation and judicial reviews, with a particular focus on cases involving the alleged negligence of advisors, the conduct of HMRC and claims involving mistake and rectification. Ben has experience utilising different forms of ADR to settle disputes with HMRC and commercial counterparties, and also advises on wider international and European tax issues, including the residence and domicile status of HNW individuals, the cross-border exchange of information and transfer pricing disputes. Ben is also a qualified Solicitor Advocate. · Tax

Brian Spiro

Partner · Corporate Crime

Caja Griesenbach

Caja advises on a broad range of UK and European competition law matters, including antitrust investigations, private enforcement actions, merger control, and behavioural compliance issues. She has significant experience representing clients across a range of sectors (including FMCG, grocery, travel technology, publishing, defence and the automotive industry) before UK and European regulators and courts. Caja advises clients in connection with both contentious and non-contentious competition matters, including regulatory investigations concerning alleged anti-competitive agreements or abuses of dominance, obtaining merger control clearances, and defending private claims for damages in connection with alleged antitrust infringements. In addition, Caja provides competition law compliance advice and training. Caja has previously been seconded to online travel agent Expedia and to the Mergers unit of the UK Competition and Markets Authority. · Competition

Cameron Firth

Cameron is an anti-trust lawyer with over 15 years’ experience practising all aspects of antitrust law in the UK and the EU. Cameron regularly represents a wide range of clients before the UK Competition & Markets Authority and the European Commission, as well as before the English and European Courts. Cameron advises clients on the full range of antitrust law issues, including: obtaining merger control clearances from regulators throughout the world; dawn raids and inspections undertaken by the UK and EU regulators; investigations (both by regulators and internal) in relation to anti-trust compliance; and providing advice and guidance on anti-trust and state aid compliance for both dominant and non-dominant companies. Cameron has extensive experience of antitrust and regulatory litigation before the English Courts and the European Courts in relation to antitrust and regulatory issues, including cartel damages cases, having represented parties claiming damages as well as parties defending such claims. Cameron has particular expertise in the application of antitrust law in the retail/consumer sector as well as the application of both antitrust law and IP/regulatory law in the pharmaceutical and media/telecoms/broadcasting sectors. Cameron has a BA (Hons) in Law from the University of Cambridge and a Masters in European Law from the Institute of European Studies, University of Brussels. Cameron also has experience of working for the regulator, having worked for DG Competition. · Competition / Antitrust

Camilla Barry

Camilla advises corporate groups, trustees and insurers on all aspects of UK pensions law and practice. She advises both employers and trustees and other scheme providers on the administration and regulation of defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes. Camilla has significant experience of advising in relation to the powers of the UK Pensions Regulator both in the context of corporate transactions and restructurings and in relation to funding negotiations, ”stressed” schemes and governance arrangements. Camilla has advised in relation to transfers to the Pension Protection Fund. Camilla regularly advises on the pensions aspects of corporate transactions, including the allocation of pension scheme liabilities, scheme transfers, management of s.75 debts, liabilities transferring under TUPE and exposure to trustee powers and the powers of the UK Pensions Regulator. · Pensions

Charles Gothard

Charles specialises in advising international families and entrepreneurs as well as the family offices, trust companies and other institutions helping them. His work often relates to their estate planning, structures (whether trusts, foundations or other vehicles), philanthropy and personal affairs. This frequently involves complex international tax and estate planning, co-ordinating advice from advisers in different jurisdictions and often in situations with little or no UK connection. He also regularly advises foreign residents on the most tax efficient way to structure UK investments or a move to the UK. Charles also has significant experience of contentious UK and international trust and probate work – resolving disputes between trustees or executors and beneficiaries, acting for either side. Charles heads the firm’s family office group and is country partner for Switzerland so has overall responsibility for our relationships in Switzerland. Charles lectures regularly in the UK and abroad and has published articles in many of the leading professional publications. He is the joint editor of The World Trust Survey – an overview of the trust laws of 34 jurisdictions published in 2010 by Oxford University Press and the joint author of a chapter on “Protectors” in Tolley’s Administration of Trusts. Charles is a member of ACTAPS (Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists). Charles is ranked as a Tier One adviser in the UK and Global editions of the independent Chambers guide and as a leading individual in the UK Legal 500 guide. He has been recognised in the eprivateclient 2021 50 Most Influential list and is recommended in the 2020 Spear’s 500 guide. · Private Client

Charlie Maydon Grace

Charlie advises both UK resident and non-UK resident/domiciled individuals, families, trustees and family offices on a wide variety of tax, trust law and international estate planning issues. She also works on high-value trust litigation matters and HMRC investigations. Charlie was seconded to a leading law firm in Bermuda, where she worked on various trust and litigation matters, often with a US focus. She gave a presentation at the 2019 Transcontinental Trusts: International Forum on economic substance and presented at the Private Client Global Elite Rising Leaders Forum in 2021. Charlie has been selected as a Rising Leader in the Private Client Global Elite Directory 2022/23, a peer-nominated list of the world's most respected lawyers advising ultra-high-net-worth clients. · Private Client

Chloë Edworthy

Chloë specialises in complex and cross-border litigation and arbitration for corporates, financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals. Chloë acts for a broad range of clients in respect of both High Court litigation and international arbitration. She has experience of arbitration with each of the following institutions: LCIA, ICC, SIAC, CIETAC, DIS, Swiss Rules and ICSID. In 2020, Chloë spent time on secondment to the Litigation and Regulatory team at Goldman Sachs. In 2015/2016, Chloë was seconded to a leading German law firm where she advised clients in relation to various international arbitrations (both commercial and investment treaty). Chloë is a member of the London Solicitor Litigation Association and the Young International Arbitration Group of the LCIA. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. · Litigation

Chris Acton

Chris advises hedge funds, managed account platforms and proprietary trading houses, on prime brokerage, derivatives and derivative regulation in Europe. He acts for the buy-side only. Chris' clients cover a broad range of strategies including equities, equity long/short, special opportunities and distressed debt, global macro, commodity trading advisors, emerging markets and fixed income. He advises on all aspects of his client's counterparty trading relationships including prime brokerage, custody, repo, securities lending, margin foreign matters, FX PB and intermediation, exchange traded and OTC derivatives and central clearing generally. His practice also covers debt and claims trading having advised clients on the diligence, structuring and negotiation of numerous debt trade transactions and on a number of master confirmations arrangements for loan or trade claims total return swap transactions. Chris' clients are primarily based in London, Europe and Hong Kong and he has developed close ties with local counsel who are able to provide local regulatory advice and market colour. · Derivatives

Chris Mortimer

Chris is head of the VAT practice. He advises a broad range of clients but has a particular focus on financial services, real estate and luxury assets. His team advises on all aspects of VAT including the establishment of new investment vehicles; partial exemption methods and other matters pertaining to VAT recovery; structuring of property transactions and property holding arrangements; implementation of outsourcing arrangements; M&A; and the acquisition, use and disposal of yachts, aircraft and artwork. Chris also has extensive experience of handling disputes with tax authorities. He is a chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor. · Tax

Christine Dowdall-Platt

Christine advises borrowers and lenders on a range of domestic and cross-border debt finance transactions. Christine’s experience includes leveraged finance, real estate finance, corporate acquisitions, general corporate facilities and specialty finance. · Banking & Finance

Christopher Charlton

Chris specialises in complex commercial litigation and arbitration, particularly disputes regarding financial services and products, corporate and shareholder disputes, and insolvency issues. He regularly acts for financial institutions and other corporate clients across a range of sectors, including financial services, technology and construction. Chris has significant experience of advising UK and non-UK clients in relation to cross-border corporate and commercial disputes, including in particular issues of jurisdiction and enforcement. Through 2019, he was seconded as a Foreign Associate to a leading New York law firm where he worked on a range of US focused matters. Chris is a qualified solicitor-advocate. · Litigation

Christopher Good

Christopher advises on private fund formation, looking after fund sponsors who are establishing and operating private investment funds. He advises across a range of asset classes, including private equity, credit, real estate, venture capital and growth and secondary capital. As well as advising on fundraisings, Christopher also advises upon and helps structure and implement carried interest, co-invest and other executive incentive schemes. Christopher also regularly advises secondary purchasers and GP clients on secondary transactions, including portfolio transactions, liquidity solutions and fund recapitalisations and restructurings. He is also regularly asked to advise institutional clients on their primary investment programmes, co-investment operations and bespoke management arrangements with managers. Christopher has previously spent time on secondment with both Goldman Sachs and Legal & General Investment Management. He is a member of the Association of Partnership Practitioners and participates in Invest Europe’s working groups on legal and regulatory affairs. · Private Funds

Clare Breeze

Clare is a partner and head of the real estate group. Clare regularly advises investors, developers, private clients, family offices and funders on a wide variety of both domestic (UK) and cross-border commercial and residential real estate transactions with an emphasis on investment, development, leasing, joint ventures and real estate finance. Her sector experience includes prime residential, build-to-rent (BTR) and private rented sector (PRS), student accommodation, offices, retail, industrial, hospitality and leisure. Clare also heads up the Private Client Property team. · Real Estate

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. · Real Estate

Damien Crossley

Damien is head of the tax and reward group. He specialises in advising investment fund managers on the formation of private funds, on their house and remuneration structures and on the structuring of their investment transactions. He is widely recognised as a leading adviser to the investment management industry. Damien’s clients are, in the main, investment fund managers who he advises on their house, fund and investment structuring. He has a particular expertise in the structuring and operation of private equity and private credit funds and on their carried interest and co-investment arrangements. Damien also advises a number of clients on the efficient structuring of their global private equity and special opportunity investments. Damien spent a year on secondment at a leading law firm in New York practising US tax and most of his work has an international dimension. Damien is a chartered tax adviser and regularly speaks and writes on tax matters. Damien is the co-author of the textbook “Taxation of Partnerships and LLPs” which is published by Sweet & Maxwell. Damien is chairperson of the AIMA ACC tax committee. · Tax

Dan Lavender

Dan specialises in city and financial services litigation and investigations. He is experienced in managing and resolving major multi-jurisdiction litigation. Dan often advises on cases where the client’s reputation and business are under severe threat. · Litigation

Dan Marriott

Dan has a broad practice in all aspects of commercial real estate. His work includes property development, the negotiation of commercial leases for both landlords and tenants, sale and leaseback transactions and the commercial real estate aspects of financing transactions and commercial mergers and acquisitions. · Real Estate

Dominic Cunliffe

Dominic works exclusively on commercial real estate transactions and specialises in both development and mainstream investment work, representing a mixture of institutional investors, private equity investment funds and developers. He has considerable expertise in development funding and the use of complex property holding structures. Dominic is a partner champion of our DAWN staff network, a forum that focuses on the mental health and wellbeing of all of those at Macfarlanes and also offers support to staff who have direct experience of or support others with disabilities, neurodiverse conditions and other long and short term conditions. · Real Estate

Douglas Wass

Doug acts on a wide range of substantial international and domestic arbitration, litigation and adjudication matters. He has particular expertise in complex construction, engineering and real estate claims and related professional negligence issues, although his practice also encompasses more general commercial disputes. Doug has advised a wide range of clients, including large developers, project companies, professional consultants, contractors and sub-contractors. His experience includes office, residential, hotel, industrial, hospital, university, school, power plant, airport and roads projects. Doug’s arbitration work has included major international ICC and LCIA arbitrations. Doug also regularly advises clients in relation to mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Doug has an MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College, London and is a member of the Society of Construction Law, the Adjudication Society and the Property Litigation Association. Doug is also a Solicitor-Advocate. Doug is co-author for the chapter on UK construction law for the International Comparative Legal Guide to Construction & Engineering. · Arbitration

Edward Reed

Edward advises internationally mobile families on their asset structuring, personal tax and succession planning wills, trusts and personal tax planning. Having been educated both in the UK and in France, Edward has developed an affinity for civil law issues generally. He is a bilingual French speaker and fluent in Italian. In conjunction with overseas lawyers, he advises on cross-border estate, succession planning and complex tax investigation issues. He has a particular interest in drafting constitutional mechanisms in asset holding vehicles and has advised institutional and corporate trustees on the drafting of their standard forms, focusing on such issues as settlor reserved powers, settlor-directed investment provisions, protector committees and their appointment mechanisms and the trigger events (e.g. incapacity) for the transmission of key trust powers. Being a trustee and protector himself, he also advises trustees and settlors on fiduciary and tax issues arising out of the administration of existing structures. Edward has been quoted extensively in the press and lectured at industry conferences, as well as publishing articles in English and French on cross-border succession and tax issues. He also advises clients on philanthropic matters. With over 25 years’ experience in the field, he advises on UK immigration and nationality law and procedure for private and corporate clients. He has administrative oversight of the firm’s wholly-owned trust company, Embleton Trust Corporation Limited and of the Trust Administration Group. Edward is a contributor to Tolley’s Administration of Trusts and the author of the England and Wales Chapter in The World Trust Survey (Gothard & Shah) published by Oxford University Press. He is also co-author of the “Trusts, Trustees and the UK Anti Financial Crime Regime”, chapter (C11) in Glasson, The International Trust (3rd Ed. 2011). Most recently, he has co-authored with Iskra Doukova the UK chapter in the STEP Handbook for Advisers “Beneficial Ownership Registers” (August 2021, published by Global Law & Business). · Private Client

Elizabeth Doherty

Elizabeth specialises in international contentious trust, probate and succession disputes and related regulatory investigations, high-value family disputes and proceedings in the Court of Protection. Elizabeth acts for a wide range of UK and international clients including multinational corporations, trust companies, private companies and a diverse spectrum of high-net-worth individuals. She has substantial experience as a litigator in the UK courts and in foreign courts, including Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands and has particular expertise in resolving complex and multi-jurisdictional disputes involving the trustees, beneficiaries and protectors of English and offshore family trusts, including through alternative dispute resolution. Elizabeth has acted for numerous clients in sensitive and highly confidential disputes in the Court of Protection and has advised fiduciaries who become involved in cross-jurisdictional regulatory investigations (including criminal investigations). · Contentious Trusts & Probate

Emma Bailey

Emma undertakes a broad range of corporate work across private equity, domestic and cross-border M&A and corporate advisory. Emma acts for a wide client base, including private equity houses, management teams and large corporates. She advises on mergers, acquisitions and disposals, restructurings and joint ventures, and general company and corporate governance. Emma is an active member of the firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Associate Working Group and the cross-department Consumer & Retail Group. · Corporate / M&A

Francis Bond

Francis is a member of the firm’s corporate crime and investigations team. He advises clients on white collar defence, investigations and prosecutions conducted by agencies such as OFSI, the NCA, the SFO, the FCA and the CPS. · White Collar Defence

Fred Snowball

Fred specialises in high-value corporate and commercial disputes before the High Court and in international arbitrations. He works for a mix of state, corporate and individual clients in a number of sectors, including private equity, financial services, sport, hospitality and construction. He has particular expertise in contractual disputes and cases relating to data privacy. · Litigation

Gideon Sanitt

Gideon specialises in tax litigation but has a background in transactional tax work. His tax litigation work has given him experience at all levels of the UK Courts and the European Courts. Gideon has worked on disputes and investigations involving complex corporate and financial transactions for a variety of multinational and FTSE listed companies across both direct and indirect tax, as well as dealing with investigations involving high-net-worth individuals. Gideon also has significant experience in high value regulatory investigations as they relate to tax issues. Gideon takes a particular interest not just in advising on disputes but in managing the risks of transactions, so that the extent of any such dispute is minimised, and in seeking solutions outside of the Courts, whether through well-run compliance or effective settlements. With a transactional background covering, in particular, M&A and finance, as well as matters with a significant international dimension, Gideon also has experience of how some of the most complex tax rules apply in practice. Such expertise is invaluable in managing the risks of those transactions, advising on any disputes that may arise and finding the most effective solutions. · Tax

Gregory Price

Greg’s practice focuses on tax consultancy, providing tax advice to UK and international clients. Greg has a particular interest in group and international tax matters, for example in the efficient structuring of mergers and demergers as well as group reorganisations. Greg’s work with major corporate clients includes advising on a wide range of corporate and financing transactions, in particular, public and private acquisitions, group reorganisations and raising funds in the debt and equity capital markets. Much of this work has a cross-border dimension. Greg also works closely with our private client group, advising on tax issues for family offices and for large businesses that are in private ownership. Greg has advised on a number of high value tax investigations and disputes, including bringing appeals to the Tribunal. Greg is a member of the Law Society's Tax Law Committee. · Tax

Harriet Miller

Harriet advises clients on all aspects of work relating to private funds, predominately focusing on fundraising for which she represents both fund managers and investors. Harriet’s focus relates to all aspects of private funds. This includes the structuring and fundraising of a variety of different products from traditional blind pool investment vehicles to managed accounts and co-investment vehicles domiciled in a diverse number of jurisdictions, assisting institutional investors review and negotiate fund investments, advising on team incentive arrangements and all wider elements relating to operating a private funds business. She spent six months in the US on secondment with a leading US law firm. During her secondment, she assisted various institutional investors, including State pension plans, on investments in private funds and spoke at angel investing and VC events on key legal considerations for start-up businesses. Harriet has also spent three months on secondment at both Old Mutual Global Investors and Skandia Investment Group. · Private Funds

Harry Coghill

Harry has broad transactional experience in public and private M&A, equity capital markets and other corporate transactions. He also advises listed clients on a wide range of corporate governance matters, including activism situations. Harry sits on the legal panel of the Investor Forum, having advised on its establishment, and has authored several publications on subjects relevant to his practice. Harry heads our international committee which has oversight of our relationships with international law firms. Harry also co-heads our consumer and retail sector group. · Corporate / M&A

Hayley Robinson

Hayley specialises in employment law and heads the firm’s employment group. Hayley advises employer clients on all types of contentious matters, ranging from advising on sensitive or acrimonious disciplinary or grievance procedures to restrictive covenant and other post termination disputes to litigation in the Employment Tribunal. On the non-contentious side, she advises employers on their day-to-day employment issues, helping them to resolve difficult workplace situations in a commercially sensitive way. She is also experienced in advising on the employment aspects of all types of corporate transactions and restructurings. As well as advising corporate employers, Hayley is experienced in advising LLPs and other partnership structures on partnership and quasi employment issues as they affect them and their members or partners. · Employment

Helen Harvey

Helen is a member of the firm’s corporate crime and investigations practice. She advises both individuals and corporates on compliance, pre-investigations, investigations and prosecutions. She has represented clients before a number of regulators, including the SFO, HMRC, the FCA and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). She has been involved in the high-profile bribery investigations into Rolls-Royce and Airbus and the investigation into Barclays regarding the 2008 fund raising. She has particular expertise in sanctions and export control issues, and is currently helping clients adapt to recent shifts in the global financial sanctions framework. She has published numerous updates on sanctions and spoken on podcasts. Helen also assists clients with designing and implementing compliance programmes for corruption, money laundering and sanctions. She delivers training on all aspects of financial crime. Helen is a member of the Fraud Lawyers Association and the Female Fraud Forum. · Corporate Crime & Investigations

Howard Corney

Howard heads the firm’s mergers and acquisitions group. He undertakes a broad range of M&A work with a particular focus on cross-border M&A and private equity. Howard also established and leads our Africa practice and is the lead corporate and M&A partner in our industrial and manufacturing sector group. · Corporate / M&A

Iain MacKie

Iain specialises in large-scale corporate and financial services litigation and arbitration for a mix of UK and international corporate clients, private equity houses, family offices and financial institutions. Iain is well known in the market for his expertise in handling complex corporate litigation, including large shareholder, joint venture and post-transaction disputes. He also advises on fraud issues; the rights and obligations of directors; derivative actions and unfair prejudice petitions; insolvency issues and restructuring. Much of his work is of a multi-jurisdictional nature and he has particular expertise in matters involving private equity investments and entrepreneurs. He acts for banks, financial institutions and fund managers in relation to disputes concerning fund and asset management, lending/security, complex financial instruments (particularly derivatives), trade finance and internal investigations. He has extensive experience of regulatory investigations by the FCA and other regulators, both in the UK and elsewhere, and advises on market abuse and compliance issues. He is regularly involved in advising non-UK clients involved in English law disputes, particularly in relation to international arbitrations concerning commercial and corporate matters, and in dealing with complex cross-border litigation. Iain was head of the litigation and dispute resolution group for 12 years, and he is now focusing solely on client work. · Litigation

Jacob Ward

Jacob specialises in domestic and international litigation, with a particular focus on trust disputes, international succession and estate disputes and fraud. He advises on a broad range of litigation both in England and across the world, including the BVI, Guernsey, Cayman, Cyprus and Hong Kong. He focuses particularly on: trust disputes, including removing or defending trustees, tracing assets, and disputes between beneficiaries; estate and probate disputes, including disputes over the validity of wills and claims against the solicitor who drafted the will; fraud claims, including tracing and recovering assets; and insolvency claims, including claims against former directors and recovering assets for creditors. Jacob edits the Contentious Matters section of the Butterworths Wills, Probate and Administration Service. Jacob is ranked as a leading individual in the 2021 UK Legal 500 guide. He is a qualified solicitor advocate and sits as a Magistrate in London. · Litigation

James McCredie

James advises on a wide range of tax matters, including the establishment of private equity, credit, real estate and other investment funds and their deal and investment structuring, the structuring of management incentive plans and partnership tax. James has advised a wide client base on a substantial range of tax matters. He specialises in investment fund tax, and has worked on fundraisings for our key investment funds clients and on a stand-alone basis across the range of asset classes and fund terms (through private equity, property and hedge funds, as well as family office investment structures). He has been involved in examining the structures of a number of fund managers in response to the many changes to personal and corporate taxation (including carried interest changes) which have affected the industry over recent years. He is a specialist in partnership tax across asset management and other professional services firms. James also advises funds and others in the financial services sphere on their acquisitions and disposals of investments (both private equity and property based) and the structure of investment platforms and establishment and disposal of asset managers themselves. He advises on the tax treatment of secondary transactions in fund investments (including a number of recent stapled secondary transactions and GP lead processes) as well as asset manager stake sales. James is co-chair of the firm’s Pride network. · Tax

James Popperwell

James is head of the firm’s fraud practice. He specialises in asset tracing and enforcement and the management of complex, international disputes in state courts and arbitration. As well as running disputes at all levels of the English courts, James has significant experience in managing parallel proceedings in different jurisdictions. James has over 19 years of experience acting on disputes relating to Russia, Ukraine and the CIS and has represented clients from these regions in various courts across the world, including in the Eastern Caribbean, the Channel Islands, Cyprus and Hong Kong, as well as in ICC, LCIA and VIAC arbitrations. James has significant experience of obtaining and defending interim injunctive relief in support of proceedings in England and elsewhere. James also advises on corporate and shareholder disputes (including in relation to companies incorporated overseas), bribery and corruption, sanctions, money laundering and insolvency proceedings. He is often asked to represent overseas clients in jurisdictional challenges in England and has done so on the basis of diplomatic and sovereign immunity as well as the more traditional grounds. James combines his fraud expertise with an intricate knowledge of litigation funding in all its forms. James has advised litigation funders on structuring some of the most innovative funding arrangements in recent years. James is a contributing author to the Law Society’s Handbook on Litigation Funding and a regular speaker on funding issues. James is qualified to act as an independent supervising solicitor on search orders. James is a partner champion of our Balance network, a forum providing networking and peer support for all staff managing careers and home lives, to achieve a sustainable work-life balance. · Fraud

Jat Bains

Jat is head of the restructuring and insolvency group. He specialises in a range of debt finance transactions, acting for credit and special situations funds, corporate clients, sponsors, bondholders and senior and mezzanine lenders in relation to, amongst other things, workouts and restructurings, and real estate finance. He has worked on several domestic and international private and public deals. His international finance experience also includes a secondment to Italy, where he assisted a local firm with the English law aspects of a securitisation and refinancing relating to a major Italian airport company. Jat’s restructuring experience includes a secondment to the restructuring group legal team at a global financial institution, where he was involved in multibillion dollar restructurings. Jat is a member of the Institute for Turnaround and is a contributing editor of the ICLG Restructuring and Insolvency series. Jat is a partner champion of our REACH (race, ethnicity and cultural heritage) staff network, a forum for networking and peer support between ethnic minority staff and allies. Jat is ranked in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, which highlights individuals who are at the pinnacle of the profession and considered by clients to provide continued excellence. · Restructuring & Insolvency

Jennifer Smithson

Jennifer advises on all areas of personal tax and succession planning, with a particular emphasis on cross border tax advice, especially with a US or French aspect. Jennifer also advises on the establishment and management of international asset-holding structures, has experience in planning for entrepreneurs, fund managers and senior executives, and regularly advises clients in relation to complex HMRC enquiries. In 2013 Jennifer spent six months in New York on secondment to a large international private bank. There she worked alongside US and international wealth advisors on cross-border planning issues, gaining an understanding of US tax, trust and estate planning that assists her in advising US clients resident in the UK. Jennifer advises individuals, trustees and investment managers in relation to the tax treatment of complex structures and investment products. She has extensive experience on advising in relation to family office structuring for both UK resident and non-UK resident families. Jennifer is a regular speaker at wealth planning seminars and events and has contributed to a number of articles relating to the FATCA and Common Reporting Standard automatic information exchange regimes. · Private Client

Jeremy Moncrieff

Jeremy advises on a broad range of tax and structuring matters with a particular focus on public and private M&A transactions and related reorganisations. Jeremy has extensive experience advising companies, partnerships and individuals on the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. Jeremy’s specialisms include advising on complex M&A, including M&A in the financial services sector and M&A involving LLPs and partnerships. Alongside his M&A work, Jeremy advises on IPOs, corporate reorganisations and restructurings. He also advises corporate groups (including REITs) on their corporate tax planning. Jeremy is a member of the international tax sub-committee of the Law Society of England & Wales and contributes to consultations with HM Revenue & Customs and HM Treasury on developments in tax legislation. · Tax

Jessica Adam

Jessica is co-head of the corporate and M&A group. She has a broad practice focusing on private equity and private M&A and advises a range of clients from private equity houses and asset managers to large financial institutions. Jessica heads up Macfarlanes’ management advisory practice which works with executive boards of large cap private equity backed companies. Jessica also has considerable experience of M&A and private capital investment into the professional services sector, particularly legal services. Jessica is a partner champion of the firm’s Balance network, a forum for all staff managing commitments both within and outside of work, promoting discussion, support and the exchange of information and ideas, to enable successful and sustainable careers. She is also a member of the Diversity Champions Committee, which supports the firm’s diversity and inclusion action plans. · Corporate / M&A

Jessica Yu

Jessica provides specialist UK immigration and nationality advice to a range of clients including high-net-worth individuals and corporates. For private clients, Jessica regularly advises on the Investor, Entrepreneur, Start-up/Innovator, Representative of an Overseas Business and Global Talent categories. She also advises on complex family and personal matters involving relocation to the UK, Indefinite Leave to Remain (also known as Permanent Residence or Settlement) and British citizenship. For EEA nationals, this involves advising on the EU Settlement Scheme and their UK immigration permission post-Brexit. For corporates, Jessica supports them through the sponsor licence process and subsequent sponsorship of skilled workers. She also advises UK businesses to ensure that they are compliant with their sponsor licence duties and responsibilities and the law in relation to the prevention of illegal working. Jessica was appointed to the immigration seat of The Law Society Council in October 2021 and sits on The Law Society Immigration Law Committee. · Immigration

Joanna Constantis

Joanna has extensive experience in a range of contentious matters for both international and domestic clients. She specialises in corporate and international commercial litigation including fraud litigation and investigations. She has extensive experience of advising on company and partnership law and shareholder disputes. Joanna has cross-sector experience and her clients include corporate entities, banks and financial institutions, private equity and high-net-worth individuals. Joanna was seconded to the litigation & investigations team of an international bank between August 2014 and March 2015. Joanna also works on contentious employment disputes. Joanna is a qualified solicitor-advocate and a member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association. · Litigation

Jonathan Arr

He acts for high-net-worth individuals from the UK and around the world, trustees, protectors, wealth managers and multinational businesses. Jonathan has a wealth of experience litigating in both UK and international courts, including Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, BVI, Jersey, Guernsey, Singapore, the Isle of Man and Mauritius. He acts on the full range of matters affecting private clients and their structures, including: applications to deal with mistaken advice or flawed decisions by way of rectification or revocation; breach of trust claims; fraud claims; disputes between family members regarding their interest in family trusts and the operation of underlying corporate entities; trustee directions and court approval/blessing applications; advice about and disputes involving loss of capacity by family members or fiduciaries; challenges to wills and Inheritance Act claims; and art and cultural property disputes. He has particular expertise resolving difficult and long-running disputes between beneficiaries of both English and offshore family trusts owning large multinational businesses. As well as acting in court and arbitration proceedings, he has also advised clients in numerous successful large-scale settlement negotiations and mediations, particularly in the context of family disputes. Jonathan is a member of the Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists. His work helping clients resolve mistakes and undo their consequences means Jonathan frequently acts for claimants on professional negligence claims. He also regularly acts for clients in commercial litigation, with particular expertise in disputes involving breaches of fiduciary duty and conspiracy, including high-value employment disputes in the High Court and employment tribunals, and associated internal investigations. · Contentious Trusts & Probate

Justin Hope

Justin advises on all aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, restructurings and joint ventures, with a particular focus on private acquisitions and private equity. Justin has advised on a wide range of private equity transactions, acting for sponsors, management teams and portfolio companies at all stages of the investment cycle. Justin works closely with the firm’s real estate practice on corporate transactions involving real estate assets and businesses that are heavily asset-backed. A member of the firm’s Africa group, Justin has also advised on a number of transactions across Africa, with a focus on transactions in the midstream and downstream oil and gas sectors. Having trained and qualified at Macfarlanes, as an associate Justin also spent time on secondment at a leading law firm in New York, an international commodities trader in Geneva and a private equity firm in London specialising in turnaround and growth investments. Justin is a partner champion of our REACH (race, ethnicity and cultural heritage) staff network, a forum for networking and peer support between minority ethnic staff and allies. · Corporate / M&A

Kate Ison

Kate advises corporates and their boards across the full lifecycle of complex, sensitive and high-value tax disputes. She acts across a wide range of industries, covering both direct and indirect taxes. Her expertise spans corporate tax risk management and compliance, she leads internal investigations, and she manages HMRC civil enquiries and criminal investigations, including responses to information requests and dispute resolution by negotiation or litigation. Kate has substantial experience representing clients before the UK Courts. She also acts on non-tax investigations where HMRC is the investigative or supervisory authority, including export controls. · Tax

Kirstie Hutchinson

Kirstie acts for private equity sponsors and portfolio companies, corporate borrowers and issuers, credit fund and bank lenders, special situations investors and speciality finance providers on a range of financing transactions including investment grade, hybrid and leveraged financings and acquisition financings, dividend recapitalisations and capital restructurings. She has extensive domestic, European and global cross-border experience. Kirstie is a member of the Banking Law Committee of the International Bar Association and of the British-German Jurists Association. She is ranked by Chambers & Partners and by Legal 500 2021 as a “Leading Individual” for both “Acquisition Finance” and “Bank Lending: Investment Grade Debt and Syndicated Loans”; and was named in “The Lawyer” magazine’s “Hot 100 2021” as “one of the City’s go-to banking and finance lawyers for private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers and credit funds”. · Banking & Finance

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. · Real Estate Finance