About
Blandy & Blandy is a Thames Valley law firm with centrally located offices in Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Wokingham and London and a team of more than 65 lawyers and advisers, including 22 partners. The firm advises individuals and families (including high net worth), corporates, SMEs, landowners and developers, charities, education bodies and venue operators across a broad range of private client, property, family, employment, corporate and dispute resolution matters.
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Lawyers at this firm
Alexa McQueen-Turner
Alexa McQueen-Turner is a partner in the Residential Property team at Blandy & Blandy. · Real Estate
Angela Bowman
Angela Bowman is a partner in the Dispute Resolution - Will, Probate & Trust Disputes team at Blandy & Blandy. · Dispute Resolution
Caroline Casagranda
Caroline Casagranda is a partner in the Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team at Blandy & Blandy. She specialises in Wills, probate and estate administration of taxable and non-taxable estates, Lasting Powers of Attorney and tax planning for a wide range of clients. · Wills, Probate & Trusts
Claire Clarke
Claire Clarke is a partner in the Family Law team at Blandy & Blandy. · Family Law
Claire Dyer
Claire Dyer is partner in the Family team at Blandy & Blandy. She is experienced in all aspects of divorce and separation, financial remedy and disputes in relation to children. She advises both married and unmarried individuals, at all stages of their relationship. Claire has worked on complex cases involving trusts, business assets, international elements, third party interveners, injunctions and appeals. She is also experienced with separation and nuptial agreements. Claire has advised in children cases acting for parents, grandparents and families with complex needs. She also practices as a collaborative lawyer and mediator, having completed her training with Resolution, the family lawyers’ association which aims to resolve Family Law matters through a constructive approach. · Family
David Murray
David Murray is a partner in the Dispute Resolution team at Blandy & Blandy. David is a very experienced litigator, accustomed to providing practical and commercial advice to corporate bodies and individuals on disputes of all sizes and complexity. He also advises clients on risk identification, avoidance and management. In addition, heis a qualified mediator via the ADR Group, skilled in appearing as an advocate at innumerable mediations. Throughout his career, David has been actively involved in advising insolvency practitioners, funders, companies and directors on insolvency, turnaround and business reconstruction matters. He provides proactive advice on the wide range of issues that arise in insolvency and turnaround, including contract, property, and employment rights. He has a particular expertise in contentious insolvency matters. · Litigation
Deborah Brett
Debbie Brett is a partner in the Corporate & Commercial team at Blandy & Blandy. She advises clients on all aspects of commercial and regulatory law and is also experienced in handling commercial disputes. Debbie advises commercial clients in relation to regulatory and compliance matters, including online trading, GDPR and data protection and anti-bribery. She frequently deals with regulators on behalf of her clients, such as the Office of Fair Trading, the Information Commissioner and the Advertising Standards Authority. Debbie has particular experience in relation to intellectual property, advertising and marketing, advising on copy, brand protection and defence of current campaigns. Debbie also provides bespoke training on business regulation and compliance. · Corporate / M&A
Denise Stradling
Denise Stradling is a partner in the Residential Property team at Blandy & Blandy. · Real Estate
Elizabeth Short
Elizabeth Short is a partner in the Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team at Blandy & Blandy. · Wills
Gemma Kemp
Gemma Kemp is a partner in the Family Law team at Blandy & Blandy. · Family Law
Gemma Stephenson
Gemma Stephenson is a partner in the Commercial Property & Planning team at Blandy & Blandy. · Commercial Property
John Dingle
John Dingle is a partner in the Commercial Property team at Blandy & Blandy. He has over 12 years’ experience of a wide range of transactions, including property development, the acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold property, secured lending, and public and private health sector work. · Real Estate
Jonathan Gater
Jonathan Gater is a partner in the Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team at Blandy & Blandy. He specialises in trust and estate administration, Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection matters. He acts as Attorney for a number of clients, assisting them with the day-to-day management of their affairs and also regularly acts as Executor or Trustee for clients. Jonathan works closely with the rest of his team, who are specialists in Court of Protection matters. They regularly act for people who are under the jurisdiction of the Court of Protection and are experienced in acting as independent Deputies for incapacitated people, and making deputyship applications for family members who wish to be appointed. · Private Client
Katja Wigham
Katja Wigham is a partner in the Commercial Property team at Blandy & Blandy. Katja specialises in sales and purchases of development land, commercial freehold and leasehold premises, landlord and tenant matters and secured lending. · Real Estate
Louise Nelson
Louise Nelson is a partner in the Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team at Blandy & Blandy. · Wills & Probate
Luke McMath
Luke McMath is a partner in the Residential Property team at Blandy & Blandy. · Real Estate
Manisha Bhula
Manisha Bhula is a partner in the Residential Property team at Blandy & Blandy. · Real Estate
Nick Burrows
Nick Burrows is a partner in the Corporate & Commercial department and head of the Charities & Education team at Blandy & Blandy. Nick advises charities and education providers on a broad range of commercial matters, while also advising professional practices and businesses of all shapes and sizes on areas including formation and incorporation, governance, mergers, collabarations and joint ventures, contracts and agreements, procurement, outsourcing and intellectual property. · Corporate / M&A
Peter Woolley
Peter Woolley is a partner in the Corporate & Commercial team at Blandy & Blandy. · Corporate / M&A
Sue Dowling
Sue Dowling is head of the Employment Law team at Blandy & Blandy and also a nationally recognised expert in Venue Licensing. An advocate by training, Sue deals primarily with complex employment litigation involving unlawful discrimination, with particular emphasis on mental impairment disability discrimination matters. Sue provides strategic employment law/HR advice to CEOs, MD's, finance directors and HR directors, assisting them in their business decisions and with a view to minimising the risk of employment litigation. She frequently assists company clients in handling the restructuring of management tiers/teams and, where necessary, the departure of high-level executives – adopting a business, no-nonsense, pragmatic approach. She is an expert in the tax aspects of exiting arrangements (through Settlement Agreements or otherwise). She also advises clients regarding business immigration matters, including Intra-Company Tier 2 transfers and ‘Business Visitors’ criteria. Sue is a regular advocate (in Tribunals and before Committees). Also a nationally recognised expert in venue licensing, Sue advises major sports, entertainment and leisure venues in relation to alcohol and regulated entertainment licensing. She also provides advice in relation to General Safety and Special Safety Certification of Sports Grounds; Gambling (including Track Betting Licences); PPL; PRS and Wedding Licences. · Employment
Tasha Bevan-Stewart
Tasha Bevan-Stewart is a partner in the Family Law team at Blandy & Blandy. · Family Law
Tim Clark
Tim Clark is a partner in the Employment Law team at Blandy & Blandy. Tim trained as a litigator and then specialised in employment law, developing a particular expertise in dealing with re-organisation, restructuring, redundancy and TUPE issues. He is very experienced in the strategic aspects of large scale workforce projects. Tim also acts for senior executives advising on complex service agreements, commission and bonus arrangements, exit provisions and termination packages. He is an expert in the tax aspects of these arrangements. · Employment
