Lawyers in Wales
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Louise Howells
Louise is an experienced commercial property lawyer based in our Cardiff office acting for many of the firm’s commercial clients. Louise’s work includes acting for Housing Associations in the acquisition, disposal and refinancing of properties where she has evolved a strong reputation as a trusted advisor. Louise has developed an expertise in acting for tenants in the management of a portfolio of retail properties as well as in dealings with public houses. She acts regularly for an acquisitive PLC in the purchase of companies with key property components and represents companies in the health care sector involved in the acquisition and development of portfolios of new medical centres for GP’s. Louise has provided advice and assistance to developers bringing forward large sites for development and is expert in the many dimensions of commercial property transactions and land based legal issues.
Blake Morgan LLP
Louise O’Driscoll
Associate Solicitor
Richard Nelson LLP
Louise Price
A highly specialised lawyer, Louise is a Partner and Head of Employment and HR services. Her expertise includes corporate support work, TUPE, pensions and employee benefits advice. She regularly advises private, public and third sector clients regarding large scale TUPE transfers of staff including drafting indemnities and warranties, advising on potential employment and pension liabilities, information and consultation obligations, and providing best value guidance. Louise has experience working with clients in the media industry such as advising the TUPE transfer of the Songs of Praise contract from the BBC to Avanti Media. She also advises on changing terms and conditions, restructures/redundancies, complex and drawn out grievances and senior management disciplinary/exit strategies. Louise leads on all employment work with the social housing sector, regularly advising on employment issues around the Social Housing Pension Scheme SHPS, exit strategies and remuneration of board members. This has included advising a large housing association in relation to a dispute with an employee involving a multi-party grievance together with disciplinary proceedings and a live discrimination claim. The case was further complicated by the employee going on long term sick leave. Louise has also acted for a large housing association in defending a multi-part tribunal claim arising from changes to terms and conditions of staff. One constructive dismissal claim was successfully defended and the remaining claimants subsequently withdrew their claim. She also has extensive advocacy experience which includes successfully defending two long running whistleblowing, unfair dismissal and employment status tribunal claims on behalf of Chepstow Plant International Limited. Louise has drafted policies and procedures on behalf of public sector bodies and advised the Royal College of Nursing on a wide range of issues. She has also advised large educational institutions and charitable organisations. Louise also defended a high profile race discrimination claim which was appealed to the EAT where the claim against our client was withdrawn. Louise provides support to our commercial and corporate departments when advising on procurements, outsourcing, commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions. This includes drafting due diligence reports, indemnities and warranties as well as directors’ service agreements. Louise also has advised large private sector organisations on site closures and large-scale redundancies. Louise leads the firm’s non-contentious pension’s works on behalf of private and public sector clients including Monmouthshire County Council, Business Wales and Tenneco Automatic UK. As well as providing pensions support to corporate matters handled by the firm, Louise also handles discrete pension mandates on issues such as changing benefits termination of accrual and auto enrolment. Louise has also acted as an Investigating Officer in relation to a complex and highly sensitive matter involving 4 grievances. Louise also acts as legal adviser to Social Care Wales providing advice in relation to Fitness to Practise hearings. Louise conducts in-house seminars and presentations to clients, participates in media discussion and regularly contributes to employment law articles and bulletins. Louise regularly speaks at CHC, CIPD, ACAS and ICAEW events.
Hugh James
Lowri Gwyn
Principal Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Lowri Phillips
Lowri is a Partner in the Employment Department with over 20 years’ knowledge and hands-on experience of all aspects of employment law. She is a trusted adviser to some of the firm’s large commercial clients. Lowri’s role is to steer organisations through the complex world of employment law whilst providing practical solutions to difficult HR issues. Lowri also advises the public and third sector on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. She is the Head of the Information Law team and advises in connection with GDPR compliance and all aspects of data protection law and freedom of information. Lowri enjoys dealing with tricky HR issues such as disciplinary and grievance matters, interpreting terms of employment and managing redundancy exercises. One of Lowri’s main areas of expertise is handling complex and high-value litigation, such as whistleblowing, discrimination and equal pay claims. An example of this is her leadership of a team advising an international bank on a multi-million-pound claim for whistleblowing. More recently she has been responsible for managing the defence of multiple equal pay claims for Local Authorities across Wales and in England. Lowri is also a renowned expert in information law and has trained clients and fellow practitioners on compliance with the GDPR. Lowri advises on all aspects data protection compliance, which includes dealing with employee data breaches and complex subject access requests from employees.
Geldards LLP
Lucy Lewis
I joined Lewis Silkin when I qualified and have spent over 20 years supporting clients with employment related solutions and strategy. I advise on the full range of employment issues with a focus on legal and strategic advice on redundancies / restructuring; sensitive terminations and practical advice on the operation of TUPE. I have considerable experience of Employment Tribunal litigation having successfully defended a number of complicated discrimination cases and as well as advising on minimum wage compliance and audits. I am particularly interested in how we can support our clients prepare and adapt to the changing world of work and, as part of our Future of Work team, I host a podcast. I run our office in Cardiff, am a member Lewis Silkin's DE&I Board and the firm's Values Partner. I sit on our Strategy Board with a responsibility for ensuring that DE&I and Responsible Business are at the heart of our strategy.
Lewis Silkin
Luisa Gibbons
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Madeleine Chapman James
Madeleine is a senior associate in our Corporate team. She focuses on acquisitions and disposals, shareholder agreements, investments and company formations, and she is experienced in drafting sale and purchase agreements, disclosure letters and board minutes and resolutions. Madeleine has particular expertise in the healthcare sector, having worked extensively with Portman Dental Care, the largest active acquirer of dental practices in the UK, on the sale and purchase of dental practices. She deals regularly with partnerships and expense-sharing arrangements, acting for both buyers and sellers. Madeleine is also adept at the property-related aspects of wider corporate transactions, including commercial lettings, acquisitions and disposals. Expertise: Acquisitions and disposals Company formations Banking and finance Shareholders’ agreements and investment agreements Dental business structures
Acuity Law
Marianne Hobbs
Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Marie Dancer
Managing Partner
Richard Nelson LLP
Marjha Golding-Evans
Associate
Stowe Family Law LLP
Mark Loosemore
Partner
Hugh James
Mark Watson
Principal Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Martha Williams
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Martin Holden
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Martin Jones
As the Head of the Regulatory Department, Martin acts in a wide-range of regulatory crime and professional regulation matters. Martin has built up over 20 years of experience and a wealth of specialist knowledge. He leads the firm’s cross-departmental alcohol and gaming licensing teams. Additionally Martin manages the teams providing a range of outsourced services to local authorities, including court representation of local authorities Adult and Children’s Services Departments. Martin has a wealth of specialist knowledge in the fields of regulatory crime and compliance. With vast experience in fraud, money laundering and financial regulation matters, Martin has dealt with numerous high-value cases, some concerning fraud valued in excess of £100 million. For six years, Martin worked as a Health and Safety solicitor agent. Having advised in criminal health and safety matters throughout his career, he has worked in cases of the utmost gravity, including those arising from multiple-fatalities and disease outbreak. In addition to his defence and advisory practice, he prosecutes on behalf of local authorities and the Welsh Government in health and safety related matters. Complementing his health and safety work, Martin has substantial coronial law experience, appearing in inquests throughout England and Wales for individuals, companies, the Welsh Government and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The firm’s gambling licensing practice has grown considerably over recent years. Within this area, Martin advises operators on licensing issues of all types. This includes assisting clients in obtaining licences from the Gambling Commission and advising operators on compliance with their on-going obligations under Licensing Conditions and Codes of Practice. Within alcohol licensing, Martin specialises in contested matters. Dealing with Professional Regulation matters on behalf of regulators and regulated individuals, Martin is very familiar with all three roles. That is, advising the regulatory panel or committee, presenting the case for the regulator and presenting the case for the regulated individual. For more than 10 years, Martin has been the lead legal advisor to the regulatory panel of Social Care Wales.
Hugh James
Martyn Davies
Martyn is a corporate partner with over 18 years of experience, providing advice to buyers, sellers, lenders, and investors from entrepreneurs to large corporates. Martyn is a specialist corporate lawyer engrained in the Cardiff legal arena where he heads up HCR's Welsh corporate team. Martyn advises his clients on a wide array of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital & private equity, management buyouts and joint ventures.
HCR Law
Matthew Evans
Matthew is a partner and heads up the firm’s private wealth offering. He is responsible for the development, implementation and long-term strategy of the team. Matthew has a UK-wide reputation in the field of contentious probate, recognised by his clients and peers in the leading legal directories. Matthew’s expertise lies in all aspects of contentious probate including: contesting a will/defending a will challenge, bringing and defending Inheritance Act claims, estates and trust disputes, Court of Protection disputes and Bringing and defending claims founded in doctrines of equity, such as proprietary estoppel and constructive trusts. Matthew regularly receives instructions from a wide range of clients including lay beneficiaries, professional trustees and executors, company directors, charities, financial institutions, and trust corporations. Matthew has acted in several widely publicised cases including reported cases such as Re: Edwards [2007] EWHC 1119 (Ch) which involved a successful challenge to a will on the basis of undue influence, Iqbal v Ahmed [2011] EWCA Civ 900 a successful claim by a disinherited spouse against her husband’s estate by virtue of the Inheritance (Provision For Family And Dependants Act) 1975. Matthew has also been heavily involved in the development of Hugh James’s volume wills, estate administration and trust administration services which are provided to the customers of banks and other financial institutions. He has considerable experience of working with professional partners to develop and implement such propositions and working closely with them to optimise service delivery. Matthew has developed expertise in tax, trusts and estates disputes arising in the agricultural sector and has acted in many high value and high profile cases, often involving proprietary estoppel. One of his notable cases, Davies v Davies (2016) EWCA Civ 463, a successful proprietary estoppel claim arising in a farming business, has attracted considerable coverage in the national press and within the legal community with his client being termed ‘the Cowshed Cinderella’. The matter was heavily litigated, with two first instance trials, two appeals to the Court of Appeal, to deal with the questions of eligibility and quantum, and numerous interim applications, as well as an appeal to the Supreme Court. Ultimately Matthew’s client was awarded £500,000 with the case reported at each stage of its journey through the courts.
Hugh James
Matthew Gough
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Matthew Jones
Associate Medical Negligence Lawyer
Thompsons Solicitors LLP
Matthew Musgrave
Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Matthew Smith
Matthew heads our national Education Sector practice. Matthew also provides employment advice to key clients in the Education, Health & Social Care, Retail & Leisure and Financial Services Sectors. Matthew is a supervisor of Employment Tribunal work amongst other matters.
Blake Morgan LLP
Megan Cavanagh
An experienced clinical negligence associate, Megan Cavanagh has vast experience in successfully dealing with a wide range of clinical negligence claims. Passionate about ensuring the best possible outcomes for those who have suffered serious injuries as a result of clinical negligence, Megan is recognised and often praised by her clients for her approachable and empathetic nature. In addition to managing her individual caseload, Megan provides support on the handling of cases and mentors colleagues to assist in their career development. Megan also takes a keen interest in arranging and attending fundraising events for charities supporting causes impacting her clients and the wider community. Hannah Saxena, counsel at Farrar Chambers recently praised Megan’s work with the following testimonial: “Megan is a delight to work with on tricky clinical negligence cases. She prepares detailed instructions and has considered the complexities involved in each case. She is approachable and very good with clients, even where there are difficult issues to broach. Megan is good at detailed work and has achieved a very good settlement for the clients in cases I have worked with her on”.
Slater and Gordon
Michael Evans
Michael is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team, advising national and regional businesses, public bodies and third sector clients. He is a responsive and experienced commercial litigation solicitor, providing tailored, practical and effective dispute resolution advice. Michael specialises in commercial disputes, advising on commercial contracts claims, competition law claims and disputes involving director, company shareholders and/or partnerships, as well as professional negligence claims. Michael regularly assists clients to recover debts of various values and complexity. He also advises clients and officeholders in relation to personal and corporate insolvency matters. Michael regularly advises clients on contractual disputes covering a wide variety of breach of contract claims, including for example; general breaches, debt recovery and breach of warranty. In addition, he works with clients to resolve professional negligence claims and disputes between shareholder(s) and/or director(s) and within partnerships. Michael has experience in handling high value, complex multi-party disputes and of working on cross-border disputes with international clients and issues. Michael regularly advises clients, insolvency practitioners, creditors and debtors in relation to personal and corporate insolvency. He has also successfully resolved disputes using alternative dispute resolution methods, including virtual and in-person mediations.
Geldards LLP