Lawyers in Wales

Michael Lindsey

Michael is a leading intellectual property lawyer advising on all aspects of IP law, including trade marks, designs, copyright, database rights, patents and confidential information. He is an experienced IP litigator who also has significant experience as a transactional IP lawyer. Working from our London and Cardiff offices, Michael’s client base is broad and includes public and private companies, charities, universities, museums and libraries, and local and national government. Michael’s sector experience includes retail, charity, fashion, automotive, engineering and design, art and photography, travel, sport, IT, music, film and broadcasting, and life sciences. Michael has a wealth of experience, having specialised as an intellectual property lawyer since 1992. He has conducted IP cases in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (formerly the Patents County Court), High Court and Court of Appeal, and also the Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office. He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and an Affiliate Member of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, and sits on (and formerly chaired) the latter’s Design and Copyright Working Group. He has also advised on many significant IP licensing deals and corporate due diligence exercises.

Geldards LLP

Michelle T Davies

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Mike Jackson

Browne Jacobson LLP

Mike Jeffs

Mike has advised a wide range of commercial real estate investors, developers and funders. He advises both individual and corporate investors dealing in properties in the retail, leisure, office, health care, industrial, manufacturing and residential portfolio sectors. His expertise extends to a range of private and public sector clients including the Welsh Government, the Ministry of Defence, universities and housing associations. Working with our Construction team, he has advised developers and funders on construction projects ranging from offices and hotels to sports stadiums and wind farms. Mike has over 30 years of experience in the funding of commercial property, investment, acquisition and development projects and expertise in all aspects of secured lending, including syndicated lending transactions and portfolio finance. Lender clients include major clearing banks, second tier funders, building societies and public sector finance providers.

Geldards LLP

Mike Scherp

Partner - Regulatory Healthcare Professional Discipline

Weightmans LLP

Miriam Treharne

Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Monnaza Hassan

Senior Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Nabin Bhandari

Founding and Managing Partner

Irwin Mitchell

Nadine Gutteridge

Legal Director

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Natalie Jones

Natalie was promoted to Legal Director in 2022 in recognition of her extensive experience as a corporate and commercial lawyer. She has very strong technical and project management skills, which are deeply valued by the clients with whom she works on complex transactions and commercial arrangements. On the corporate side, Natalie frequently advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, disposals, fundraisings, joint ventures, developments and commercial frameworks, often with a cross-border aspect. She has a particular focus on disposals, fundraising and project planning and has worked on a number of high-profile and substantial deals, including the £160m battery storage project to be developed at Uskmouth Power Station and the sale of IX Group subsidiaries to Kester Capital. Natalie also has extensive experience in the information technology sector, and on the commercial front, she is valued for her extensive expertise in advising on a range of IT contracts such as, SaaS agreements, software reseller agreements, IT support, servicing and outsourcing arrangements, software development agreements and software licence agreements. She gained significant experience in the renewable energy sector following a 13-month secondment with a renewables developer. Expertise: Corporate deals and transactions – mergers, acquisitions and disposals Private equity funded transactions and equity arrangements Corporate restructuring and reorganisations Commercial contracts, including, assignment and licensing of intellectual property rights, SaaS arrangements, development agreements, distribution agreements outsourcing arrangements and manufacturing agreements between the private and public sectors

Acuity Law

Natalie Lawley

Natalie is a Legal Director in our Cardiff office. Natalie has experience in dealing with a wide range of property transactions with emphasis on landlord and tenant matters (including retail and office letting), investment portfolio acquisitions and disposals, secured lending and general property management issues. Natalie has experience acting for a variety of different private and public sector clients including national charities, partnerships, health boards, housing associations, listed companies and Further Education and Higher Education clients in respect of their national portfolio and operational properties. Natalie has worked with a number of high street lenders in taking security over various types of commercial property. Natalie also acts on behalf of a large Port Authority on a range of property matters in relation to the land and buildings within the estate. Natalie also has experience of acting for In-House Lawyers including BP Chemicals, Canary Wharf Group PLC, Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales. Significant experience: Health & Social Care Acting on behalf of a NHS Trust on the £5.75 million acquisition and development of the site of a new Cancer Treatment Centre in Cardiff. Acting on behalf of Welsh Health Estates in providing a leasehold framework for the supply of renal services in Wales. Acting on behalf of a number of local health boards, NHS Trusts and Welsh Health Estates in their capacity as both Landlord and Tenant in the granting and taking of leases of commercial premises and in their capacity as both Seller and Buyer on the disposal of a number of hospitals and clinics, the negotiation of freehold acquisitions of development sites. Education Acting on behalf of University of Wales in the granting of a sublease to HPC Wales in connection with the prestigious and high profile Super Computer Facility. Acting on the disposal of former college premises for Gower College, Swansea, Coleg Ceredigion. Acting on behalf of Cardiff University and also University of South Wales (formerly University of Glamorgan) in the acquisition of premises. Conducted a full title review of Cardiff and Vale’s property portfolio. Negotiated leases of educational sites on behalf of Neath Port Talbot College, Bridgend College and Cardiff and Vale College. Retail Acting for Canary Wharf Group PLC in relation to all landlord and tenant matters in connection with the Canary Wharf estate for retail, restaurants and leisure transactions. Acting for Eagle One (Village Shopping) Limited in connection with the grant of leases to retail tenants at a Retail Outlet Development. Acting for retailer Crabtree and Evelyn on new leases of retail premises. Social Housing Acting for a social housing provider on the refinancing of 40 titles/schemes and 534 properties with a market value of over £43 million. Advising on the terms of a portfolio of occupancy agreements and leases and reporting on behalf of a housing association on all property and title matters in connection with a £20 million loan facility. Acting for a housing association in refinancing its substantial property portfolio in respect of a £10 million secured lending facility secured by means of a fixed legal charge. Welsh Government Acting on behalf of the Welsh Government and its various subdivisions such as Natural Resources Wales on a wide range of public sector property transactions including landlord and tenant matters and disposals and acquisitions of commercial property and land interests. Legal advisor to the Welsh Government on transport matters dealing with the transfers of land for road widening subject to compulsory purchase schemes.

Blake Morgan LLP

Natasha Nicholas

Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Nefydd Jones

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Neil Condon

Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney

EIP

Neil Dite

I have 13 years' experience in advising employers on the full spectrum of UK employment law. Many of my clients are household names and sit within the technology and manufacturing sectors. I also act for the number of financial services clients. I have particular experience in advising on strategic change issues, business restructures and collective redundancies. As well as UK advice, my work often has an international dimension and I regularly manage cross-border projects for my clients, particularly across the EMEA region. I am also responsible for a number of international retainers which enable clients to access expert employment law advice in all of the countries in which they operate. I have significant experience of defending UK Employment Tribunal litigation, including complex discrimination and whistleblowing claims. I live and work in Cardiff, Wales. I was recognised as a Rising Star for Employment: Wales by Legal 500 in 2024.

Lewis Silkin

Neil Morgan

Neil is a highly experienced property litigation and social housing lawyer. Having established and managed the property litigation team at a major tier 1-ranked regional firm for over 20 years, Neil has handled numerous high-profile and high-value property litigation cases during his career. Neil is also widely recognised as one of the leading social housing lawyers in Wales, with over 30 years of experience in the field. He has founded specialist, multidisciplinary teams aimed at the public and social housing sectors, pioneering the delivery of innovative and effective solutions for this market. He led the first in-house anti-social behaviour team in a UK law firm, for example. Neil is consistently recognised by the leading legal directories for his expertise. He is a skilled advocate, a trained mediator and was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in May 2020. He is also a board member of a housing association and Chair of its Development and Asset Management Committee. Neil acts for private and public sector clients, including housing associations, developers, commercial and residential landlords and pension funds. His clients span the retail, food and drink and media sectors, as well as high-net-worth individuals and angel investors. Neil is a fluent Welsh speaker. Expertise: Property disputes Commercial litigation Housing law Social housing Alternative dispute resolution

Acuity Law

Neil Stockdale

Neil is head of Collective Litigation at Hugh James. He has vast experience of dealing with group actions acting for claimants amassed over the last 25 years. Neil is currently focused on the development and running of several new competition and consumer law claims. Neil is a member of the Collective Redress Lawyers Association (‘CORLA’) and sits on the sub-committee working group on client redress distribution.

Hugh James

Nerys Ireland

Senior Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Nicholas Collins

Nick is a Principal Lawyer specialising in personal injury claims at Slater and Gordon’s Cardiff office. Nick has a large amount of expertise dealing with serious and complex claims in areas of employers liability, road traffic accidents and occupiers/public liability. He also has a developing expertise in sports claims. Nick regularly delivers seminars and lectures upon all aspects of personal injury work.

Slater and Gordon

Nick Rundle

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Nicola Holt

Section Manager

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Nicola Lawrence

Nicola is a Partner in the Property Litigation team. With an emphasis on commercial property, she is experienced in all aspects of real estate and landlord and tenant practice both commercial and residential. She specialises in portfolio management for landlords, including high-value dilapidation disputes, break clause compliance, forfeiture, interpretation of lease covenants, restrictive covenants/easements, adverse possession claims, trespass and nuisance. She acts for national corporate clients, public bodies, utility companies, building societies, and equity investment companies providing advice on: Termination of commercial tenancies including advising on conditions connected to the operation of a break provision; service of statutory notices and common law notices to quit. Lease renewal proceedings, including contested and uncontested applications for a new lease. Enforcement of lease covenants, including forfeiture for non-payment of rent or other breaches of lease covenants high-value dilapidation disputes. Representing clients in the First-tier tribunal (Property Chamber) in claims for adverse possession. Representing clients in professional negligence cases, including surveyors and solicitors in connection with property transactions. Advising on nuisance claims arising from interference with easements.

Geldards LLP

Nicola McNeely

Partner and Head of Technology Sector

HCR Law

Nicola Mitchard

Nicola Mitchard qualified as a Solicitor in 1997 and joined Blackfords LLP during 2017. Throughout her career she has specialised in the defence of complex criminal cases and has developed a specialism in complex, high value fraud cases, involving many thousands of pages of evidence. During her career she has gained a wealth of experience, representing individuals and companies being investigated and/or prosecuted by the SFO, CPS, NRW, Trading Standards and Local Authorities. She is also regularly instructed in relation to regulatory matters, representing clients facing investigation by Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, and the GDC. Nicola has developed a reputation for her thorough preparation of cases, attention to detail and excellent client care.

Blackfords LLP