Lawyers in Wales
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357 lawyers listed
Joga Singh
Joga is an experienced employment and immigration lawyer who has extensive experience in providing strategic advice in complex employment law, immigration and HR matters. Joga has a wealth of experience in tribunal litigation and regularly appears in the Employment Tribunal defending all types of claims, from single day hearings for unfair dismissal claims to multi-day hearings for complex, high value claims, such as discrimination and whistleblowing. Joga’s diverse client base includes national employers from a variety of sectors, including fintech, insurance, retail, manufacturing, life science and healthcare. Joga also acts for local authorities and governmental departments. Joga acts for clients in contentious and non-contentious matters providing advice on all aspects of employment law. He specialises in providing advice on TUPE, business restructure, collective consultation, redundancy, contractual disputes, enforceability of restrictive covenants, complex high-value industrial action, discrimination, workplace disputes and performance management. Joga also advises on employment law issues relating to corporate mergers and acquisitions. With regards to immigration law, Joga advises clients in relating to obtaining a sponsorship licence and ongoing compliance with the sponsor requirements. He also delivers bespoke training sessions on a variety of employment law and HR issues.
Geldards LLP
John Browne
John is a Principal Lawyer and the Head of Industrial Disease at Slater and Gordon in Cardiff. He specialises in claims concerning disease and represents a number of trade unions and is an expert in asbestos related cases and other respiratory complaints. John has successfully run group and class actions to the Court of Appeal and to the Supreme Court of England and Wales. He has also brought specific and novel points of law to the High Court and Supreme Court Judiciary for consideration.
Slater and Gordon
Jon Hill
Jon is a very experienced disputes, commercial and commercial finance lawyer who acts for a diverse range of clients nationally and internationally. His notable work includes advising a buyer in relation to a joint development land purchase for a new multimillion-pound manufacturing facility, advising a lender in a debt and equity investment into an international skincare brand, and representing a well-known clothing brand in search and seizure proceedings relating to counterfeit goods. Expertise: Dispute resolution and commercial litigation Commercial finance including debt and equity transactions Restructuring Debt recovery and enforcement Professional negligence
Acuity Law
Jon Lawley
Jon heads up the largest dedicated dental M&A team of any law firm in the UK. He is a highly experienced corporate healthcare lawyer with a strong presence in the dental sector, where he advises practice-owners and groups on their acquisition strategies. He is a member of the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers, the pre-eminent centre of excellence for accounting, tax and legal matters for dentists. He is recognised by The Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner. Jon’s largest client is Portman Dental Care, the largest active acquirer of dental practices in the UK. As the lead adviser to Portman, he has advised on the successful acquisition of over 175 dental practices in England, Wales, Scotland, and the Isle of Man in the last seven years and has grown Portman to become Acuity’s largest client. Jon also advises Portman on commercial contracts, equity fundraises and regulatory issues. Expertise: Corporate deals and transactions Dental business structures (including partnerships, expense sharing arrangements and incorporations) Commercial contracts Banking and finance structures
Acuity Law
Jon Wilkins
Partner, Solicitor-Advocate
Reeds Solicitors
Jonathan Cronin
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Jonathan Griffiths
Jonathan is an experienced dispute resolution Partner, advising both public and private sector clients on a range of disputes and litigation issues. He is currently most active advising on public law disputes in the Administrative Court and in procurement-related cases. He also advises on contract, defamation and sports-related issues and has participated in public inquiries. His work has involved acting for commercial organisations, central government (and central government-sponsored bodies), local government and other public bodies. He also acts for sports governing bodies and occasionally individuals. Jonathan’s cases in the Administrative Court have involved judicial review applications in relation to planning and procurement decisions as well as the exercise of powers. He has also conducted numerous statutory challenges and statutory appeals. Since 2020 he has successfully represented contracting authorities on five separate challenges to contract award decisions and managed to avoid legal action in each case. In addition, he is experienced in representing clients on procurement disputes in the Technology and Construction Court where litigation has been issued. He has also been involved in advising on sports disciplinary procedures and where those procedures have been escalated to Court action and before Sports Resolution Arbitration panels. He has resolved disputes via mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution across the entire range of his practice.
Geldards LLP
Jonathan Thomas
Director
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Jonathan Woodward
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Julia Bridge
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Julia Morris
Julia is a partner in our commercial property team having joined Clarke Willmott in 2022. Julia previously worked as a partner at Le Gros Solicitors (a boutique property firm in Cardiff) for 11 years and prior was a Senior Associate at international law firm Eversheds Sutherland. Julia has a wide range of commercial property experience, having acted for a number of commercial and residential developer clients and commercial landlords in connection with their estate management work. Julia also specialises in development work, acting for both the private and public sector, often using complex structures and has regularly managed large scale transactions – from options, site acquisitions, site set up, funding and development agreements, construction and profit-sharing arrangements. Julia’s clients include high profile national property investors, local developers, trusts and commercial landlords. She has extensive experience in providing strategic structuring advice and asset management of large portfolios.
Clarke Willmott LLP
Julia Reynolds
Partner
Leigh Day
Julian Cason
Julian Cason is an Associate Lawyer at Slater and Gordon based in Cardiff, Wales. Although Julian’s specialism covers the whole of personal injury, he has a bias towards industrial disease claims, having particular emphasis on asbestos claims and mesothelioma compensation claims. Julian has successfully represented a broad range of claimants and has pursued a large number of asbestos disease legal actions throughout Wales and around Southampton and the southern counties of England. These asbestos claims include secondary exposure of asbestos dust and/or fibres suffered by family members from relations who worked directly with asbestos materials.
Slater and Gordon
Julie Dilcock
Principal Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Julie Young
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Juliette Franklin
Juliette is an Employment Lawyer at Slater and Gordon in Cardiff. she has practiced in employment law and discrimination law for over two decades. She has particular expertise in dealing with complex discrimination cases under all strands of anti-discrimination legislation, with a particular interest in disability discrinination, sex and maternity discrimination and whistleblowing. Juliette has acted in a number of high profile and ground breaking cases, and is very experienced in collective labour law issues,m in particular in advising individuals, employee representatives and unions in redundancy situations. Juloiette is a regular contributor to both the local and national press and delivers training to clients and fellow practicioners. Regular contributor to BBC Radio Wales.
Slater and Gordon
Juliette Franklin
Juliette joined Acuity Law as a Legal Director in February 2022, having spent 20 years heading up a successful Employment team with Slater & Gordon (previously Russell Jones and Walker). Juliette has practiced in employment and discrimination law for over two decades. She has notable expertise in dealing with complex discrimination cases under all strands of anti-discrimination legislation, with a particular interest in disability, sex and maternity discrimination matters and whistleblowing. Juliette has a keen interest in cases arising out of so-called hidden disabilities as well as associative and perceived discrimination. She represented the Claimant in what was understood to the first perceived disability discrimination claim considered by the Tribunals, among several high-profile and ground-breaking cases she has handled. Juliette is very experienced in collective labour law issues and, in particular, in advising in redundancy situations. She has developed expertise in cases where employment law overlaps with civil claims, including claims for professional negligence arising from alleged sub-standard employment advice. Juliette has also developed a sound understanding of claims where there is an overlap between employment law and other areas relevant to the employment relationship – for example, advising on data protection issues within the employment relationship. Juliette is a regular contributor to both the local and national press and delivers training to clients and fellow practitioners. She is a regular contributor to BBC Radio Wales and is often sought out to provide a legal insight on topical matters. Juliette has been ranked by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 for over 14 years. Juliette is also a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and is a Working group participant for EHRC Wales. Expertise: All aspects of employment law and people management Collective labour law – advising on bulk redundancy exercises The Equality Act 2010 – with a particular focus on disability-related issues Employment Tribunal litigation Team moves – including advising on restrictive covenants and injunctive relief Exit strategy and reputation management
Acuity Law
Justin Harrington
Justin is a technology lawyer with over 25 years’ experience in the industry and is acknowledged by the legal directories as a ‘leading individual’. Having previously worked as a partner in a major technology practice in the City of London, he has a particular interest in IT outsourcing, cloud, IoT, system integration and complex technology contracts. Justin has advised on some of the largest technology deals in the UK. He advises numerous leading IT and outsourcing suppliers and their customers on their provision, procurement and use of the latest technology and related services. Justin has particular experience in financial services IT, both PRA and FCA, but advises across all regulated sectors including, education, healthcare and the wider public sector.
Geldards LLP
Karl Baranski
Karl’s area of expertise in corporate banking includes advising banks and businesses on a wide range of banking matters including, loan agreements, security documents, deeds of priority, subordination arrangements and intercreditor agreements. He also advises clients in relation to debt restructuring and rescheduling of debtors. Karl advises banks, financial institutions and government on a wide variety of project funding including, residential and commercial property development, renewable energy products (including wind and solar power) and asset funding.
Geldards LLP
Karl Thomas
Partner
Hugh James
Kate Anderton
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Kate Howell
Kate is a Legal Director in the Construction team based in Cardiff. She advises clients in relation to a range of construction and engineering disputes, involving complex technical issues. Kate has considerable experience of litigation in the Technology and Construction Court, and also of resolving disputes through adjudication, mediation and negotiation. She has recently been involved in a series of matters relating to defects in cladding systems installed on tall buildings. She is familiar with standard forms of contract, including JCT and NEC3/4, and can advise on building contracts, professional appointments and related construction documents.
Browne Jacobson LLP
Kathryn Cook
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Katie Phillips
Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP