Culbert Ellis — England

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iLaw was established in 2006 as a boutique commercial law firm in the City of London. Its founders had identified a gap in the market for clients who wanted to use a top-quality City firm that wasn’t restricted by the conservatism of more traditional firms. The firm: iLaw is committed to delivering excellent quality (both technical and service standards) and value. Its clients are typically entrepreneurial businesses and individuals, ranging from past and present stars of TV’s Dragons Den to fast-growing tech companies. iLaw is an innovative firm, with a particular focus on the technology and media sectors, although it serves a much broader client base too. One of the firm’s key areas of innovation is in relation to fees, ensuring that the most appropriate method of charging is tailored to meet the needs of the client and the matter in hand. iLaw was a founder member of the International Commercial Law Alliance (ICLA), giving it international reach. - Types of work undertaken Dispute resolution: the disputes team advises on a wide range of matters, from complex international fraud to simple debt claims. It has particular experience in dealing with disputes in the fields of intellectual property and technology, defamation, banking and insolvency. The team acted for nine defendants in one of the largest cases ever to hit the English courts: JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov. At the core of the team’s philosophy is the need to take a sensible approach to disputes, to fight hard when the situation requires, but also to keep its clients’ commercial considerations to the fore. Corporate/commercial: iLaw advises on all kinds of corporate and commercial deals. On the corporate side this includes mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, exits and ongoing corporate advice. Commercial transactions include licensing, development, outsourcing, manufacturing, partnering, agency/distribution, terms of business and public procurement. The team’s ethos is to get the deal done as simply as possible, but without compromising the client’s position. Employment: the firm’s employment team advises on a wide range of domestic and cross-border employment issues, including restructuring, outsourcing and other TUPE issues, redundancy, disputes and contracts, and has successfully acted for a number of former senior bank employees. The firm also specialises in advising employment agencies and businesses. Commercial property: the firm is able to advise on commercial property transactions, so that it can offer the full range of every day legal requirements to its clients. The team advises on property acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant issues, secured lending and development. Regulatory: iLaw advises on a range of regulatory issues that are likely to affect its clients such as data protection/freedom of information, advertising and marketing regulations, e-commerce rules, competition law and procurement regulations. ### Languages - French - Italian - Spanish - Russian - Cantonese - Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) ### Memberships - International Trade Mark Association (INTA) - International Bar Association (IBA) - International Commercial Law Alliance (ICLA) ### Staffing Figures - 5 Number of directors - 19 Number of other UK fee-earners

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Head of Arbitration at iLaw · Arbitration

Justin Ellis

Justin is one of the co-founders of iLaw (2006). His areas of expertise have expanded over 30 years of practice, and include: Mergers and acquisitions Investments and shareholder relations Commercial contracts Technology and media law and contracts Non-contentious intellectual property Data protection Competition law · Corporate / M&A

Mark Culbert

Mark is a co-founder of iLaw Solicitors, a founder of the IT Disputes Group of the Society for Computers and Law and a co-founder of the International Commercial Law Alliance. He is also a non-executive director of London Stock Exchange AIM listed Alien Metals Ltd. · Technology & Media Litigation

Tom Clark

Tom Clark is a Legal 500 recommended lawyer and co-owner of iLaw, a boutique law firm based in the city of London. Tom focuses his practice on litigation, insolvency, fraud investigation, asset recovery and judgement enforcement. · Dispute Resolution

Tony Roberts

Head of Corporate. · Corporate / M&A