Lawyers in England
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Danielle Reece-Greenhalgh
Danielle Reece-Greenhalgh acts for individuals under investigation by all UK enforcement authorities, with particular expertise in serious general crime and extradition. In her busy general criminal practice, Danielle has significant experience in acting for youths and vulnerable individuals, and high-profile clients under investigation for sexual offences and domestic abuse (particularly controlling or coercive behaviour). She also has recent significant experience representing clients engaged in public inquiries. Danielle frequently works on cases with international or cross-border elements. She is regularly involved in defending individuals subject to extradition requests at first instance and on appeal. She has associated expertise in applying for the removal of INTERPOL Red Notices on the basis of political persecution or human rights breaches. Recent case highlights have involved Russia, the USA, Ecuador and the UAE.
Corker Binning
Danielle Roman
Danielle is a Partner and Practice Leader of the Mourant Hong Kong Banking and Finance team, having practised in Asia for over 17 years. She advises on a broad spectrum of cross-border transactions, including fund finance, asset finance (in particular aviation and shipping), acquisition and leveraged finance, debt restructurings and general corporate lending. In fund financing, Danielle regularly represents private and commercial banks on subscription credit facilities, hybrids, NAVs and GP/Management facilities. She is on the global board of the Fund Finance Association and chair of the APAC Executive Committee, and is also a board member of Women in Fund Finance. Danielle has significant expertise in helping major financial institutions, lessors and investors on the financing and leasing of commercial aircraft, corporate jets and other related assets across a variety of structures. Danielle also advises on the finance and leasing of ships, yachts and other vessels. She is on the advisory board for The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation and on the leadership team and board member for Advancing Women in Aviation Roundtable (AWAR).
Mourant
Danielle Slater
Danielle is a Senior Associate in the Corporate & Commercial team at Lester Aldridge. She assists and advises on transactional M&A matters, where clients are either buying, selling or merging companies or partnerships, and also advises on share buybacks and company restructuring. In addition to drafting and helping to negotiate the transaction documentation, Danielle has experience managing the due diligence and disclosure process. She remains calm and level-headed in situations that can be stressful and time-critical. Danielle often reviews and reports to the client on a variety of commercial agreements and arrangements, highlighting the potential risks and incorporating new clauses to ensure that the document achieves the client’s desired outcome. Another aspect of the services she provides is corporate compliance and company secretarial services. She conducts reviews of the company’s corporate books, registers and filings and advises the client accordingly.
Lester Aldridge LLP
Danielle Spalding
Danielle’s practice is focused on the agricultural and rural business sector. She works on rural business and agricultural disputes such as partnership disputes, landlord and tenant claims, issues relating to restrictive covenants, proprietary estoppel claims and a range of Agricultural Holdings Act matters. She also advises landowners on the Electronic Communications Code. Danielle acts for a wide range of rural clients including landowners, landed estates and others with an interest in the rural land market such as major banks and property developers. Danielle has a thorough understanding of the rural market that her clients operate in enabling her to offer practical solutions that work. A highlight in her career to date has been using this insight in one of the first test cases to go through the Tribunal after the introduction of the new Electronic Communications Code in 2017.
Foot Anstey
Danni Brannon
I’m a solicitor in the wills, trusts & estates team in our Leeds office. I specialise in private client disputes and litigation, including: Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975 Disputes surrounding the ownership of assets under the Trust of Land, Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 and constructive trust cases Executor and trustee disputes Financial abuse matters. Proprietary estoppel cases Will validity challenges I act for private individuals all over the country in both advancing and defending these claims.
Irwin Mitchell
Danny Blum
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Danny Davis
Danny is a Partner and Head of the Insolvency Group. He is a litigator specialising in insolvency and fraud and is experienced in managing complex litigation, investigations, fraud and asset recovery cases. He is a specialist in insolvency litigation, acting both for and against administrators and liquidators, banking and finance institutions and also large creditors. Danny has over 20 years' experience as a litigator in complex and high value insolvency and fraud cases. He is currently working on a number of large investigations and cases in London, but also significant cross border cases in Luxembourg, Malta, Cayman, Guernsey, Belize and
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Danny Revitt
Heads the Yorkshire property litigation team based in Sheffield. Advises on all types of property litigation disputes including contentious and non-contentious business lease renewals, dilapidations claims, rent and service charge recovery, disputes over easements, disputes over development agreements, applications for consent to assign/sublet, change use and the eviction of squatters. Specialises in complex landlord and tenant disputes and works for a number of clients with large commercial and residential property portfolios, including major property investors, retailers, developers and property management companies together with banks, insurers, charities, local institutions and educational establishments. Clients include: Thorntons plc; Lloyds Pharmacy Ltd; Dobbies Garden Centres plc; HSS Hire Service Group Ltd; Keepmoat Group; Henry Boot PLC/Hallam Land Management Ltd; Redevco; Max Industrial; British Land; A & J Mucklow; HSBC Trust Company (UK) Ltd; Sheffield Hallam University; Sheffield International Venues/Sheffield City Trust; Jones Lang Lasalle; Countrywide Residential Lettings; Lapithus Management.
Irwin Mitchell
Danny Schwarz
Danny is a Partner and leads the Commercial Real Estate team at Lawrence Stephens. He deals with all aspects of commercial property investment, acquisitions and disposals, development, landlord and tenant work and property management. He also works closely with the firm’s Corporate department on the property aspects of transactions.
Lawrence Stephens solicitors
Danos Athanasi
Partner
DMH Stallard LLP
Daren Allen
Daren is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Litigation team and has over 30 years experience in acting for financial institutions, large corporations, Governments and individuals in relation to complex investigations, litigation, regulatory enforcement proceedings and legal and regulatory compliance. Daren regularly advises clients on matters relating to fraud, bribery, corruption and money laundering. He assisted the Ministry of Justice in drafting the Guidance on the Bribery Act 2010. he has also advised the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group on the Guidance Notes for the financial services sector. Notable cases/matters include: • acting for the Bank in N v The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC [2019] EWHC 1770 (Comm) and in NCA v N and The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC [2017] EWCA Civ 253; • acting for the Bank in Property Alliance Group Limited v The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC in the first major Court of Appeal decision on LIBOR manipulation and Interest rate hedging products [2018] EWCA Civ 355; • acting as a Section 166 skilled person in connection with the widely publicised mis-selling of Interest Rate Hedging products to non- sophisticated customers, including designing the methodology of the file reviews, designing customer communications, recruiting and training a team of file reviewers, reviewing customer files, attending skilled persons forums at the FCA and determining redress for customers; • advising a large international Bank on anti-money laundering compliance across 22 jurisdictions; • advising on proposed deferred Prosecution agreements; • advising over 60 individuals in relation to a complex FCA investigation into a firms anti-money laundering systems and controls; • advising a payment services firm on its anti-money laundering systems and controls following an FCA visit and advising on subsequent VREQ; • acting for the bank in the seminal case of Jayesh Shah & Another v HSBC Private Bank [2009] EWHC 79 (QB), and [2010] EWCA Civ 31, [2011] EWCA Civ 1154, [2012] EWHC 1283(QB) in a US$300 million claim brought by two former customers. The claim arose out of the Bank's alleged wrongful delay in processing four payment instructions and refusal to provide information, due to (1) its making of authorised disclosures to the relevant authorities under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 when it suspected money laundering and (2) the tipping off provisions in the Act. This is the leading case in relation to Banks and their obligations to file Suspicious Activity Reports and the outcome received a significant amount of commentary; and • acting for the bank in Stone and Another v National Westminster Bank and Paul Aplin [2013] EWCH 208 (CH). This case was a claim against the Bank arising out of a significant Ponzi scheme and has been widely reported.
Shoosmiths LLP
Dario Garcia
Dario is a Consultant in the Tax Disputes & Investigations team. He is a leading practitioner in indirect taxes, particularly in financial services. Dario joins Mishcon from FTI Consulting where he was a Senior Managing Director of their European Tax Services Group. Prior to his role at FTI, Dario was Global Head of Indirect Taxes and Transfer Pricing at Barclays Bank Plc, where he gained experience, not only in the technical tax and regulatory aspects of international financial services, but also as a consumer of professional advisory services. Dario also spent 14 years at Ernst & Young, 10 of those as an indirect tax partner. His clients included a range of leading UK and international businesses, and his work embraced the conduct of many high-profile appeals in the Tribunal and Upper Courts. One of his early accomplishments was successfully arguing for VAT purposes that Jaffa Cakes, are in fact “cakes.”
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Darran Fawcett
Partner (Non Lawyer)
Irwin Mitchell
Darran Smith
Head of the real estate finance team. Experience includes acting for developers and occupiers in the office and leisure sector.
Glovers Solicitors LLP
Darrell Ennis-Gayle
Darrell is a Partner in the Criminal Defence Team and Head of the Data Deletion team. He specialises in all areas of criminal defence, representing clients at all stages of the criminal justice system. He appears regularly as an advocate in the Magistrates’ Court, Youth Court and Crown Court. He runs a varied caseload including cases such as murder, serious violent offences, drug offences, terrorism and sexual offences. He also represents clients in ancillary proceedings such as confiscation and forfeiture. He has an excellent track record in dealing with data deletion matters. He regularly represents clients in applications to have their criminal records deleted and applications to be removed from professional barred lists. He has represented clients as a litigator and counsel in a number of high-profile cases. These include murder, terrorism and computer misuse. He has represented high-profile individuals and is regularly instructed by record labels to represent their acts. He has a reputation for representing music artists in relation to criminal cases and civil injunction proceedings where the police have tried to prevent artists them from performing their music. Recent Notable Cases R v KL [2020] – Represented a youth who was charged with attempted GBH. The client was a youth who was accused of attempting to attack a police officer with a machete. He was acquitted as the defence were able to establish that he was acting in self-defence. R v CK [2022] – Represented a female school teacher who was charged with murdering her partner during lockdown in the Pandemic. She accepted stabbing him to death but was acquitted of murder and found guilty of manslaughter. She received a reduced sentence as the defence were able to demonstrate with expert evidence that she was the victim of abuse at hands of her partner. R v AM [2023] – Represented a youth charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs. The client who was 14 years-old was charged with seven other defendants in relation to a large ”county lines” drugs operation in Essex. The client was the only defendant to be acquitted in the proceedings as the defence were able to demonstrate with the use of expert evidence that he was an exploited child and the victim of modern slavery. R v SB [2024] – Represented a defendant who was charged with attempted murder and possession of firearms. The prosecution alleged that the client was involved in a gang related shooting. The defendant was acquitted of all charges as the defence were able to establish that he had been acting under duress. Durrell Goodall, Reano Williams and Nathanial Williams [ongoing] – Representing three clients in a joint application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. The clients were three of eleven defendants convicted of murder under the doctrine of joint enterprise. Applications have been made to the CCRC to review the convictions on the basis that the prosecution adopted a false and racist gang narrative against them in the proceedings. A decision is pending. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-65756935 Data Deletion Cases TC [2023]: Represented a client who had been convicted of a serious sexual offence when he was a youth. When he turned the age of 18 years he was added to the children’s barred list which prevented him from working with children. With the support of expert medical evidence we were able to establish that the client posed no threat to children and successfully applied to have him removed from the barred list. SC [2024]: Represented a teacher who had been cautioned for a dishonesty offence when she was a youth. She needed to immigrate to China for personal and professional reasons but would have prevented from doing so because of the caution appearing on her ACRO Police Certificate. We successfully applied to have the caution expunged resulting in the client having a “no trace” ACRO Police Certificate.
Hodge Jones & Allen
Darren Ashworth
Darren has considerable experience of advising on a broad range of real estate matters. During his career, he has spent time in house working with an international developer and in a management role at a local authority. Darren also has project management qualifications. Darren advises a variety of clients, including property investors and developers, government bodies, local authorities and other public sector organisations, registered providers, business owners and sporting organisations. Darren acts on development and regeneration schemes, property acquisitions and disposals and landlord and tenant work. He has experience of dealing with the real estate aspects of corporate work and acting for both borrowers and lenders on bespoke lending transactions. His career highlights include working on real estate aspects of the London 2012 Olympics project, assisting a football club with a large development and acting for both public and private sector bodies on a number of major development and regeneration schemes.
Browne Jacobson LLP
Darren Debock
Darren specialises in acting for house builders, commercial developers, and landowners in connection with all aspects relating to the acquisition, site assembly and disposal of development land and brings with him a following of regional house builder clients. Darren is listed as a Recommended Lawyer and Next Generation Partner in the Legal 500 (2024 edition) in Commercial Property.
Freeths LLP
Darren Hamer
Partner.
Hill Dickinson LLP
Darren Hayward
Managing Partner
Nockolds Solicitors
Darren Isaacs
Darren is a Partner at Littler and primarily focuses on cross-border and international HR projects. He is often instructed by clients who have large-scale EMEA matters that need managing, however he also regularly covers Australia and New Zealand. The projects Darren has worked on include international M&A transactions, multi-country document reviews and cross-border litigation. Additionally, Darren manages a domestic UK practice which includes advising local UK clients on all their day-to-day HR needs, as well as defending high-value employment tribunal litigation.
Littler
Darren Kenny
Partner
Fieldfisher
Darren Kidd
Darren is an experienced litigator specialising in high value and complex disputes. He has experience across a broad range of domestic and international matters, including in banking / financial services, fraud, insolvency, professional negligence and tax. He has particular experience of structuring and progressing group litigation and litigation funding. Darren has acted for a variety of clients, including high net worth individuals, airlines, banks, financial authorities, hedge funds, insolvency practitioners, insurance companies, law firms, telecommunications companies and trustees. Darren’s experience includes working internationally and in-house. During his time at Herbert Smith Freehills, Darren completed a one-year secondment to the firm’s Melbourne office and a nine-month secondment to one of the ‘Big Four’ accountancy firms. How Darren can help you Financial services litigation Commercial litigation and disputes Professional negligence Experience At his previous firm, Stewarts, Darren’s caseload included advising over 350 individuals, a number of whom are well-known personalities, in group litigation involving claims in fraudulent misrepresentation, conspiracy and negligence against various parties including a number of large banks. The claims arose from investments in various tax-efficient investment vehicles focused on films and video games. The case was listed in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2018 and 2022. Darren has also acted for the liquidators of two BVI companies in relation to €500 million claims against Deutsche Bank AG and others concerning complex financial derivatives linked to the Icelandic bank, Kaupthing hf.
Clarke Willmott LLP
Darren Middleton
Darren Middleton is a Director of Immigration at Duncan Lewis Solicitors based at the firms' Birmingham office. He is an accredited Supervising Senior Caseworker under the Immigration and Asylum Law Accreditation Scheme. Darren specialises in working with vulnerable individuals and complex cases, including further submissions, and deportation. Darren is experienced in preparing asylum and immigration appeals for the Tribunal. He has provided representation for nationals of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe, who have had their appeals successfully allowed by Tribunal. He has successfully provided representation at the appeal stage where the SSHD has sought to deprive an individual of British citizenship on the basis of deception. Darren is a participant in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber Committee Working Group at the Tribunal in Birmingham, which meets on a periodic basis.
Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Darren Price
Darren is a Senior Associate in the Succession and Tax team in our Southampton office. Darren’s main areas of expertise includes dealing with and advising on:- Wills of all degrees of complexity Lasting Powers of Attorney Registration of Enduring Powers of Attorney Administration of Estates Applications for Grants of Representation Deeds of Variation Declaration of Trust for Co-owners of Property Inheritance Tax Advice and Planning Principal Private Residence Relief from Capital Gains Tax Asset Protection Trusts
Blake Morgan LLP