Lawyers in England

Fiona Colquhoun

Fiona has mediated since 2004 and conducted 500 plus mediations and other neutral interventions in the private, public and voluntary sectors including; commercial, employment and workplace, IT telecoms, healthcare, NHS partnerships and funding, clinical negligence, disability, pharmaceuticals, retail, banking, financial services, police, education, ecclesiastical, utilities, property, partnership and pensions. Experienced in online video, face to face and ‘hybrid’ mediations .Fiona is very commercial with a strong business background in top FTSE companies and has frequently mediated high-value, complex and multi-party disputes over a number of days. Mediates naturally and flexibly, and also works with parties throughout extended periods on a sessional basis. Fiona has gravitas with warmth and many cases are highly emotional and sensitive. Some cases have taken place in the public domain, including, for example, the Sheffield trees dispute, the hospital treatment of severely disabled young person, NHS funding disputes and involve detailed negotiations. All mediations can be delicate in different ways and Fiona is particularly experienced in relationship breakdowns in partnerships and employment cases, and in sad and traumatic clinical negligence matters. In both her corporate and mediation career Fiona has strong global experience with M&A activity and major restructuring and downsizing programmes, Board and executive settlement arrangements She also undertakes other independent interventions, mediations with recommendations, neutral Chairing, facilitating sensitive discussions, conducting reviews and investigations, and coaches on conflict between individuals or groups

CEDR

Fiona Colwell

Partner and head of civil litigation at the firm. Holds a mostly company/commercial caseload but also deals with the full mix of work in the civil litigation department in a supervisory capacity. Alongside contentious matters, also deals with non-contentious corporate/commercial matters, including business sales/acquisitions, shareholders agreements, partnership agreements and construction contracts.

Paul Robinson Solicitors LLP

Fiona Davidson

Fiona heads the Liverpool family law team and manages the renowned national family team at Weightmans across our offices. She is recognised by Legal 500 2023 as a Leading Individual in family law in the North West. And is a First tier ranked solicitor in Chambers and Partners. Fiona specialises in financial and children issues arising out of relationship breakdown with particular expertise in complex divorces involving company, partnership and trust issues. She has a significant practice in pre, post marital and cohabitation agreements, as well as a wealth of experience in dealing with children cases, particularly involving international relocation. Fiona is known for her strategic and focused advice in delivering results for clients. Her understanding of the needs of clients enables her to offer a first-rate and bespoke service to her clients resulting in regular referrals from fellow professionals including barristers and other members of the legal profession. Fiona is keen to offer alternatives to litigation with a child centred and amicable approach to separation. She is a trained collaborative lawyer, she chaired the Merseyside collaborative law group for over six years. She is an active member of . She also sits on the Liverpool Law Society Family Committee helping to shape local family law issues. Fiona is recognised as a leader in her field in both independent legal directories, Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, being described as ‘excellent – reassuring, technically able and clear and calm’ ‘technically excellent; really approachable and able to build a real rapport with clients, who trust her implicitly’. ‘an incredibly robust solicitor who is phenomenal for her clients and will fight incredibly hard to get results for them’ , ‘she is a brilliant financial specialist who offers top notch advice’

Weightmans LLP

Fiona Dreghorn

Partner in Commercial Property.

TWM Solicitors LLP

Fiona Dunger

Consultant Solicitor

Jurit LLP

Fiona Gavriel

Fiona is a senior criminal litigation lawyer specialising in and with extensive experience of complex business, white collar and general crime. She has led large teams of solicitors in numerous high profile and media featured cases brought by the SFO, HMRC, CPS, FCA, Trading Standards and more recently the Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit. Fiona qualified as a solicitor in 2000. Significant cases include: R- V- R and others (Op Amazon) Southwark Crown Court Feb 2017 – present Successful Defence of an accountant after a ten month trial. The case took 8 years to come to trial and has been described as the most complex direct tax prosecution case ever brought by HMRC. The case has afforded unprecedented insight into the workings and deficiencies of HMRC’s disclosure process as regards e-disclosure. R- V- JWW and others July 2017 Successful defence of the director of a major independent brewery who faced three counts of cheating the public revenue. The charges related to the alleged non-payment of tax by the company. The company was one of the first London microbreweries and was recently acquired by Carlsberg. The jury were directed to give not guilty verdicts following successful half time submissions of “no case to answer”. R- v- R and others Southwark Crown Court Sept 2015 - Jan 2016 Successful defence of a broker who worked at Tullett Prebon accused of involvement in LIBOR manipulation. The client was acquitted in less than one day following a four month trial. R- V T Central Criminal Court - Charged 1st June 2017 . Trial September 2018 Charges of “Torture” dating back to the Liberian civil war, brought by the Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit under “Universal Jurisdiction”. Other Notable Experience in Allegations of: -Pension theft (Cheney Locksmiths in Birmingham) -Horse race fixing (involving Kieran Fallon) -Counterfeit software (Microsoft grey goods market) -Boiler room fraud -MTIC fraud -Money Laundering (including a long running trial of money laundering for a Colombian drugs cartel with numerous associated trials involving a police informant). -Large scale mortgage fraud -Tax evasion (representing two Vantis Tax directors and their wives) -Drugs offences (including importation and possession with intent to supply) -Arson (resulting in hospital order) -Fraudulent Trading (including the McAlpine owned “Welsh Slate” false invoicing case). Relevant Work History

Janes Solicitors

Fiona Ghosh

Partner

Ernst & Young LLP

Fiona Gillett

Partner in the Commercial Litigation and Securities Litigation departments. Fiona advises on a broad spectrum of high value commercial disputes (contract, tort and statutory claims), with a particular expertise in financial services claims against banks. She is recognised in The Legal 500 as “a very able lawyer, who has a great touch with clients." Fiona has acted for states, state entities (including central banks), corporates, institutional investors and private individuals, whether as claimants or defendants. Her matters often have an international dimension, whether representing international clients, acting in claims involving aspects of foreign law or in coordinating proceedings in both England and other jurisdictions. She has worked on some significant and high profile cases including the RBS Rights Issue Litigation and one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2020 (National Bank of Kazakhstan and Republic of Kazakhstan v The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV London Branch, Anatolie Stati, Gabriel Stati, Ascom Group SA & Terra Raf Trans Traiding Limited) which also became the first ever Commercial Court trial to be conducted on a fully remote basis (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) in late March 2020. Acting for an Australian mining company in defending a claim for in excess of US$200m in relation to an alleged breach of a mezzanine lending commitment letter Acting for a company, whose business includes the export of oil products, in successfully challenging the jurisdiction of the English Court to determine a US$300m Russian law governed claim against it. [2021] EWHC 1758 (Comm) Acting for a State and its National Bank in claims relating to a Global Custody Agreement with an international bank. [2020] EWHC 916 (Comm) Co-managing the FSMA s90 claim issued in 2013 by over 300 financial institutions and other institutional investors in the group litigation against RBS in relation to its April 2008 £12bn rights issue. A confidential settlement was reached in December 2016, three months before the start of a six-month liability only trial.

Stewarts Law LLP

Fiona Goodman

Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Fiona Graham

Fiona spent 11 years running her own business before coming to the law. She trained as a barrister and was called to the bar by The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. She joined the firm in 2005 and specialises in commercial property litigation. Fiona advises both landlords and tenants including CEG, Govia Thameslink Railway, Grainger PLC, the National Trust, Standard Life and a number of Administrators, including Deloitte and KPMG, as well as major institutional lenders and large-scale residential developers on contentious property matters including: opposed and unopposed lease renewals, break clauses, surrender and forfeiture; insolvency related matters; the enforcement and release/modification of restrictive covenants; possession claims, including claims brought against commercial tenants, trespassers and squatters; adverse possession claims, easement disputes (including rights of light) and boundary disputes; valuation disputes at arbitration, mediation and expert determination and professional negligence claims. Fiona’s most notable court case to date was at the Court of Appeal in the case of Erimus Housing Limited v Barclays Wealth Trustees (Jersey) Limited [2014] EWCA Ccv 303. Fiona’s tenant client held over after expiry of a contracted out lease and the case concerned whether or not her tenant held over as a periodic tenant or a tenant at will. Her most notable arbitration to date was acting for CEG in a complex valuation involving the satisfaction (or otherwise) of planning conditions.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Fiona Hahlo

Fiona handles a broad range of complex, catastrophic injury and fatal accident claims, coverage, and health and safety investigations and prosecutions. She acts for both insurers and insureds – often corporate entities, but sometimes individuals too. Fiona’s clients’ interests are wide ranging, and include constructions, sports, leisure, travel & tourism, retail, waste & recycling, equine and many others.

RPC

Fiona Huang

Solicitor

Lisa's Law Solicitors

Fiona Kellas

Fiona is a Partner in the Patents team, a UK Chartered Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney.

Maucher Jenkins

Fiona Kellow

Fiona has many years’ experience as a family lawyer, specialising in all aspects of family law, particularly high-net-worth financial issues and children disputes. She has a versatile approach, not only to the range of family law issues, but also to the most appropriate methods of handling cases for her clients; from collaborative round the table scenarios to fully-contested litigation. To Fiona, the needs of each client and their desired outcomes are paramount. Each client receives honest and individual advice to help them make the right decisions. Fiona works closely with the client and, where necessary, a team of other professionals, including coaches, accountants, valuers, etc, to ensure that the client is fully prepared for the processes that they face. Fiona has featured in numerous radio interviews, on Radio 4’s ‘World at One’. Recent highlights include: acting for a Lloyds name in a multi-million-pound settlement involving detailed analysis of the Lloyds assets, which were fluctuating with economic changes; acting for a high-net-worth individual, negotiating a settlement dealing with hedge fund assets and significant overseas assets; acting for a farming client going through a divorce, the farm assets being arranged in complicated family trusts; assisting a client in obtaining leave of the court to remove her child from the jurisdiction to live in Dubai; assisting a client in obtaining an order to enforce maintenance payments against a non-paying former husband, including successful claim for costs; assisting numerous senior officers from HM Forces in relation to matrimonial settlements, in particular, negotiations in relation to their valuable pension funds; assisting and advising a senior bank official in relation to a detailed financial settlement. Fiona heads up the Private Client Department at Thrings and well as the Private Wealth Route to market with close links between her Private Client teams and the wider firm including commercial, property and agriculture to ensure that all Private Wealth clients have a full portfolio of legal advice from our experts.

Thrings LLP

Fiona Macdonald

Fiona is an employment lawyer who specialises in representing individuals, predominantly senior executives, in the financial services sector. She has particular expertise in contractual disputes relating to bonus and incentive schemes and post-termination restraints, and discrimination and whistleblowing claims in the Employment Tribunal. Fiona also advises in relation to FCA regulatory matters, and advises businesses in respect of contentious and non-contentious HR and employment issues. Her practice encompasses the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment and partnership matters, advising both employers and employees across a wide range of sectors.

Keystone Law

Fiona McDonald

Bevan Brittan LLP

Fiona McGhie

I'm a Partner at Irwin Mitchell, specialising in civil liberties and human rights law in the Public Law & Human Rights department. I have experience in a variety of civil liberties cases involving claims against the police and local authorities, inquest, judicial review, health and welfare and Court of Protection. I have recently been appointed as trustee for the Public Law Project, and am a committee member for the South West Court of Protection Practitioners Association. In October 2016 I was awarded Junior Lawyer of the Year at the Bristol Society Annual Awards.

Irwin Mitchell

Fiona McKiernan

Partner

Miles & Partners LLP

Fiona McMutrie

Legal Director

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Fiona Morgan

Fiona is a senior employment lawyer with over 17 years’ experience advising a diverse range of corporate clients on a wide spectrum of employment law matters, including drafting and negotiating employment contracts, policies and procedures, and settlement agreements. As well as advising on day-to-day employment law queries, Fiona also provides strategic support on long-term projects and corporate transactions, conducts employment litigation before the employment tribunals and civil courts, and provides training to clients on employment law issues.

Arbor Law

Fiona Nicolson

Fiona has been advising clients on intellectual property and commercial law for over 30 years as a Scottish and English qualified lawyer. Throughout her career, she has represented clients across sectors including life sciences, IT, industrial markets, academia, and consumer products. Her practice is highly international, assisting UK businesses in commercialising their IP globally and advising overseas clients on transactions involving English and Scottish law. She is also very experienced in international licensing transactions and has specifically worked with many businesses in the life sciences sector, helping them to enter new markets using licensing and other collaborative ventures. Fiona’s clients include startups and spinouts, fast-growing SMEs, universities, multinational corporations, public companies, and institutions.

Keystone Law

Fiona O’Kane

Fiona is a Partner, Head of the Real Estate Business Group and sits on the Management Board. She specialises in Real Estate with a particular emphasis on advising corporate occupiers. She has over 20 years’ experience dealing with acquisitions and disposals of investment, retail and industrial property, landlord and tenant issues and general estate and portfolio management. She is responsible for the provision of the firm’s Real Estate Services across a spectrum of specialisms and sector expertise.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Fiona Parry

Partner and Head of Business Services

Hill Dickinson LLP

Fiona Poole

Fiona is a partner and specialises in complex estate and succession planning for her clients’ personal and business assets in multiple jurisdictions and international trust issues for high net worth individuals. In addition to being a private client lawyer, Fiona is dual qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA). Fiona has an all-round private client practice enabling her to provide a full complement of professional services for her clients. As a tax specialist she an in-depth understanding of the personal tax needs of her clients, the majority of whom have an international element to their affairs, whether that be in connection with their domicile, their residence, their businesses, the diversification of their investments or the trusts of which they may be beneficiaries. Fiona has a great deal of experience working with families with complex asset-holding structures and diverse tax profiles. Her expertise includes succession strategies for global assets, assisting families with inter-generational discussions and the composition of family constitutions, residence and domicile issues, and estate planning for both UK and international entrepreneurs. She also advises on the UK taxation of non-UK trusts, their settlors and beneficiaries, tax efficient structuring of UK property transactions, pre-immigration tax planning, English Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney. Fiona advises charities and philanthropists on the establishment, regulation and operation of UK charities and the tax benefits of charitable giving. In addition to lifetime planning Fiona advises UK and international clients on probate and the administration of estates involving UK assets and works collaboratively with foreign lawyers where non-UK assets are involved. In 2019, Fiona was named as a member of the "Private Client Global Elite - Ones to Watch" by Legal Week. She is also listed by the 2020 Legal 500 guide as a key lawyer in the area of personal tax, trusts and probate.

Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP