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Joe Stephenson
Joe is a Partner and the Head of Shoosmiths' IT & Technology team (IT & technology | Commercial services | Shoosmiths lawyers). Joe is also the Head of Shoosmiths' Technology Sector group (Technology | Sectors | Shoosmiths Lawyers). Joe has helped establish Shoosmiths’ IT and Technology team as one of the leading practices in the UK; winning TMT Team of the Year at the 2023 Legal Business Awards and ranked Band 1 by Legal 500 and Chambers UK Guide. The team is described as a “[t]hriving team that draws on a wealth of expertise to handle the complete range of IT matters and represents a fine choice for clients." (Chambers UK Guide). Joe is consistently ranked as a leading individual in IT and technology by UK legal directories, being described as having “the perfect balance of deep legal expertise, extensive subject area knowledge and strong negotiation and relationship-building skills” (Chambers UK Guide). Joe has extensive experience of advising on all forms of IT and technology transactions across a range of sectors, but has particular expertise in advising on large-scale transformational outsourcings and projects in the automotive, retail and financial services sector. He is also a leading advisor on transactions involving Web3 and the Metaverse. Joe’s major recent transactions include advising: a major telecommunication provider on its £200million+ procurement of a state-of-the art, greenfield IT system; a global automotive manufacturer on various business critical IT projects, including its £50m+ next generation IT services contract and tech-enabled customer contact centre involving a full transformation program for the introduction of AI and chat bots; advising various global brands on the launch of Web3 and Metaverse projects; one of the world's largest banks on the procurement of critical IT systems and infrastructure for the operation of its new motor lending business; a global mass media company on the first generation outsourcing of its technology operations centre based in India to provide IT support and services across its entire global business; one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products on its global procurement of its customer engagement platform with one of the world’s leading providers, as well as other cutting edge technology projects involving AR and social retail; a FTSE 100 company on its multi-million pound global procurement and roll-out of a new CRM system involving various Tier 1 suppliers; one of the world's largest multinational brewing companies on various IT projects, including the design, development and deployment of a pan-European e-commerce platform and a multi-million pound supply chain and demand management system for its UK business.
Shoosmiths LLP
Joe Vaitilingam
Partner
Vaitilingam Kay
Joe Young
Partner Joe leads on several complex and high value commercial litigation cases. Typically, Joe advises clients on breach of contract, tortious actions, corporate disputes, and civil fraud. Joe has extensive experience of achieving successful outcomes for clients via alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation. Joe trained at Pinsent Masons. In 2014, he then qualified into their Commercial Litigation and International Arbitration team. Joe advised on a mixture of high value and international disputes. Joe focused on commercial and corporate disputes, as well as Civil Fraud and Asset Recovery. Joe also specialised in Pensions and Investments Litigation and worked closely with Pinsent Masons’ Pensions Litigation Team.
Astraea
Joel Adler
Joel has been a Partner at Mishcon de Reya since joining in 2006 from another leading law firm. He advises and acts for entrepreneurs and company owners from a wide variety of business sectors, with a large part of his practice having an international aspect. Joel can turn his hand to many legal disciplines. This is highlighted by his practice, which includes non-contentious and contentious corporate and commercial matters such as mergers and acquisitions, domestic and cross-border joint ventures, private equity transactional work, corporate finance real estate transactions, global tax planning, corporate and commercial related litigation and international arbitration. Joel has considerable experience in the co-ordination of multi-disciplinary teams within the firm and involving external firms in multiple jurisdictions. He has a wide network of professional and business relationships, in particular in Europe, Russia, CIS countries, USA and Israel. Joel is notable for his lateral thinking, and the commercial and pragmatic solutions he offers clients as a result. He is a tough negotiator who always fights relentlessly for his clients. He holds an LLB from Bar Ilan University, Israel and a Master's Degree in Law from London University. Joel is on the advisory board of two high-tech investment funds.
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Joel Coles
Partner specialising in intellectual property litigation. He is an experienced patent litigator who has worked on a number of the recent leading cases in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields. His strong life sciences background has been of particular relevance for his recent work relating to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare technologies, including vaccines, small molecule drugs, biologics, DNA sequencing, and genetic engineering. In particular, Joel has represented clients before the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in two of the leading cases relating to the validity and infringement of second medical use (Warner-Lambert v Actavis) and biotechnology patents (Regeneron v Kymab). He has also worked on a number of electronics and mechanical engineering patent cases, and has experience of handling multi-jurisdictional patent actions. In addition to representing clients in litigation before the UK Patents Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, Joel has represented clients in European Patent Office opposition proceedings, and advises on patent litigation strategies, freedom to operate, and patent term extensions, including supplementary protection certificates.
Powell Gilbert LLP
Joel Murphie
Joel is a senior associate who supports clients on a range of commercial contracts matters, including in connection with the supply and purchase of goods and services, distribution agreements and various sector specific contractual arrangements. As part of his role in the national Consumer team, Joel also provides in-depth advice on consumer contracts and consumer protection law, including supporting various household names in the retail and hospitality sectors. He also advises on public procurement matters as part of the national Public Procurement team. Recent work highlights include: Advising a global hospitality business on an extended consumer compliance project, including their launch of a new e-commerce offering; Supporting a high street retailer with an updated e-commerce approach and advising on cross-border cancellation rights; Advising a high street retailer on key contracts to facilitate the launch of an online marketplace offering; Working with two of the largest pension trustees in the UK to develop a consolidated approach to contracting following their merger Providing ongoing support to a boutique life sciences research business across their key contractual matters, including development of a suite of bespoke template contracts Advising a national funeral director on a number of contracts with funeral plan providers under which the client will be appointed to provide funeral services to all customers purchasing funeral plans Advising a leading automotive business on a complex transitional services agreement as part of a strategic acquisition Providing detailed commercial advice on key contractual relationships with customers and suppliers as part of the acquisition of a premium catering business for a global food service and facilities brand. Joel spent the first half of 2022 on secondment with a leading telecoms business, supporting their business and wholesale division. During this secondment, Joel provided advice to the business in relation to the full contractual lifecycle from initial negotiation through to termination or renewal, with a particular focus on fibre optic infrastructure deals and large-scale contract amendments affecting the client's whole customer base. Praise from members of the client team included reference to Joel's "ego-free and collaborative approach to negotiations" and for providing practical, commercial advice on key contractual decisions.
Shoosmiths LLP
Joel Seager
Partner
Fladgate LLP
Joelle Rich
Partner
Schillings
Joey Byrne
Joey is national head of restructuring and insolvency at Freeths. His particular speciality is contentious insolvency matters and, in particular, asset recovery.
Freeths LLP
Jog Hundle
Has over 25 years’ experience in employment law and leads the firm’s health and care sector employment practice. Widely recognised as one of the country’s leading advisers on employment law and practice to the health and care sector, acting for a large number of health bodies including the West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Advises on a wide range of employment matters including disciplinary issues and grievances, contractual terms and conditions of very senior managers and clinical staff and complex discrimination and whistleblowing disputes. Is currently advising a number of clients on TUPE and the employment aspects of national reorganisation, acquisitions and mergers, major projects and contracting out of services. Has also advised a number of health bodies in respect of their legal responsibilities under large scale redundancy programmes. Is advising a number of Trusts in respect of doctors’ disciplinary and capability procedures. Regularly provides training on all aspects of employment law and practice.
Mills & Reeve LLP
Johan Ewing
Johan is a partner in the firm’s Film, Television & Games Group. Johan is highly regarded by his diverse and extensive list of clients, including leading independent production and finance companies, distributors, directors, writers, and completion guarantors. Johan’s practice covers all areas of the film and television industry including the setting up and structuring of film and television companies and projects alongside the full range of matters in relation to the development, production, financing, distribution, and exploitation of film and television productions. Johan applies his unique experience and industry understanding to work on a range of high profile drama productions alongside animation work and a leading documentary practice, working throughout the UK production industry and international co-productions across Europe, North advising, Africa, and Asia, from independent film to high-end television commissions and SVOD/ streamer productions. Johan joined the firm in 2017 having previously worked in house at a completion guarantor where he had been Head of Legal and Business Affairs covering over 85 film and television productions. Prior to this, he worked for NBCUniversal and a top UK entertainment law firm. He is a regular industry speaker at various institutions and events.
Lee & Thompson LLP
Johanna Walsh
Johanna Walsh is a Partner in the White Collar Crime & Investigations Group. She has experience in domestic and international serious fraud, corruption and money laundering cases, acting for senior individuals in prosecutions brought by the SFO, FCA and CPS, as well as investigations by the NCA. Johanna has also acted for a range of corporates, from SMEs to FTSE 100 companies in relation to allegations of fraud and corruption, conducting internal investigations and representing them in external investigations and prosecutions. Johanna is named in Legal 500 in 2018 and 2019 for Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime. She is named as a leading individual in Business Crime Defence in the 2019 edition of Who's Who Legal, as well as an Investigations Future Leader in Who's Who Legal's 2019 and 2018 editions, which notes that "her expertise in multi-jurisdictional investigations involving state authorities makes her a go-to practitioner." She was also recognised in the 2017 edition of 40 Under 40 by the Global Investigations Review, recognising accomplished young investigations lawyers who will help shape the future of this fast-evolving area of law. Johanna is a member of the Fraud Lawyers Association and the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association.
Mishcon de Reya LLP
John Adams
John is a specialist insolvency and civil fraud partner with significant experience in domestic and cross-border insolvencies across a range of sectors including financial services, technology, retail and music. He is recognised in the legal directories for being skilled in advising on fraud-related insolvencies, particularly where there are concurrent criminal investigations and cases involving the tracing and recovery of digital assets. He advises on all aspects of asset investigation and recovery, including in relation to both corporate and personal insolvency. John has successfully assisted in the recovery of diverse asset types, from digital currencies and overseas properties to racehorses. He acts for a broad range of clients including insolvency practitioners, companies or individuals in financial distress, directors, shareholders, creditors, litigation funders and other stakeholders. John is an active member of the professional insolvency and asset recovery community and is regularly invited to speak at leading industry events, including the INSOL Europe Annual Congress and the International Symposium on Economic Crime at Jesus College, Cambridge.
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John Addiss
Partner, Patent Attorney
Mewburn Ellis LLP
John Annetts
John Annetts specialises in acting for UK HNW and UHNW individuals and families in relation to their tax and succession planning, and the administration of high-value and complex estates. John is a Partner and Head of Wealth and Succession at Howard Kennedy. John advises a broad client base that includes entrepreneurs, business owners, property investors, entertainers, and artists, with focus on estate and succession planning, inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning, asset protection and wealth structuring. This often involves preparing complex wills and creating trusts or corporate structures, including family investment companies, to fully utilise tax exemptions and reliefs, protecting and structuring family assets for future generations. John guides executors through the practical complexities of the administration of estates process. Many of the estates that John deals with contain business assets and offshore elements. As part of his estate administration work, John advises on post-death planning and tax mitigation opportunities using deeds of variation and the restructuring of assets, for example, private company shareholdings. John advises UK trustees and beneficiaries on both trust law and taxation issues related to the general administration of trusts and the exercise of the trustees' powers. He also deals with matters involving the Office of the Public Guardian, including preparing and registering lasting powers of attorney. John is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, the Association of Tax Technicians, and the Private Client Section of the Law Society.
Howard Kennedy LLP
John Aynsley
John is a Partner in the Commercial Real Estate team at Lawrence Stephens. He specialises in the acquisition, disposal, development, regeneration, financing, and management of high-value assets in commercial real estate, John acts for clients ranging from international real estate funds and listed house builders to private investors.
Lawrence Stephens solicitors
John Barber
John is the former senior partner and head of the commercial property department. He and is now a consultant with the firm and principally acts for a number of Glovers’ longstanding restaurant clients.
Glovers Solicitors LLP
John Barnett
Head of Private Client Services department. Provides a full range of tax advice to individual and corporate clients. Including advice to private banks, trust companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and owner managers on personal and business tax. Work also encompasses tax advice on corporate and business structures; advice on offshore structures and advice on offshore and onshore trusts. Experience also includes: tax litigation/investigations; advocacy before Tax Tribunal; EIS work; non-domiciliaries and UK land; international corporate work including advice to a number of clients on international holding company structures, coupled with personal advice on trust and tax planning; corporate restructuring advice on a number of significant transactions; and the taxation of development land, including general advice to landowners.
Burges Salmon LLP
John Batten
Principal Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
John Bechelet
Senior Consultant
Bivonas Law LLP
John Beechey CBE
Independent International Arbitrator
Arbitration Chambers
John Binns
John advises corporate and individual clients on business crime and corporate regulatory matters, including bribery, controlled drugs, extradition, fraud, Interpol red notices, sanctions, tax evasion, and terrorist financing. He has particular expertise on issues under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), including confiscation, civil recovery, Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs), and on the operation of the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs). His recent work includes advising numerous corporate clients, including a major British multinational group, on cannabis licensing issues, and on the implications under POCA of UK investments in overseas lawful cannabis businesses. He has represented individual and corporate suspects in major criminal investigations by HMRC, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and National Trading Standards. John has also advised a variety of companies and professional firms on issues including: their obligations to prevent bribery and the facilitation of tax evasion, to comply with the MLRs, and to submit SARs; their exposure to UWOs and to liability under POCA and sanctions laws; and the extent of their duty to cooperate with international and domestic POCA investigations. Fellow practitioners say John has ‘a very cerebral approach’ and is ‘absolutely first rate’; ‘superbly analytical, right down in the detail, and a very nice guy to work with’; ‘absolutely fantastic… brilliant at advising clients… very calm and measured’; ‘approachable [and] very thorough’; and ‘a very strong POCA solicitor, who has a lot of experience [and] gives excellent, high-end advice for crime matters.’ John has presented at the Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime, Cannabis Europa, the Proceeds of Crime Lawyers’ Association’s forum, the Red Lion Lectures, and webinars for Lexis Nexis, and gave expert evidence to the House of Lords’ EU Home Affairs Subcommittee.
BCL Solicitors LLP
John Brian
Full range of conveyancing services including development work, portfolio sales and purchases, acts for major lenders and estate agents as well as private clients. Co-founder of Sherrards in its current commercial form in 1995. Co-founded Homefast Property Lawyers in 2001 and managed the company until its sale to the Lending Solutions group of companies in 2005.
Sherrards Solicitors LLP
John Brunner
John has extensive experience assisting tech and healthcare companies in all aspects of the patent lifecycle in the UK, Europe and globally, from invention mining, drafting and prosecution through to opposition, invalidity and enforcement proceedings. IAM Patent 1000 notes his “superb ability to prosecute patent applications in Europe”. In the healthcare space, John built the foundational patent portfolio for a top 10 pharma company for their various drug delivery platforms and defended them at opposition. In recent years, he acted in multiple EPO opposition cases against Huawei in relation to various software patents. He has also acted for LifeScan at the EPO in relation to their glucose management diagnostics technology, both on prosecution and opposition matters. More recently, he has been brought in to handle the European patent portfolios of fast-growing and innovative companies, such as Align Technology, Quantum-Si and Auris Health. John also acts for J&J Vision in relation to their ophthalmic laser surgery and intra-ocular lens technology. John advises a range of companies, from start-ups to multinationals, on a range of European IP issues, including infringement and enforcement of patents and design rights, and licensing issues. He is routinely brought in to handle complex FTO and clearance projects for a variety of US and European companies across the healthcare sector. As the lead patent attorney on various litigation cases in the UK, including Align Technology v ClearCorrect in relation to the former’s Invisalign® technology, and AMO Development v Alcon in relation to Alcon’s LenSx® ophthalmic laser surgery platform, John has brought in-depth technical knowledge and strategic perspectives to bear on these cases from a European standpoint. John is regularly recommended by the leading industry guides. According to Legal 500 2024, “John Brunner is a creative and highly skilled IP attorney. His abilities are showcased during complex disputes, including his project management skills.” “When it comes to critical EU oppositions, you can always count on John Brunner; he provides comprehensive patent strategies across Europe. He is sensitive to his clients’ competitive landscape and crafts their patent strategies to meet their business objectives.” IAM Patent 1000 notes that John has “an impressive reputation in cutting-edge fields, including fintech, drug delivery and artificial intelligence.”
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP