Lawyers in England

Jonathan Smith

Jonathan is a Principal Associate acting for a variety of clients from including property investment companies, institutional landlords and developers, and has experience in a wide range of commercial property work including individual and portfolio sales and purchases, the assembly, acquisition and financing of development sites, retail and office units, landlord and tenant transactions and assisting on the property aspect of corporate restructure and re-financing. Recent experience includes: advising private sector companies in relation to purchases and sales of high value multi-let properties; assisting in the re-organisation of a large company dealing with the transfer, leasing and options for leases for multiple sites; experience on the property aspects of corporate restructuring and refinancing, and on the refinancing of a large healthcare client; experience acting for a residential property developer in the acquiring of the plots of land for the development and the entering into of option agreements for the future acquisition of expansion land; assisting with the property elements of the application and examination process for a Development Consent Order including advising on land assembly and the acquisition of the different plots of land required for the development; advising on the asset management work for large shopping centres and retail developments, including the drafting and negotiation of leases and agreement for leases and the day-to-day management; and general asset management work acting for both landlord and tenant including pre-lets, reversionary and supplemental leases and re-organisations.

Shoosmiths LLP

Jonathan Stafford

Jonathan handles patent matters in the chemistry and life science sectors, with emphasis on pharmaceuticals, industrial chemistry, materials, synthetic methods and medical and diagnostic devices. Jonathan has particular expertise in the area of small molecule drugs, formulations, graphene, catalysis, polymers and polymer additives, and stereoselective synthetic processes. Jonathan also handles design work in all fields. He was recognised as a Rising Star by IP Stars in 2017 and named as a recommended life sciences practitioner in the Legal 500 2020 rankings, JUVE 2020 and JUVE 2021 rankings, and IAM Patent 2021 rankings. Jonathan's work includes the drafting and prosecution of patent applications including coordinating the prosecution of multi-jurisdictional patent portfolios, advising on validity and infringement, and advising companies on improving their IP strategy and processes. Jonathan has significant experience in leading EPO opposition and appeal proceedings, including complex multi-party hearings representing patentees and opponents, and working closely with litigators to coordinate EPO opposition and local national litigation strategies. Jonathan also has extensive experience in handling IP due diligence for companies looking to buy, license, or invest in new technology, including conducting freedom to operate and SWOT analyses. Jonathan's clients include large corporations, SMEs, start-ups and university technology transfer companies. He has particular experience of advising spin-outs in patent matters from initial start-up stage through to preparing for the IPO process. Furthermore, he was recognised by the IAM Patent 1000 rankings as "the quintessential full-service practitioner, with the perfect balance of acumen, command and reliability: He understands a wide variety of complex technologies and is astute at identifying the opposition’s weaknesses and turning them in the client’s favour.”

Marks & Clerk

Jonathan Steele

Corporate transactional specialist, offering expert advice on a wide spectrum of matters including mergers and acquisitions, corporate investments and restructurings.

Stevens & Bolton LLP

Jonathan Stephens

Jonathan is a partner in the Tax & Trusts team, and has an unusual breadth of experience in strategic planning for clients with private and commercial interests. Jonathan is an expert on structuring for farms and landed estates, particularly in relation to partnerships, trusts and alternative arrangements. On the corporate side, he often advises business owners on succession, options and incentives, and capital tax planning. Jonathan acts as trustee for a number of substantial trusts involved in development land, farming interests and commercial businesses. Jonathan is the author of a series of practice notes on the Practical Law Company website on the law and practice relating to farm partnerships, and he has had a series of articles published in Farmers Weekly on forming partnerships, bringing in new partners, and ending a partnership. Jonathan is a frequent speaker on the subject of structuring and planning for farms and estates, and regularly provides seminars for accountants and surveyors.

Wilsons

Jonathan Stork

Partner

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Jonathan Tardif

Browne Jacobson LLP

Jonathan Thornton

Jonathan Thornton is head of the corporate and commercial team. A hugely experienced, empathetic, and skilled practitioner, he deals with acquisitions and disposals, company reorganisations, corporate finance, banking arrangements and funding rounds, as well as shareholder, partnership and LLP agreements.

Russell-Cooke LLP

Jonathan Tickner

Partner highly recommended in leading legal directories, Jonathan specialises in commercial litigation, with particular emphasis on international commercial litigation, civil fraud and asset recovery/tracing cases, corporate investigations and private damages claims in competition law. Jonathan has extensive experience dealing with multi-jurisdictional emergency procedures in the US, Europe and worldwide. Successful cases include acting for the Department of Health in claims against Reckitt Benckiser following the Office of Fair Trading's decision that Reckitt Benckiser had infringed competition law by withdrawing Gaviscon Original from the NHS; the £100m Secretary of State for Health's cartel litigation against various leading pharmaceutical companies; the $242m claims by shareholders of Banco Noroeste, Brazil, to recover funds stolen from the bank and laundered through the UK, Switzerland, Nigeria and Hong Kong. Other high profile cases include representing Tom Hicks and George Gillett in the Liverpool Football Club dispute and the Department of Health in a claim against a former senior civil servant for bribery and corruption. Acted for the steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal in a Commercial Court dispute with Manmohan Varma arising out of the award of Nigerian oil blocks. Jonathan acts for the Department of Health in a £225m claim against the French pharmaceutical group Servier in connection with the drug perindopril. Jonathan is a contributing editor and co-author of Getting The Deal Through Asset Recovery 2016 and 2017 editions. Lectures and writes widely on his specialist areas.

Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP

Jonathan Turner

Bevan Brittan LLP

Jonathan Turner

Bevan Brittan LLP

Jonathan Tyson

Partner

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Jonathan Vickers

Jonathan is a construction lawyer with over 12 years of experience specialising in the real estate and infrastructure sectors with particular experience in commercial, residential (including BTR and later living) and public/private regeneration projects. He has a passion for sustainability in the built environment. He has extensive experience advising all parties involved in construction projects including institutional investors, government bodies, developers, tenants, purchasers and contractors. He brings this knowledge of each party‘s commercial drivers to achieve a collaborative negotiation of construction contracts ensuring that risks are appropriately allocated and shared to allow for a successful project from the outset. Jonathan acts for both public and private sector clients from the very inception of a project advising on procurement routes and contract selection through to contract completion continuing to advise during the works on contract administration and management. He has extensive experience with all the main standard form of contracts with particular focus on JCT and NEC contracts as well as bespoke building contracts, development agreements and framework agreements. He is passionate about sustainability in the built environment. He is a member of the Decarbonisation CAB at the ICE as well as involved with The Chancery Lane Project on drafting sustainable and net zero construction provisions.

Browne Jacobson LLP

Jonathan Warner-Reed

Partner

Davitt Jones Bould

Jonathan Watmough

Jonathan specialises in resolving professional negligence claims and has done so for over 14 years. In that time, he has acted on claims against a wide range of professionals including solicitors, accountants, insurance brokers, financial advisers, surveyors, structural engineers, project managers, estate agents, health & safety consultants and IT consultants. Having previously defended such claims for professional indemnity insurers, Jonathan now acts exclusively for claimants and uninsured defendants, both in relation to claims and any policy disputes arising from them. Due to his background experience, and because he acts for both claimants and defendants, Jonathan possesses a rare appreciation of the issues and pitfalls that arise in professional negligence claims. This enables him to provide his clients with intelligent solutions, aimed at resolving claims as favourably and efficiently as possible.

Keystone Law

Jonathan Wheeler

Jonathan was formerly head of both the injury and abuse teams at Bolt Burdon Kemp and has been a partner with the firm since 2003. In 2006 Jonathan was named one of the ‘Hot 100’ lawyers of the year by The Lawyer magazine, recognising his campaigning work for survivors of child abuse, work which continues today. Jonathan went on to represent two claimants in the landmark House of Lords case A v Hoare & others (2008) changing the law to extend the time limits for anyone wishing to bring a child abuse claim. He now has an over-arching role developing and approving the strategy for all personal injury cases handled by the firm. In addition to his work at BBK, Jonathan is a Fellow and former President (2015-16) of the influential lobbying organisation, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. He was awarded honorary life membership when he stepped down from the national executive in 2017. He trains other lawyers, both in-house and externally, and is regularly asked to provide comment on topical issues for the trade press and national media. In 2014/15 he accepted a consultancy role with the BBC, advising on story-lines for a well-known TV soap.

Bolt Burdon Kemp LLP

Jonathan Wills

Partner, Patent Attorney

Mewburn Ellis LLP

Jonathan Wood

Jonathan Wood has deep rooted experience supporting clients in a wide number of jurisdictions in arbitration proceedings and cross border litigation. He Chairs RPC's International Arbitration practice. Jonathan specialises in international arbitration and dispute resolution relating to international trade (including Bilateral Investment Treaty claims), joint venture and shareholder disputes, project and energy claims, credit and political risk insurance, reinsurance, cultural property and specie, banking and trade finance, fraud and asset tracing, public and private international law. He has handled numerous institutional and ad hoc arbitrations as counsel, and related court proceedings, and has sat as arbitrator in many cases. Jonathan is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is also former Chairman of the International Bar Association's International Sales Committee and is currently a member of the advisory board of the European Regional Forum. Jonathan has been an adviser and litigation counsel to the British Government's Export Credits Guarantee Department ( UKEF) for over 25 years.

RPC

Jonathan Wyles

Legal Director specialising in claims against professionals – legal, financial and construction.

RPC

Jonathan Zimmern

Partner

Fieldfisher

Jonathon Crook

Jonathon has specialist expertise in handling a wide range of disputes within the banking, finance and financial services sector and regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings by the FCA and other bodies. He advises on associated issues, including internal investigations, compliance and past business reviews. In addition, Jonathon advises on complex commercial disputes mainly within but also outside the banking and financial services sector and has market leading experience in defending public interest winding up proceedings by the Secretary of State both at first instance and on appeal.

Shoosmiths LLP

Jonathon Jones

Partner

Squire Patton Boggs

Jonny Beck

Jonny is a real estate lawyer with a focus on transactional work and property finance, acting for property entrepreneurs, portfolio owners and funds. With 20 years of experience, Jonny has established himself as the go-to lawyer in Bristol for HMO landlords and property investors. Working in a non-traditional challenger law firm gives Jonny the flexibility to work at times and in ways that suit the client and transaction. Expertise: Property investment Property finance Pensions SIPP/SSAS Commercial landlord and tenant High-net-worth residential

Acuity Law

Jonny Petch

Jonny is a partner at Bray & Krais, having joined the firm in spring 2022. He qualified in 2010 and prior to joining Bray & Krais was a partner at another leading music firm. Jonny provides a commercially driven legal service to both creative and business clients across the music industry and at all stages of their careers including artists, songwriters, producers, independent labels, independent publishers, managers, promoters, agencies, executives, entrepreneurs and investors. With experience in the wider entertainment industry, Jonny is also able to advise clients in the TV, film, fashion, branding and literary worlds; and has the benefit of having worked as an in-house lawyer for Swedish media giant, MTG. Jonny is recognised as a Next Generation Partner by Legal 500.

Bray & Krais

Jonny Williams

Jonny is a financial services regulatory lawyer who advises financial institutions, corporates, PE/VC firms, funds/alternative funds and fintechs on a broad range of regulatory issues covering their commercial and retail activities. Having gained significant experience in-house at Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays on complex restructurings as well as FCA and FOS matters, Jonny is well placed to drive key strategic projects and manage portfolios of complex and reputationally significant cases in the UK and internationally. A jo

Keystone Law