Lawyers in England

Mark Keenan

Mark is a Partner in Mishcon Private, specialising in complex inter-family domestic and international trust and succession disputes often involving asset-tracing and recovery in offshore jurisdictions. He has significant experience in advising private individuals and trustees on cross-border inheritance disputes, Will disputes, Inheritance Act claims, Court of Protection applications, estate administration issues, breach of trust and proprietary estoppel claims. Mark is a recognised leader in his field. Chambers & Partners describes Mark Keenan as "utterly client-focused, a brilliant lawyer and a brilliant tactician". He receives praise for his technical expertise and client care skills: "I have total faith in him. He is caring and clever, which is a great combination." Legal 500 rankings highlighted Mark as "an individual star: hugely interventionist in a good way, and an amazing tactician" with "an encyclopaedic knowledge of the relevant cases". Mark is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS), the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the International Fraud Group (IFG). The IFG is a global network of specialist fraud lawyers across 14 countries focused on securing injunctions, asset recovery and trust busting remedies in key offshore jurisdictions. He is a professional Deputy of the Court of Protection. Mark is also part of the MDR Solutions I team, a litigation finance venture offering greater access to funding for claimants.

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Mark Kosmin

Freemans Solicitors

Mark Krais

Mark Krais graduated from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford with a first-class honours degree in Jurisprudence in 1990. Admitted in 1993. Mark’s clients include event companies, investors, entrepreneurs, live agents, advertising agencies, festival owners, record and publishing companies, high-profile sports people as well as major artists, and song writers, including Ed Sheeran, Elton John and the Rolling Stones. Mark is described in The Legal 500 as “dynamic, well-connected, industry-savvy, and well-respected”, and is recognised as a Leading Partner.

Bray & Krais

Mark Lamph

Mark is a senior associate in Druces LLP’s Corporate and Commercial team. Mark read Mathematics at university before switching interests to law, qualifying as a solicitor in 2018. Mark services include listings on the Main Market, AIM or AQSE, transitions from AIM to the Main Market, secondary fundraisings and dual listings involving overseas exchanges. As well as representing issuers coming to the market for the first time, Mark advises issuers and their boards in relation to the ongoing requirements of being a publicly quoted company. Mark also has particular expertise in public mergers and acquisitions and deals with a broad range of corporate and commercial matters including national and international joint ventures, convertible loan notes and group restructuring. “Mark Lamph – great experience and great manner with clients” “Mark Lamph did an excellent job of managing all the legal aspects of a £10 million fundraising in 2021. Since then he has displayed a maturity beyond his years when dealing with counterparties’ lawyers, and he has become a trusted adviser for converting terms of legal agreements into good commercial advice”

Druces LLP

Mark Landon

Mark is a partner in the employment, pensions and immigration team in London who now focuses on leading and developing Weightmans' national client training service and overseeing its risk management services. Mark has a broad range of experience in both non-contentious and contentious employment work. He provides policy and operational advice to public and private sector clients on a range of issues, including all aspects of equality law, handling disciplinary and grievance cases, short and long-term sick absence management, dealing with poor performance and capability issues, and diverse contractual issues. Mark is an experienced provider of staff training from Board level to the front line. He also lectures regularly to a variety of organisations, including the Royal Society of Public Health's Occupational Medicine course. In addition, Mark is an Honorary Fellow and member of the ethics committee of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He was previously a trustee of the 'Changing Faces' national disability charity.

Weightmans LLP

Mark Latimour

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Mark Lavers

A partner and Head of Property team at Marriott Harrison. Mark's focus is commercial property, acting for a wide range of developers, investors, lenders and owner-occupiers across a variety of sectors, including retail and healthcare. Mark has a great deal of experience and expertise in lettings, particularly offices and also in acting for tenants. He has acted for many insurers and professional firms on their head office leases. Mark also acts for landlords.

Marriott Harrison LLP

Mark Lawrence

Mark acts for a wide range of clients, including commercial developers, PFI project companies, house builders, financial institutions, investors, landlords and tenants. He has extensive experience of advising in relation to construction and engineering, infrastructure, real estate and professional negligence disputes. Mark has acted for clients in claims in the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, as well as in domestic and international arbitration and adjudication. He has also acted on a number of cases in the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber). He regularly facilitates the resolution of his clients’ disputes through negotiation, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He has particular expertise in guiding clients through technically, legally and factually complex disputes and works closely with the leading barristers and experts in the field. His recent disputes experience spans infrastructure, power stations, hotels, data centres and large residential and commercial developments. He is a member of the Society of Construction Law, the Adjudication Society, the Property Litigation Association, the Young International Arbitration Group and the International Bar Association.

Macfarlanes LLP

Mark Lee

Mark heads the firm’s nationally recognised travel team and its insurance and reinsurance group. He is a catastrophic injuries lawyer with particular experience of cases involving severely brain injured claimants, who are involved in accidents abroad. He is very well connected in the travel insurance industry and advises insurers and policyholders regarding travel related disputes, both in a claimant and a defendant capacity. Notable case successes include Evans v R&V Allgemeine Verischerung AG, ABC v AXA France, Vann v Profeta de Sa, Julie Bygrave v Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd, and Susan Pimbblet v Kevin Clelland and Ethniki.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Mark Levine

Mark is a Partner in the Employment department and a commercial employment law specialist. His practice embraces all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law for corporates and individuals. Mark regularly advises senior employees across a range of sectors, most notably in the financial services and media sectors. Mark also has extensive experience in the sports industry, having represented a number of Premier League clubs and players. Mark's litigation practice includes High Court cases concerning high value and complex bonus disputes and the enforcement of post-termination covenants. He has also been involved in numerous complex cases in the Employment Tribunal covering unfair dismissal, redundancy, discrimination and whistleblowing claims.

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Mark Levine

Partner and Joint head of Real Estate

Simons Muirhead Burton

Mark Li

Mark has over 16 years of experience, specialising in high value complex commercial property transactions. Mark’s experience encompasses general commercial property transactions including all aspects of landlord and tenant work, general estate management and the sale and acquisition of freehold and leasehold property. In particular, he has expertise in acting for infrastructure developers and owners in the transport and energy sectors and in dealing with development projects in both the public and private sphere. Mark is also heavily involved in the work the firm is leading in relation to electric vehicles and mobility services.

Birketts LLP

Mark Lim

I lead the firm's Dispute Resolution practice group and specialise in the resolution of complex commercial disputes. Much of my work has an international focus and I work regularly with lawyers from different jurisdictions. I have extensive experience of international and domestic litigation, including at appellate level. I am among a small number of lawyers ranked in legal directory Chambers for Commercial and Corporate Litigation (2019-2024). I am also ranked as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 for Commercial Litigation (2022-2024). My clients are diverse, ranging from multi-national corporates to startup companies and I often act for high net-worth individuals, fellow professionals, marcoms agencies, tech companies and major brand owners. I have a particular interest in insolvency issues and I regularly act for and against Insolvency Practitioners. I am Vice Chair of The City of London Law Society's Litigation Committee. I'm also a member of International Bar Association's Litigation Committee.

Lewis Silkin

Mark Lindley

Mark specialises in resolving disputes regarding trusts, estates, tax, gifts and matters relating to mental capacity, with particular expertise in relation to offshore and cross-border estates. He has advised on matters where proceedings have taken place in many jurisdictions, including Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Scotland and elsewhere. The types of work Mark deals with include: Breach of trust and removal claims against trustees, executors and administrators; Advising trustees, executors and beneficiaries in relation to applications relating to the interpretation of trust deeds, wills and other documents, the approval of decisions by trustees and other issues arising in the administration of trusts and estates; Professional negligence claims against trustees and professional advisers, particularly relating to advice on transactions giving rise to unexpected tax consequences and claims seeking to set aside such transactions; Claims relating to the validity of wills, gifts and other documents challenged on the grounds of undue influence, fraud and a lack of mental capacity; Claims for financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975; Proprietary estoppel claims and claims based unjust enrichment; Claims relating to Deputies and Attorneys in the Court of Protection, including applications for statutory wills and approval of gifts; and Unfair prejudice petitions / claims for just and equitable winding up, particularly of family businesses. He also works with individuals, families and trustees in relation to planning needs, drawing on his experience as both a private wealth adviser and litigation lawyer. Mark is often approached to act as litigation friend for protected parties and as replacement trustee or personal representative in removal proceedings.

Boodle Hatfield LLP

Mark Linnell

Mark Linnell is an experienced commercial mediator. He was accredited by the CEDR in 2005 and is ranked in both Chambers and Legal 500 as one of the UK’s leading mediators. He has a comprehensive case file that includes a wide range of commercial, agricultural, financial and family mediations. Mark has been described as ‘an excellent mediator, able to help organisations save huge amounts of money in a very short timescale.’ His mix of commercial and military experience means he understands the long-term financial and emotional value that comes from resolving your dispute without recourse to litigation. Mark is skilled at identifying what’s important to both parties and has a ‘fantastic ability to bring people together,’ winning the confidence and trust of everyone involved to ‘make things happen.’ Mark’s innate sense of purpose is naturally balanced by his calm, warm and genial personality. “The mediator was professional, calm, reassuring in his manner and easy to understand” Partner City Law firm 2020 A creative approach Mark brings new thinking and creativity to his work as a mediator, all the while staying focussed on the goal. He understands that his role is to find a positive solution, not just refute what’s being said or look to find fault with the law. He will work tirelessly to do this, coming up with new ideas and approaches until you reach a settlement. While most settlements are cash there can be other, more creative alternatives. Mark’s fresh thinking means he is skilled at identifying and securing these. For example, he once settled a case with air miles so a father could travel to see his son in America four times in a year, all flights first class. “Professional and considered. He thought laterally and attempted to bring several parties to discussions (not just the lawyers).”

IPOS Mediation

Mark London

Mark is Senior Partner at Devonshires and head of the construction and property services department at Devonshires. Mark specialises in dispute resolution and acts for registered providers of social housing, local authorities, private contractors, TMOs and construction professionals throughout the United Kingdom. In addition to advising on the full range of construction issues Mark also advises clients on all aspects of maintenance and repair and public procurement. Mark represents clients at adjudication, arbitration, mediation and litigation in both the Technology and Construction Courts and in High Courts. Mark has also represented clients who are being investigated or have been prosecuted under health and safety legislation and advises on all aspects of health and safety law in both the construction and care sectors. Mark has also acted for clients against their professional advisors including architects and employer’s agents in professional negligence. Mark’s practice area requires a detailed knowledge of all aspects of dispute resolution and he is responsible for drafting the full range of documentation required in the various dispute resolution forums. In addition to the purely contentious work, Mark also runs regular seminars and clinics for clients updating them on developments in dispute resolution within the construction industry along with other areas such as health and safety, the CDM Regulations and the Party Wall Act 1996. Mark London is 'extremely knowledgeable and reassuringly experienced' The Legal 500 2014.

Devonshires Solicitors LLP

Mark Lubbock

Partner, Solicitor

EIP

Mark Lucas

As a corporate Partner, He advises on mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, shareholder arrangements and partnership law. He enjoys identifying and achieving the right solutions and outcomes for clients and strongly believe that good service consists of responsive communication. He looks for long lasting solutions that reduce complexity, delay and risk. He trained and qualified at Clifford Chance and spent the first eight years of my career working on a broad range of finance, company and commercial matters in the City. He believes that the best corporate lawyers are likely to have a broad range of experience of business and life. He has a particular expertise in advising schools on mergers and in relation to their commercial contracts and other commercial issues. He is an experienced school governor, having chaired the board at a very successful prep school in West Sussex for 6 years and served as vice-chair and chair of finance in the maintained sector for 5 years. He has served as a member of the Law Society’s Company Law Committee and regularly contribute to the Solicitors’ Journal, for which he writes a quarterly update on commercial contract law

Moore Barlow

Mark Lumley

Partner Dispute ResolutionITRegulatory and Risk Management Mark is often the first port of call for the difficult or complex and for situations where a calm multidisciplinary approach and breadth of knowledge is required. With over 25 years’ experience, Mark is a nationally recognised lawyer specialising in technology, regulatory, business strategy and risk related issues. Mark has carved out a reputation for reducing complex legal and regulatory problems to easily digestible practical solutions. Mark’s breadth of knowledge and problem solving capability is recognised in the Legal 500 directory, Mark is recommended in respect of four related areas of practice; IT, Regulatory, Dispute Resolution and Commercial and is described as being "trusted implicitly by clients for his positive and calm manner that is truly unflappable and brings an almost therapeutic quality to his advice". Mark leads and links our IT capability across different areas of the firm, from technology contracts and data protection to regulatory compliance and dispute resolution. With detailed knowledge of business continuity, risk management and crisis response planning, Mark is a key advisor in helping clients understand and meet legal risk and regulatory requirements. Mark is one of the first people to contact in a regulatory investigation or crisis and a key experienced person in assisting clients to take a controlled and effective approach to particularly sensitive or urgent matters. Recent work includes advising: A national money services business on regulatory compliance, information governance risk and dispute management; Global travel services businesses on travel technology agreements, underpinning GDS and service provider arrangements and information governance; Risk, compliance and crisis response training for process industry clients; A large national payment card provider on technology, FCA payment services regulation and data protection matters; A national security technology provider on urgent regulatory engagement. Mark has extensive knowledge and experience in: Crisis management for regulated businesses; Digital trading and competition compliance; Travel technology; Information governance and data breach management; Technology based regulated financial and insurance services; Regulatory and legal risk prioritisation, providing simple and effective guidance and training to assist organisations’ build-up and continue to support their internal legal risk, regulatory and contract management capability; Resolving issues relating to delayed or failing IT, technology and services projects, managing effective dispute resolution with an emphasis on early dispute avoidance and intervention, quietly closing down problems before they get out of control. Mark is also acknowledged as “an excellent and pragmatic negotiator”; one leading Counsel has commented that Mark was “the best negotiator” he knew. Mark was named 'Data Protection Lawyer of the Year' at the Finance Monthly FinTech Awards 2017 for his work with complex regulated financial services businesses and their information governance projects. Mark also holds an LLM in Business Law as a second degree and is a national board trustee of the Society for Computers and Law as well as a member of the Law Society Competition Section and the disciplinary committee of the Business Continuity Institute.

Freeths LLP

Mark Machray

Mark advises clients in the SME sector on a range of corporate and commercial issues. Through his network of contacts in the corporate finance world and his relationships within the venture capital, private equity and high net worth community, he is pro-active in introducing finance and business opportunities to his clients. The areas in which he specialises are asset and share acquisitions and disposals; private equity and venture capital investments; incorporations: shareholder/joint venture agreements; MBOs and MBIs; company restructuring; corporate structures for commercial property transactions; company law advice; terms and conditions for the supply of goods and services; agency and distribution agreements; e-commerce; advising clients looking to franchise their businesses; drafting franchise agreements; advising prospective franchisees and buying and selling franchised businesses.

Keystone Law

Mark Metcalfe

Mark specialises in private company mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments. He is primarily based in the Reading office, but travels widely supporting his colleagues and clients. He acts for private equity investors, corporates, management teams and entrepreneurs. Mark was named Young Dealmaker of the Year at the Thames Valley Deal Awards 2018.

Broadfield Law UK LLP

Mark Milkovics

Senior Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Mark Neale

Partner

Freeths LLP

Mark Oakley

Partner and Head of Property Litigation

Judge & Priestley LLP