Lawyers in England

Matheu Smith

Matheu’s tax litigation practice covers direct and indirect taxes and also customs duties.He advises on all aspects of the statutory appeal processes for the various taxes and customs duties including proceedings before the first tier and upper tier tax tribunals and all levels of the conventional court system. He is happy to work alongside or behind a client’s existing tax advisors to help manage a dispute with HMRC or an investigation, in particular, to help to manage and control the procedural aspects to the client’s best advantage. His recent work includes dealing with disputes arising from failed/attempted tax planning schemes, disputes concerning taxation issues arising from the sale of businesses, advising companies caught up in HMRC’s battle against MTIC fraud and customs issues arising from breach of export controls. His cases regularly include multi-jurisdictional issues and he acts for overseas parties including off-shore trusts/entities. His cases also often feature parallel proceedings running within the conventional court system (e.g. Insolvency Act claims) and the statutory tax appeal process. He also has a broad commercial litigation practice and has conducted litigation in jurisdictions as diverse as China, the USA and Australia. He is a Solicitor Advocate.

Keystone Law

Mathew Gorringe

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Mathew Healey

Mathew is a Partner and the Head of Trade Marks at Bates Wells. As a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, he has over 20 years’ experience of assisting clients with registration and protection of their intellectual property rights. Along with the rest of Bates Wells’ trade marks team, Mathew specialises in helping charities and social enterprises with their brand protection. He has particular expertise in the management of large international trade mark portfolios, and the effective resolution of trade mark disputes without resorting to court action. He also assists conventional businesses, particularly in the technology sector. Mathew’s current and past clients include organizations as diverse as the organizing committees of various Olympic and Paralympic Games, Nokia, Sightsavers, Shelter, Adidas, GlaxoSmithKline,, Philips, Choose Love, Samaritans, the Children’s Society, the charitable organizations of members of the Royal Family, and many others.

Bates Wells

Mathew Wilson

Mat is a corporate law specialist and Partner, advising clients on various corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures and group restructurings. Mat’s main areas of practice include acquisitions and disposals of private companies, private equity and venture capital investments, restructuring of corporate groups and general corporate advisory work. Mat acts for high-net-worth individuals, owner-managed businesses, family offices, large privately owned groups and publicly quoted corporates within a range of sectors including Technology/IT, Health & Social Care, Travel & Leisure and Manufacturing.

Blake Morgan LLP

Mathieu Culverhouse

With over 15 years of experience in the legal field, Mathieu Culverhouse is a seasoned professional specializing in community care, healthcare, and mental capacity law. As a Partner at Irwin Mitchell, Mathieu's expertise lies in advocating for clients who face ongoing challenges with social services, the NHS, and other public bodies. Throughout his career, Mathieu has been at the forefront of numerous landmark cases, including the cases of Cheshire West, Briggs v Briggs and Tafida Raqeeb, where he successfully represented clients seeking appropriate provision from local authority social services and the NHS. Additionally, he has been instrumental in defending the rights of clients opposing the closure of care homes, day centres, and NHS services, as well as challenging government funding cuts in health and social care using judicial review and human rights law. Mathieu's commitment to his clients extends to vulnerable populations, such as disabled refugees, for whom he secured accommodation from local authorities under their community care duties. He is also sought after for his expertise in advising clients on healthcare rights, medical treatment, and clinical disputes, which often involve complex medical ethics and legal arguments relating to dignity, the right to life, or the right to healthcare. Mathieu also takes on cases representing the Official Solicitor, Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs), and the families of vulnerable adults in the Court of Protection under the Mental Capacity Act. These cases involve matters concerning mental capacity, deprivation of liberty, health, and welfare. Mathieu is a founding member and national committee member of the Court of Protection Practitioners Association (CoPPA). Within the firm, he jointly leads the Public Law & Human Rights department's Court of Protection special interest group. With a track record of success and a reputation for delivering results, Mathieu Culverhouse is a prominent figure in the field of health and social care law, making him an invaluable asset to clients seeking expert counsel and representation in community care, healthcare, and mental capacity matters.

Irwin Mitchell

Mathieu Gangloff

Mathieu provides a range of legal advisory services in the field of Luxembourg corporate law to both private and corporate clients, including private equity, real estate, investment funds and other Luxembourg structures.

Mourant

Mathilda Davidson

Legal Director

Gowling WLG

Mathilde Groppo

Mathilde is a Senior Associate in the Media Litigation group. Her practice encompasses all aspects of Media law. As part of her defamation and reputation management practice, Mathilde advises both claimants and defendants, individuals, charities and corporations, often acting against multiple defendants. She has been the lead associate in a number of recent media cases, and assisted on various successful injunctions. She is highlighted as a Rising Star in the Legal 500. She represents clients both at the pre-publication stage and after publication, obtaining injunctions, corrections and apologies, as well as statements in open court and statements summarising judgments and orders. In her recent cases, she has obtained the publication of various apologies and corrections, and several payments of 5 figure and 6 figure damages for her clients. Mathilde has also successfully obtained interim injunctions which were converted into permanent undertakings to the Court and into a permanent injunction following an application for summary judgment. She has acted against private individuals, social media platforms and a variety of publishers including the Daily Mail and MailOnline, the Mirror, Express Newspapers, the Guardian, the Times and the BBC, as well as foreign newspapers in both English proceedings and multi-jurisdictional matters. She also deals with complaints to IPSO and assists on media law issues arising in arbitration proceedings As part of her privacy practice, Mathilde regularly acts for clients in anonymised proceedings involving misuse of private information, breach of confidence, blackmail and harassment, both in the High Court and in arbitrations. She obtains urgent injunctions for celebrities, leading business figures, politicians and others, restraining breaches of privacy, in litigation and arbitration matters, and secures the removal of sensitive material from the internet. She also advises on confidentiality provisions within settlement agreements, and drafts and advises on non-disclosure agreements. Mathilde’s data protection practice involves work asserting the Right to Be Forgotten, from the initial stages of online removal of search results and links through to court proceedings against search engines, as well as complaints to the Information Commissioner’s Office. She also advises on rights and obligations arising from the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018, including subject access rights. Mathilde also has experience in contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and information technology cases and general litigation matters. She regularly publishes expert commentary on recent legal developments, including in the national and legal press. Mathilde is a pro bono legal adviser at the Waterloo Legal Advice Service.

Carter-Ruck

Matt Ainsworth

Partner

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Matt Berry

Matt is an experienced shipping lawyer with a strong international shipping background. Drawing upon seafaring experience from the oil and gas industry and provides technical and legal advice to clients. He is a former mariner and a qualified solicitor specialising in maritime casualties and claims. He began his career at sea with James Fisher, working on coastal product tankers, trading between the UK and Europe. In 2003, he joined Shell, and spent the next seven years sailing on product tankers, VLCC’s and LNG vessels up to the rank of Chief Officer. Matt also worked ashore in Shell's Operation Department. As a member of the firm's Maritime and Offshore Emergency Response team, he is primarily involved in the investigation and handling of casualties worldwide and regularly advises ship owners, P&I clubs and H&M insurers in the aftermath of collisions, groundings, fires and pollution, as well as other major casualties. He regularly acts for clients on collision claims providing advice on liability and quantum. He also handles both salvage and General Average matters, as well as unsafe port claims and a broad range of dry shipping disputes. More recently he assists clients with sanctions related issues using the latest technologies and vessel tracking software. He travels widely on a variety of matters, including collisions, groundings, salvage, fire and pollution incidents.

Wikborg Rein

Matt Cook

Excello Law

Matt Davies

Associate

Ashtons Legal

Matt Dennis

Matt is a corporate partner with over 35 years of experience in advising on all aspects of corporate law in particular domestic and international M&A, equity financings and venture capital, joint ventures, and group reorganisations. He frequently acts for large corporates and PE-backed businesses acquiring growth companies or SMEs, for founders and management teams on sale transactions, for early-stage/growth companies on fundraisings, and for investors. Throughout his career, Matt has built up extensive experience in corporate transactions for clients across a variety of sectors and in particular tech, telecoms, media, sports, and life sciences. He has considerable experience in W&I insurance-backed transactions.

Keystone Law

Matt Douglas

Matt is a Senior Associate advising on a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, venture capital, shareholders' agreements, corporate advisory and restructuring. Matt has experience acting for large private companies, institutional investors (PE and VC), management teams and owner managers in a variety of sectors including technology, healthcare, education, transport and infrastructure, media, and finance. Matt’s recent deal experience includes advising: · private equity firm LDC on a multi-million-pound investment into Foundation SP limited; · Chevron Traffic Management on multiple M&A deals, including the acquisitions of Camps Highways Limited and Highway Barrier Solutions Limited; · Compass Community, a leading national children’s care and education provider, on various M&A transactions; · the shareholders of FWD Training Limited on the sale of the company to professional services and technology firm, Davies Group; and · the management team of digital forensics business, Forensic Analytics Limited, on its growth capital funding from Mercia Asset Management. External quote

Shoosmiths LLP

Matt Fraser

Matt has experience of acting for a range of clients in contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Matt provides advice on topics including disciplinary and grievance investigations, long term employee absence, TUPE, redundancy procedures and settlement agreements. He works with clients to draft effective employment contracts and procedures that are suited to the specific needs of the employer organisation. He also regularly provides bespoke training to managers and HR departments on a wide range of employment related topics.

Freeths LLP

Matt Garrod

Matt advises clients on a range of real estate transactions including investment acquisitions and disposals, premises acquisitions for major retail clients, landlord and tenant matters, development and real estate finance. Matt also has experience in dealing with complex portfolio transactions.

Russell-Cooke LLP

Matt Gilks

Matt Gilks is a Partner in the Planning team. Matt is a highly experienced planning and environment solicitor advising on applications, appeals, judicial reviews and transactional work. Matt advises across a plethora of planning and environment matters; ranging from application strategy, planning conditions, enforcement investigations, development consent orders, the Community Infrastructure Levy, compulsory purchase and related public law issues. Non-contentious work includes planning obligations, habitats, nitrates, phosphates and biodiversity net gain. Matt advises on planning and environmental matters in both spheres of town and country, with a particular focus in recent years on bespoke business and residential development, minerals, heritage development and waste. He advised the Secretary of State on decision-making, judicial review, policy and legislative drafting as a barrister in the Government Legal Service. He has dealt with complex infrastructure and development in London while a solicitor at international law firms and in local government.

Lester Aldridge LLP

Matt Green

Matt, Senior Associate, is the Blockchain Litigation Lead at Shoosmiths and is a lawyer specialising in Crypto, Technology, Blockchain and Intellectual Property. His practice is designed to service businesses utilising blockchain technology, recovering crypto assets and advising on copyright, trade marks and data. Having set the precedent in common law jurisdictions worldwide that crypto assets are property in 2019 following payment of a ransom in Bitcoin (see AA v Persons Unknown Re. Bitcoin), Matt has developed proven best practices in tracing and recovering stolen or misappropriated crypto assets across multiple jurisdictions for businesses and individuals. He has built a catalogue of successful High Court decisions, freezing crypto assets via interim injunctions and securing their return. Matt’s background is in intellectual property and technology and he has advised on creation of NFTs considering copyright/ trade mark issues, for record labels to members clubs and beyond. He has also advised on trade mark disputes including against Amazon in the Court of Appeal and for Sky in the High Court, and works with clients in the technology, fast moving consumer goods, fashion, entertainment and music sectors, on commercial, intellectual property and litigation matters. Advising on regulation, Matt has worked with Premier League football clubs, leaders in the world of boxing, and from fintech firm to start ups, on adoption of tokenisation, FSMA and FCA issues and implementation of stable coins. He is featured advisor on THE CAKE, a directory for trusted Blockchain, De-Fi and NFT experts, and is a contributor to several publishers, writing on digital asset recovery, including for Bitcoin Magazine and Blockchain Industry Review. He has also co-written an academic paper entitled “Decentralised Autonomous Organisations: The Future of Corporate Governance or an Illusion”

Shoosmiths LLP

Matt Harris

Principal Associate

Gowling WLG

Matt Hinxman

Partner

Fieldfisher

Matt Illingworth

Matt works extensively with ship owners and insurers on dry and wet shipping cases. He has a wide range of experience in English civil proceedings and court proceedings across the world as well as international arbitration and mediation. His clients include major shipowners and operators, P&​I Clubs, insurers, port operators, dredging companies, shipyards, trading companies, offshore operators, drilling contractors, offshore constructors and oil and gas companies. He regularly writes and speaks on shipping industry matters. Matt has worked in shipping law since 1995 and is qualified in England and Wales. Legal 500 UK recommends Matt as an "exceptional shipping and insurance specialist" and is also highly recommended within Shipping.

Wikborg Rein

Matt Ingham

Matt advises high-net worth clients in relation to political asylum, judicial review, appeals, complex human rights and removals cases. Matt's breadth of experience allows him to adopt an inter-disciplinary approach: he is well-placed to develop creative, strategic solutions to assist and protect clients, and works alongside the firm's reputation protection and civil litigation teams. Matt has acted for high profile individuals and has been at the forefront of significant cases in the asylum field. He has extensive experience of making asylum claims in the context of an extradition request being made for the persecuted individual. He is well versed in working with leading extradition teams in this regard, and understands the interplay between asylum and extradition proceedings. He is also able to deploy different legal tools to assist the client such as making and defending civil proceedings based on allegations of fraud and defamation linked to the underlying corporate raiding attempt. In addition, Matt has a breadth of experience of human right-based judicial review, admin review and bail applications with broad advisory and court experience in complex proceedings of this nature. He works closely with the non-contentious Immigration team with regard to UK visas, including applications for (1) Adult Dependent Relatives, (2) UK Entry Clearance in the context of current or historic international criminal proceedings, and (3) leave to remain in the UK on the basis of ECHR Article 8 Private Life. He also works with the non-contentious Immigration team with regard to applications for British citizenship and Indefinite Leave to Remain, often with a discretionary element.

Payne Hicks Beach LLP

Matt Jones

Matt is a 3 year PQE associate in the team. He specialises in contentious construction matters and also deals with non-contentious matters. Matt works for a range of our clients including high net-worth private individuals, local authorities, façade and ground work engineers as well as for a range of tier one main contractors and sub-contractors. He has recently completed a secondment at Mace.

Browne Jacobson LLP

Matt Lawman

Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney

EIP