Lawyers in England

Rowland Buehrlen

According to his clients, “if you are embroiled in a fight, there is no one better than Rowland Buehrlen.” The experienced trade mark attorney is known for his keen insight into trade mark litigation and prosecution, perceptive intellect and sharp advocacy skills. The head of our office in Alicante Spain, close to the EUIPO, he is particularly experienced in EU trade mark filings, along with trade mark opposition and infringement proceedings. Rowland has over 24 years’ experience of trade mark practice. During this time, he has represented clients, ranging from individual artists and entrepreneurs, to multinational giants, in a diverse range of industries. Whether he’s working for food producers, clothing manufacturers, financial service providers, international salon businesses, world famous rock bands, or manufacturers of domestic appliances and home entertainment equipment, his advice is always “swift and practical” as well as “pragmatic, sensible and diligent” according to clients. Qualified to practise as a trade mark attorney under the laws of the Republic of Ireland, as well as the UK, Roly has continued to appear post-Brexit before the EUIPO in relation to European Union Trade Marks and Designs. Fluent in both French and German, the head of our Alicante office also regularly represents clients before the EUIPO’s Board of Appeal, and has had some of his cases cited in EUIPO’s own guidelines. Others have been referred to the General Court where several have been cited in subsequent decisions. Appreciated by clients as a good person to have on your side in hard fought cases, Rowland particularly enjoys the most challenging disputes, such as trade mark opposition and infringement proceedings. As an experienced advocate, he regularly represents his clients at hearings before the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and the Appointed Person, making detailed legal submissions and cross-examining witnesses, here his track record has been outstanding, with a CITMA Review from 2019 listing him amongst the top 10 trade mark attorneys and solicitors by numbers of appearances at hearings.

Beck Greener LLP

Roy Barry

Roy is a Partner and leads our development team. An experienced real estate development lawyer, Roy handles issues such as long term regeneration, infrastructure and development projects — acting for developers, joint ventures, infrastructure providers, funders and local authorities. He also advises corporate occupiers on leasehold acquisitions and landowners on disposal and promotion strategies. Roy has a strong background in leading on development and real estate transactions and has practised for over 15 years. He has a wealth of experience in both the aviation and logistics sectors having previously worked as the senior in-house counsel for real estate at the Manchester Airports Group. He has led teams on the negotiation for several high profile development and infrastructure projects including office, aviation and logistics developments at major UK Airports, along with the delivery of a number of new office developments and associated infrastructure at city centre transport hubs across the North West together with the subsequent lettings and capital disposals.

Brabners LLP

Roy Barry

Principal Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Roy Campbell

Roy is the Senior Partner of Druces LLP and has been with the firm for over 50 years. Roy specialises in all aspects of private client work, including the deployment of private capital, tax and estate planning, probate and administration of estates through to Wills, commercial ventures and services for international clients. Born and raised in Italy, Roy speaks fluent Italian and was President of the British Italian Law Association (2019-2022). Roy was formerly chairman of the City Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (2009 – 2012). Roy has two children and his interests include art, skiing and tennis. Roy is recommended in the 2022 edition of Legal 500 for being “reliable, experienced and always offers solutions”.

Druces LLP

Roy Crozier

Founder and Director

Ionic Legal

Roy Grist

Partner

TLT

Ruben Sinha

Specialist family and asset protection lawyer with a career spanning the leading family teams at top City and international firms across the UK and Hong Kong. Advises on protecting wealth and issues following divorce/separation with a focus on complex international cases involving HNW/UHNW and often high-profile clients. His clients are based across Manchester and the North, London and internationally. Particular expertise in cases involving offshore trusts, corporate structures and substantial family wealth. Has acted in a number of reported cases which have shaped the law in this area and most recently Sir Frederick Barclay following his widely publicised divorce in one of the largest and most complex cases to have come before the English courts.

JMW Solicitors LLP

Rubina Zaidi

Rubina is a Senior Associate in the regulatory team within the dispute resolution and compliance team, mainly handling the defence of primarily Health and Safety related prosecutions involving allegations of breaches of Health and Safety legislation. With a background of experience in dealing with both employers and public liability claims on behalf of Defendants, Rubina previously represented the Health and Safety Executive in prosecutions and trained HSE Inspectors on health and safety law. She regularly deals with cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal and acted in a landmark case in the House of Lords on the PUWER Regulations in 2009 on behalf of a Local Authority. Rubina currently advises clients in relation to a wide range of regulatory matters ranging from providing advice on discrete areas of regulatory law to dealing with all stages of prosecutions from commencement to trial/sentencing. Rubina has experience in defending prosecutions arising in a variety of sectors, particularly transport and retail including prosecutions arising from incidents causing injuries of maximum severity and fatalities. Rubina qualified in 1985 and became an Associate in 1992.

Shoosmiths LLP

Ruby Dinsmore

Ruby is a partner in the employment team based in London. Her clients include top-tier senior executives, chairpersons, founders, managing directors, risk and compliance directors, and other C-suite executives of multinational companies. She has 15 years of experience and is commended by clients for her empathy, pragmatism, and tough negotiation skills. Focusing on acting for senior executives and partners, many of whom are based in the financial, tech and professional services sectors, she advises on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment, partnership and boardroom disputes and negotiations and is recognised, in particular, for her expertise in contractual negotiations and complex exit settlement negotiations and settlements, particularly for regulated individuals, and multifaceted whistleblowing and discrimination claims. She is skilled at protecting her client’s long-term interests whilst achieving high-value settlement agreements and, where appropriate, progressing her client’s cases in the employment tribunal and High Court. In addition to her senior executive practice, Ruby has a significant track record in advising, litigating, and negotiating pay and award disputes, non-financial misconduct, and discrimination cases. With a strong interest in issues facing women at work, Ruby regularly represents clients in sex, pregnancy and maternity discrimination matters, equal pay disputes, and sexual harassment claims, as well as advising individuals with mental health conditions in relation to disability discrimination and reasonable adjustment disputes. She is adept at supporting her clients through raising their grievances, navigating misconduct accusations, and challenging allegations of poor performance. A regular print and broadcast media contributor on employment law issues, Ruby has established herself as a thought leader and sought-after spokesperson. She has been interviewed by Sky News, BBC, ITV, LBC and 5Live and has appeared on the BBC’s Politics Show to discuss issues facing working mothers. She has also contributed to print articles in the Evening Standard, The Guardian, The Times, and other newspapers and magazines.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Rudi Ramdarshan

Rudi Ramdarshan is a partner of the firm and The Legal 500 recommended Lawyer in the dispute resolution department specialising in commercial and property litigation at our Baker Street office. He is also a CIArb-accredited mediator. Property litigation: his client base includes high net worth individuals, charities and substantial corporate investors, including many based overseas, offshore, or inter alia the BVI, Bahamas, Mauritius, Seychelles, Romania, Turkey and the Isle of Man. Rudi is described in The Legal 500 2014 as having ‘an instinctive feel for property law'. His practice includes 1954 Act highly contested lease renewal proceedings, forfeiture and applications for relief, commercial rent reviews and dilapidation disputes often against prime retail companies. He is regularly instructed in high-value dilapidations disputes, right to light disputes, enfranchisement, construction disputes as well as forfeiture and complex litigation arising out of defective leases. His recent cases include Toplain Ltd v Orange Retail [2012] EWHC 4254 (Ch) (26 July 2012), which involved a Notice of Discontinuance served by the solicitors for Orange Retail Limited by mistake and whether the court was able to use CPR 3.10 to remedy a procedural error in absence of an express provision in CPR 38. Commercial litigation: his experience in commercial litigation includes advising on cases, often with international and cross-border issues, including intellectual property and trademark disputes, breaches of commercial contracts, commercial business and partnership disputes, injunctions, arbitration and construction disputes. He has been involved in significant partnership and company disputes, including high value company deadlock, breach of directors duties, petitions for unfair prejudice and equitable winding up. In the field of copyright litigation Rudi has experience in conducting litigation against all major UK newspapers and has been involved in High Court litigation involving issues of breach of copyright, flagrancy and a public interest defence. He also has experience of privacy and injunctions arising out of breach of confidence. Rudi’s grounding in public litigation has meant that he is able to identify key legal issues at an early stage and challenge rulings and decisions where necessary. This is evidenced by his involvement in the High Court case of MH&Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rev 1) [2008] EWHC 2525 (Admin) and the Court of Appeal case of Secretary of State for the Home Department v AHK & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 287, which clarified the use of special advocates where disclosure is withheld on public interest grounds. Other interests: In his spare time Rudi maintains a keen interest in human rights and in particular the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, having previously been involved in the administrative court case of Queen on the Application of Lutete and Others [2007] EWHC 2331. Rudi continues to advise several charities on a pro bono basis.

Ronald Fletcher Baker LLP

Rudy Capildeo

Rudy joined Wedlake Bell together with Tim Maxwell as joint Head of the Art & Luxury group. He advises a broad range of international clients ranging from private collectors, artists and galleries/dealers to museums, financial institutions and off-shore trustees on a variety of complex, commercial matters. He also has a strong client base who operate in the classic car, fine violin and fine wine worlds. His practice is predominantly non-contentious, and involves the purchase and sale of artworks and other high value collectibles, luxury asset financing, the protection of artists’ rights and the import and export of artworks, classic cars and other luxury assets. He also advises on the purchase and sale of yachts.

Wedlake Bell LLP

Ruhul Ameen

Ruhul is a partner in the dispute resolution team, specialising in commercial and chancery litigation and has over 20 years’ experience representing clients. He primarily deals with disputes relating to property, possession claims, Party Wall Act claims, landlord and tenant (both commercial and residential), commercial and business law, construction, insolvency, professional negligence and contested wills and probate (including Inheritance Act claims). He also has extensive experience dealing with injunctions, judicial reviews, as well as alternative means of dispute resolution, such as negotiation or mediation. Reported cases Zas Ventures Ltd v. Lillian Forkener [2016] EWCA Civ 1062 Hussain v. Salam [2012] EWHC 1760 (Ch) Chaudhary v. Yavuz [2011] EWCA Civ 1314 Redbridge LBC v Mustafa [2010] EWHC 1105 Shaw v. Finnimore & Watts [2009] EWHC 367 (Ch) Crane v Upakweship Ltd FJ 142/08 (High Court, QBD) West v. London Borough of Newham [2007] EWCA Civ 304 Redworth Construction Ltd v. Brookdale Healthcare Ltd [2006] EWHC 1994 (TCC) R (Salman) v. LB of Barking & Dagenham [2005] EWHC 731 (admin) R (M-P) v. LB Barking & Dagenham and Barking Abbey Comprehensive School [2002] EWHC 2483 (admin)

Hodge Jones & Allen

Rupert Boswall

Rupert’s specialities are complex, high-value commercial disputes, investigations, and international arbitration. He works in a wide variety of sectors including finance, technology, infrastructure, natural resources, wealth management, and offshore. Rupert is also widely known for his work in the fine art world. From May 2014 to June 2020 Rupert served two terms as the RPC's Senior Partner, a non-executive chairman role.

RPC

Rupert Burchett

Rupert is a Partner and Head of the Property department and the Landed Estates and Agriculture team, advising on a wide range of property-related rural matters. Rupert’s specialism is in property-related rural matters, from sales and purchases of landed estates and farms to re-financings, partitions, easements, sporting leases, agricultural tenancies and licences and commercial tenancies of diversified agri-businesses. Rupert acts for landowning clients and buyers in relation to all aspects of rural property, including sales and purchases of farms and estates, first registrations, option agreements, easements and rights of way, sporting rights, agricultural tenancies and licences and commercial tenancies of diversified agri-businesses (including sporting leases). He is regularly involved with some of the more esoteric aspects of this type of work, including dealing with land subject to the Settled Land Act 1925 and advising on notices to quit pursuant to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.

Payne Hicks Beach LLP

Rupert Casey

Rupert has a commercial advisory practice based broadly around commercial contracts and the management and exploitation of intangible assets. Having started out working principally in the intellectual property and advertising and marketing space, his work has developed into fields including regulated and non-regulated outsourcing, data privacy and cybersecurity. Clients for whom he has worked operate in fields as diverse as hedge funds, PE houses and other retail and wholesale financial institutions, brewing, start-up technology, F1 motor racing, manufacturing and advertising and media agencies.

Keystone Law

Rupert Cowper-Coles

Partner Rupert Cowper-Coles is an experienced litigator specialising in media and data disputes. Rupert defends a wide range of publishers and data controllers, including media organisations, online platforms, broadcasters, NGOs, book publishers, freelance journalists and charities. He is an expert in defamation, data protection and privacy law as well as other media and information rights, including malicious falsehood, harassment and freedom of information. He is well-versed in advising clients both pre and post publication and, where disputes cannot be resolved consensually, representing their interests before regulators and the courts. Rupert has experience in litigating complex and developing areas of law, including interim non-disclosure injunctions, foreign jurisdiction issues, intermediary and website host liability, and the exercise of GDPR data rights.

RPC

Rupert Earle

Rupert is a Consultant (Senior Counsel) in the Public and Regulatory team and is the Head of Media Litigation at Bates Wells, specialising in media, public/regulatory, advertising and consumer law issues, both in and out of court. Public law: numerous cases for the Advertising Standards Authority, including City Fibre v ASA 2019 and Actegy v ASA 2019; challenges to Transport for London's ban on advertising for Northern Cyprus, FCDO for cuts in overseas aid budget, DEFRA for failure to enforce animal welfare legislation in respect of broiler chickens. Defamation: defending numerous libel actions for Times Newspapers and other publishers, including Cruddas v Calvert, CA 2015; Takenaka v Frankl, first anonymous email libel tracing action to reach trial; disclosure actions against Facebook, Twitter, BT, etc; libel action for Prince Nayef against The Independent. Freedom of information: several cases for journalists and authors, including MPs additional cost allowances case against House of Commons, Kennedy v Charity Commission (Supreme Court 2014) and Lownie v University of Southampton and Cabinet Office. Broadcasting: Licensing disputes with Ofcom

Bates Wells

Rupert Gill

Rupert is a Partner in our corporate team and the lead of our housing and communities sector group. An expert corporate lawyer, he handles issues such as mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, corporate governance, partnerships, LLPs and group structures. He regularly acts for a broad range of clients including owner-managed businesses and large corporates. Rupert also advises registered providers on corporate acquisitions, joint ventures, innovative funding structures, amalgamations and mergers. He often provides these clients with specialist guidance on corporate governance matters, constitutional issues, changes to model rules and intra-group agreements. Rupert has a strong background in non-contentious work and is highly experienced in representing companies in the private and housing and communities sectors.

Brabners LLP

Rupert Goldmeier

Partner - Property department. Rupert acts on a wide variety of commercial property transactions including purchases, sales, leases, licences, and refinancing, as well as acting on residential property sales, purchases, and leases. Rupert’s clients value his supportive approach at all stages of a transaction and his ability to explain and deal with complex issues in a clear and efficient way. His breadth of experience means his workload at any one time is from a broad range of property sector clients, including investors, private individuals, and lenders.

Solomon Taylor & Shaw LLP

Rupert Graham-Evans

Rupert is a Partner in our pensions team and re-joined Blake Morgan in 2015 from Penningtons Manches LLP. With over 14 years’ experience of pensions law, Rupert advises employers, trustees, intermediaries and individuals in relation to the legal aspects of UK based pension and life assurance arrangements.

Blake Morgan LLP

Rupert Jackson

Rupert is a Partner and leads our agriculture and landed estates team. An experienced commercial property lawyer, Rupert handles various property-related matters with a focus on agricultural land management and landed estates. He advises on complex rights, titles and liability matters which affect rural holdings and also offers guidance to clients in relation to protecting their interests for renewable development projects. Rupert acts for individuals, trusts, companies and private estates. He has a strong background in non-contentious work and has practised for over two decades. He is highly experienced in representing the interests of the landowning community.

Brabners LLP

Rupert Lugg

Bevan Brittan LLP

Rupert Lugg

Bevan Brittan LLP

Rupert Mead

Partner

Forsters LLP