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Sophie Bulmore
Associate Director
Davitt Jones Bould
Sophie Capo-Bianco
Sophie Capo-Bianco is a Partner at Expatriate Law in London, advising clients on complex international family law matters across multiple jurisdictions. Sophie has a strong track record in high-stakes private children proceedings - including wardship cases involving serious welfare concerns - contested financial remedy proceedings requiring urgent applications, complex disclosure strategies, and the use of Hemain injunctions and freezing orders. She also advises on Schedule 1 financial provision for children of unmarried HNW families and international prenuptial agreements.
Expatriate Law
Sophie Carey
I’m a Senior Associate in Michelmores’ Property Litigation team. I work with a variety of clients including private individuals, companies, public sector clients, landlords and tenants; my practise covers residential and commercial property. Although a number of my clients are based in Devon, I represent clients nationwide. I advise on a number of landlord and tenant issues in respect of business tenancies such as lease renewals, break notices, dilapidations, forfeiture and debt recovery. In respect of residential tenancies, I advise on recovery of possession in respect of tenancies protected by the Housing Act and Rent Act. I also advise a wide variety of landowners in relation to restrictive covenants, boundaries, trespass, nuisance, easements and adverse possession. I have been at Michelmores for over 18 years having trained at and qualified at a London firm. Areas of Expertise Asset Management Planning Law Property Property Litigation Real Estate Sophie Carey - Senior Associate - Specialist Real Estate | Michelmores
Michelmores LLP
Sophie Chapman
Partner Sophie specialises in complex family cases, supporting clients to resolve their financial affairs and arrangements for their children following separation or divorce. Sophie is recognised in the directories as combining “a number of skills that make her terrific; she is exceptionally calm under pressure and really good on the detail of a case… very pragmatic, always ten steps ahead”. Sophie advises clients on all aspects of family law, with a particular focus on financial issues arising on divorce and the arrangements for children after parents separate. Sophie’s financial cases frequently have an international dimension, often involving trusts, inherited wealth or family businesses with complex issues of valuation. Her clients include entrepreneurs, business owners, celebrities, City professionals, and their spouses/partners. Sophie also has a leading practice in children cases, advising clients in respect of the arrangements for children following separation, disputes in relation to key decisions affecting children (to include parentage, the exercise of parental responsibility, schooling, change of name) and applications by one parent to relocate abroad. Sophie has extensive experience working with and supporting vulnerable clients, having received specialist training from accredited organisations and practitioners. Sophie's experience includes: Representing the husband in highly contested financial proceedings, involving a web of off-shore trust and corporate assets, requiring asset tracing and expert tax and valuation advice Advising the wife upon divorce following a long marriage with a diverse portfolio of marital and non-marital assets (family businesses, commercial and residential property and a collection of vintage cars) Representing a highly vulnerable spouse following a short marriage involving physical and emotional abuse, where all the assets were held in off-shore trusts Representing a father who successfully sought orders in relation to shared care, schooling and change of name, following a psychological report on the mother Representing the father in the landmark international relocation case of C v D [2011] EWHC 335 (Fam)
Stewarts Law LLP
Sophie Davies
Partner & Head of Personal Injury
Osbornes
Sophie Davies
Sophie is a Principal Associate in the Corporate team with significant experience in a broad range of corporate transactions including M&A, private equity, venture capital and corporate reorganisations. Sophie has a particular focus on private equity and venture capital transactions, regularly acting for both institutions and companies/management teams across a variety of sectors. Sophie’s recent experience includes: advising YFM Private Equity on the £4.8 million investment into award winning marketing automation platform, Force24 Limited, which was shortlisted for Deal of the Year (up to £5m) at the Insider Yorkshire Dealmakers Awards advising LDC on its exit from ByBox in a £221 million sale to private equity backer Francisco Partners and the subsequent £30 million re-investment by LDC advising management on the investment by LDC in BCIS (a carve out from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors), which was shortlisted for National / International Deal of the Year at the Insider Yorkshire Dealmakers Awards advising on BGF’s exit from Coppergreen Leisure Resorts, a luxury holiday park business, to Away Resorts, backed by CVC Capital Partners advising German private equity firm Capiton AG on the acquisition of Principle Healthcare Group, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers and distributors of vitamins, minerals and supplements advising a deep-tech startup on its £5 million venture capital financing round led by a San Francisco based VC firm and multiple subsequent follow-on funding rounds
Shoosmiths LLP
Sophie Donnithorne-Tait
Sophie is a partner in our tax group. Sophie advises on all aspects of UK corporate tax and has particular expertise in advising investment fund clients on the tax issues relating to the establishment of fund structures and asset management businesses, as well as on the tax implications of financial restructurings.
Macfarlanes LLP
Sophie Evans
I am an associate solicitor based in Gatwick specialising in all work involved with Private Client. Working closely with individuals and families to advise and in all aspects of Private Client, from cradle to grave and beyond. Creating wills which consider mitigation of Inheritance Tax and planning for younger, perhaps vulnerable beneficiaries, whilst giving consideration and protection for possible more complex family dynamics, be that with pending divorce or disputes. Lifetime planning is critical to ensure putting in place structures to ensure maximisation of asset protection. I have specialist experience in advising the Elderly and Vulnerable and Later Life issues and planning, in relation to Lasting Powers of Attorney and registration of Enduring Powers of Attorney, as well as Court of Protection work including Deputyship and Statutory Will applications. Being fully bilingual in French and English comes in very useful not just for my own clients, but helping colleagues too.
Irwin Mitchell
Sophie Fewson
Sophie predominately advises UK-domiciled private clients on wills and estate planning. She has been particularly involved on trust law and matters relating to powers of attorney, many often involving mental capacity issues or vulnerable people. Sophie also has a wide experience of probate and the administration of estates.
Farrer & Co
Sophie Fox
Parnter, Clinical Negligence
Price Slater Gawne
Sophie Fretten
Sophie Fretten is a director in the family and child care departments at Duncan Lewis Solicitors and has extensive experience in both public and private law children matters. She supervises a team of solicitors, trainees and paralegals who share her commitment and dedication to this very sensitive and important area of law. In relation to public law matters, Sophie handles cases that involve care proceedings, adoption, applications to discharge care orders, special guardianship orders and revocation of placement orders. She frequently acts for vulnerable parents including those with mental health issues, learning difficulties, young parents as well as interveners and parents in non-accidental injury matters. Additionally, she represents grandparents and other relatives that may require representation in such cases. Sophie undertakes private law children matters including contact and residence disputes along with domestic violence matters. She also undertakes her own advocacy at Court.
Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Sophie Fulwell
Sophie is an Associate in the employment, pensions and immigration team. She provides advice on contentious and non-contentious employment law and HR matters. Her clients are predominantly employers, who she supports to navigate their relationships with staff and contractors while ensuring their business interests are protected. Sophie provides strategic advice on employee exits, particularly those involving senior employees, as well as HR projects such as redundancies, restructures and outsourcing arrangements. In addition, she has a wealth of experience advising on day-to-day HR matters such as grievance and disciplinary investigations, dismissals, and managing sickness absence and performance. On the contentious side, Sophie advises on the disputes that arise between employers and their workers, including complex employment tribunal claims of whistleblowing, constructive unfair dismissal and discrimination. Sophie is well-versed in providing advice on business protection through the use of post-termination restrictions and she is also an experienced transactional lawyer who works with our Corporate, Commercial and Real Estate teams on the employment-related issues arising on transactions such as outsourcing, corporate restructuring and business acquisitions and disposals. The clients Sophie works with come from a wide range of sectors, but she has a particular focus on owner-managed businesses, education and healthcare.
Weightmans LLP
Sophie Hay
I am an Associate in Michelmores’ Commercial and Regulatory Disputes team, having qualified in November 2022. I currently assist other members of the team on a wide variety of commercial disputes including defamation disputes, breach of contract claims, corporate disputes, regulatory disputes and trust matters. Our clients include a wide range of individuals and businesses operating across a wide range of sectors, both in the UK and internationally. Throughout my training contract, I have completed seats with the Transactional Real Estate, Employment and Agriculture Teams. I am excited to qualify into the CRD team and continue to develop my skills as a disputes lawyer. Areas of Expertise Commercial & Regulatory Disputes Defamation & Reputation Management for Businesses Defamation & Reputation Management for Individuals Sophie Hay - Associate - Commercial & Regulatory Disputes | Michelmores
Michelmores LLP
Sophie Hearle
Senior Associate
Ashtons Legal
Sophie Henwood
ophie specialises in commercial property. Sophie has extensive experience in providing cradle to grave advice to high net worth individuals, family offices and private capital entities on the acquisition, financing, asset management and disposal of property. She has advised on a broad spectrum of asset classes including offices (including in the shared space economy), industrial estates, healthcare, retail and agricultural. Sophie advises landowners and developers on section 106 agreements, option agreements, promotion agreements, overage agreements, rights of light deeds, neighbourly agreements and deeds of easement. She regularly advises on the installation of telecommunications equipment and has a special interest in drones and other new technologies that will disrupt the built environment and provide opportunities for landowners. Sophie is well-versed in advising occupiers as well, guiding them through the process of leasing retail and office space and has significant experience acting for specialist property lenders in connection with the deployment of capital secured by charge over a property asset.
Boodle Hatfield LLP
Sophie Kemp
Head of Department
Kingsley Napley LLP
Sophie Lalaoui
Serious Crime and Fraud Trainee Solicitor
Stuart Miller Solicitors
Sophie Lalaoui
Serious Crime and Fraud Trainee Solicitor
Stuart Miller Solicitors
Sophie Lalor-Harbord
Partner Sophie is a commercial litigation partner with over 16 years of experience handling contentious matters for major corporate clients and high net worth individuals across a range of sectors. Sophie has significant expertise in: Banking disputes including issues of anti-money laundering, the Quincecare duty, cum-ex and cum-cum trading disputes and cases involving non-performing loans; Shareholder and director disputes – including unfair prejudice petitions, disputes involving put and call provisions, good and bad leaver clauses and JV agreements; Fraud claims and investigations including those involving asset tracing, freezing injunctions, gagging orders and applications for Norwich Pharmacal relief; and Media disputes including defamation, breach of confidence and misuse of private information matters. In addition to her extensive litigation experience, Sophie has acted for clients in arbitration proceedings under various rules including SIAC, ICC and LCIA. Sophie’s recent work includes: Acting for a property developer in a breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claim, involving complex issues of asset tracing across several jurisdictions Acting for the shareholders of an oil company in multi-jurisdictional litigation against a Russian state-owned company Acting for an Irish bank in relation to the tracing of assets worldwide in connection with conspiracy proceedings Acting for a French consortium in a claim for fraudulent misrepresentation against an Indian manufacturing company Advising on subject access requests under the GDPR
Stewarts Law LLP
Sophie Lawrance
Sophie specialises in EU and UK competition law and litigation. Sophie has a particular interest in working with businesses in the technology and pharmaceutical sectors, and in relation to the competition issues that arise in connection with standardised technology. Her practice spans all competition issues, but has a particular focus on litigation and investigations. Sophie has significant experience of competition litigation in the UK courts. She has been involved both in pure competition law actions, acting for both claimants and defendants, and in several substantial pieces of patent litigation in which competition defences have been raised. Sophie has market-leading experience of cases involving FRAND licensing obligations, acting for both implementers and patentees. Alongside this, Sophie’s case load to date has included defending applications for interim injunctive relief, handling mixed stand-alone/follow-on damages claims, raising and defending competition issues arising from the seeking of remedies in IP cases and claims arising from IP licences. Alongside her litigation case-load, Sophie handles competition authority investigations at both EU and national level, including in dawn raid situations. A recent focus has been on CMA investigations into the UK generics sector. Issues on which she has advised in this context include both substantive competition law and procedural issues, such as legal professional privilege, as well as dealing with competition director disqualification cases which are now a focus for the UK competition regulator. Sophie is a member of the Competition Law Association (CLA) Committee. She regularly contributes feedback on competition policy issues, as well as speaking at conferences and writing on competition law issues in journals and blogs. Sophie is a regular contributor to Bristows’ blog on the competition/IP interface, the CLIP Board.
Bristows LLP
Sophie Lewis
Sophie is an associate specialising in commercial and regulatory work in the firm’s interactive entertainment practice. Sophie advises video game studios, developers, publishers and platforms on digital regulation and compliance. Her practice covers consumer law, advertising regulation, AI law, age ratings, loot boxes, gambling regulation, virtual currencies, micro-transactions, subscription models and online safety. Sophie has direct experience managing regulators, including responding to ASA investigations and a six-month secondment in the Consumer Enforcement Team at the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. She often coordinates multi-country projects for clients expanding internationally, translating complex regulatory frameworks into practical compliance plans. She also supports clients on a wide spectrum of commercial contracts, including development agreements, publishing agreements, IP licences, EULAs, terms and conditions, influencer agreements, talent contracts, subscription agreements, NDAs and other service agreements. Sophie has a keen personal interest in video gaming and is passionate about supporting this sector. She regularly provides training on games regulation and breaks down complicated compliance issues for a range of audiences, from developers to legal teams and business operations.
Harbottle & Lewis LLP
Sophie Lord
Sophie is an Associate in the Commercial Property team in Guildford. She undertakes a wide variety of commercial property work, including: Sale and purchase of properties of all size nature and value including freehold, leasehold, development sites, investment portfolios, and auction sales Acting for landlords and tenants on new leases, lease renewals, assignments, sub-lettings, licences for alterations, and the full range of associated transactions General development work including for landowners and developers on option agreements, conditional contracts, overage arrangements and s106 agreements Secured finance work on the lender and borrower side, including provision of ILA for borrowers, guarantors, and providers of third party security.
TWM Solicitors LLP
Sophie McKelvey
Sophie deals with both contentious and non-contentious matters and has over 9 years’ experience in restructuring and insolvency. She acts for banks, lenders, insolvency practitioners, individuals and businesses in relation to any situation requiring insolvency or restructuring advice. Sophie has helped to design a new product for debt collection agencies that can help to manage the risk of any adverse publicity, when looking to reverse any decisions taken to petition for a debtor’s bankruptcy and instigate possession proceedings for consumer debts. She has also helped to design a fixed fee product for providing advice to directors where their company is in financial distress or facing insolvency. In the summer of 2020 Sophie was the lead fee earner on a high profile and complex matter which involved the administration and sale of 5 companies, the solvent sale of 2 companies and the liquidation of 5 other companies within a group, including two foreign entities.Sophie is also building a name for herself in Leeds for non-contentious insolvency.
Irwin Mitchell
Sophie Michaelides
Senior Associate in the Property Disputes team
Ashfords LLP