Lawyers in England

Aron Heywood

Managing Associate Aron acts for a wide range of clients across a broad variety of sectors including professional negligence, landlord and tenant disputes, insolvency litigation, contractual disputes, debt recovery and construction disputes. Aron is regularly retained by clients for his pragmatic and commercial approach to solving disputes. Aron will always look at the objectives of his clients and, where possible, seek to resolve disputes in a way that minimises costs and attempts to avoid court proceedings. Where this is not possible, Aron is more than happy to conduct litigation with determination and where required, aggression to achieve the best possible outcome for his clients. Aron has expertise dealing with all aspects of landlord and tenant work (acting for landlords with large portfolios, major industrial tenants as well as small standalone landlord and business tenants) including dealing with forfeiture, residential possession claims, trespasser claims, dilapidation claims and LTA renewals.

Orwins

Aron Pope

Partner

Fox Williams LLP

Arpinder Dhillon

Arpinder is Head of the Wales & West Corporate Team, Head of the Wye Valley Office and a Corporate Partner at Harrison Clark Rickerbys. Arpinder has advised her clients for over 20 years on a wide variety of corporate matters. Arpinder acts for businesses of all shapes and sizes across a broad range of sectors and she focuses primarily on corporate transactional work, both in the UK and abroad. As well as acquisitions and disposals, Arpinder is experienced in corporate restructures and management buyouts. Alongside Arpinder's corporate role, she heads up HCR’s equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) team. EDI at HCR is about building on and nurturing HCR’s existing talent, and diversifying and widening our talent pool. Wye Valley office head, Arpinder Dhillon, maintains a strong focus on high-value transactions for clients spanning the worlds of IT infrastructure, legal compliance, manufacturing and financial services.

HCR Law

Arren Thornton

Principal Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Arron Bortoft

Partner

Bortoft Bell

Arshad Khan

Arshad is a member of our specialist Pensions & investment litigation team. He has over 20 years’ experience in contentious pensions work, advising clients throughout that time on pensions disputes and litigation matters. He specialises in member disputes both under clients’ internal disputes processes and before the Pensions Ombudsman and the Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman regarding challenges to PPF levies. Arshad has also been involved in contentious matters involving The Pensions Regulator and the Financial Assistance Scheme. Like all members of our team, Arshad excels in resolving knotty, complex and novel matters.

Sacker & Partners LLP

Arshoo Singh

Partner

Warners Solicitors

Arti Maini

Arti is a Solicitor and Supervisor in the Child Care Department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. She qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and, over the last 25 years, has worked in a number of private practices across the Black Country, Staffordshire, Coventry and Warwickshire, and Shropshire. She has represented clients in courts across these regions, as well as before the High Court and the Court of Appeal, including cases with international elements, and has instructed and worked alongside experienced barristers on a wide range of matters. Throughout her career, Arti has represented parents and children, both directly and through their Children’s Guardians, in all aspects of public law proceedings. These include applications for care and supervision orders, emergency protection orders, placement for adoption orders, and adoption applications, as well as applications for contact with children in care, and applications to vary or discharge care or supervision orders and revoke placement for adoption orders. She is also experienced in Rule 16.4 proceedings. Arti regularly advises and represents other family members, such as uncles, aunts, and grandparents, in relation to Special Guardianship Orders where they seek to care for children subject to proceedings. On occasion, she has also represented local authorities. She has handled a wide variety of cases involving issues such as domestic violence, substance misuse, sexual abuse, and non-accidental injury. She has also represented parents and children with educational or mental health difficulties, and has acted in cases involving the Official Solicitor. Arti is also experienced in Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) proceedings, representing parents and children in cases deemed suitable for this process within care proceedings. She recognises the particular challenges of this area of law, given the human emotions involved, the vulnerabilities of both parents and children, and the possibility of permanent separation. She is strongly committed to protecting human rights and strives to ensure her clients are fairly and justly represented, giving a voice to those who may not feel able to speak for themselves. Arti speaks Hindi and Punjabi, enabling her to assist clients in these languages where appropriate.

Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Arti Shah

Partner

Fieldfisher

Arvinder Shergill

Arvinder is a Principal Associate specialising in high value property damage claims, including subrogated recoveries and professional indemnity claims. Her experience includes a broad spectrum of claims arising from fires, floods, subsidence, design and construction defects, loss and expense, delay and final account. Arvinder has experience at all stages of the pre-action process and throughout litigation, as well as, mediations and without prejudice meetings. Arvinder enjoys focusing on the commercial aspects of disputes and has experience in advising on strategies for managing risk in light of both legal and commercial considerations. Arvinder has spent time on secondment at two insurers, the NHBC and as Legal Counsel in-house at a top 10 accountancy firm

Weightmans LLP

Arwel Lewis

Arwel is a property and estates lawyer with expertise in advising individuals, companies, charities and trusts on all aspects of residential, agricultural and commercial property transactions, including landlord and tenant matters. Arwel has considerable experience of acting for overseas clients and dealing with the off-shore element of a transaction.

Keystone Law

Arya Hashemi

Arya is a senior associate in Carey Olsen's corporate and finance team. Arya advises on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters including joint ventures, private equity, group reorganisations and shareholder agreements. Arya also has extensive experience of advising clients on a wide range of mergers and acquisitions, often involving multiple jurisdictions.

Carey Olsen LLP

Aryanah Eghbal

Attorney Aryanah joined Magrath Sheldrick’s US Immigration team as a US Attorney in April 2022. She has several years of high-volume experience advising on US visa matters and guides clients of all sizes across a number of sectors, including financial services, professional services, information technology, energy, communications, publishing, media, the arts, and entertainment. Aryanah currently provides a wide range of US immigration advice to corporate and individual clients, on topics relating to family and employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant visa matters. This entails filings and communications with USCIS, CBP, and the US Department of State. Most common filings include: E-2 Treaty Investors L-1 Intracompany Transferees (executive, manager, or specialized knowledge), H-1B Specialty Occupation (including H-1B Cap), O-1 Extraordinary Ability or Achievement, I Representatives of Foreign Media, TN USMCA (previously NAFTA) Professionals, B-1/2 Short Term Business or Tourism, and Family-based Immigrant Visa (Green Card) Applications.

Magrath Sheldrick LLP

Asad Amin

Associate Solicitor

Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Asad Hadadi

Weightmans LLP

Aselle Djumabaeva-Wood

Aselle is a Partner in the Corporate Team and the Real Estate Finance Team. Aselle has a corporate law background and specialises in corporate acquisition and real estate finance. She acts for banks and property investors in corporate transactions and secured lending transactions, drafts and negotiates corporate documents, facility agreements and security packages to facilitate a range of high value investment and development transactions. Clients like Aselle’s ability of managing complicated transactions effectively and achieving results in timely manner and to the clients’ satisfaction. Aselle is a Russian speaking solicitor qualified in both England & Wales and the CIS.

Hamlins LLP

Asema Natha

Asema is a Principal Associate in the Local Government team based in our Leicester office. Since qualifying as a solicitor 19 years ago, Asema has focused on delivering support to local authority clients. She joined Weightmans 17 years ago. Asema is regularly instructed in relation to flooding, subsidence and highway winter maintenance claims. She is also regularly instructed in relation to data loss and information management claims. Asema is also vastly experienced in advising clients in claims concerning public liability. This specialist support often includes complex, high value, multi-party litigation and Asema has significant experience of defending public liability claims on behalf of local authorities, education establishments and housing providers in relation to a wide range of issues. Her vast experience includes multi-party litigation arising out of newly designed shared space schemes, multi-party complex litigation arising out of a flooding incident affecting 33 properties. Reported cases include: Asema represented the Defendants in McDonald v Leicester City Council [2007], a highway winter maintenance claim. Asema assisted in defending the claim brought against the local authority in Ali v Luton Borough Council [2022} EWHC 132, a vicarious liability case related to unlawful accessing of information.

Weightmans LLP

Ash Woodcock

Bevan Brittan LLP

Asha Kumar

Asha is an employment lawyer providing day-to-day employment law advice to corporates and senior executives, with particular expertise in TUPE, redundancies and reorganisations. Her client base is varied, ranging from companies within the energy (particularly windfarms) and maritime sector to advertisers and technology. She has worked on a number of matters relating to the application of TUPE on conclusion of operation and maintenance agreements (OMAs) and service and warranty agreements (SWAs). She also has expertise in TUPE within the outsourcing context. Asha also assists in implementing large-scale redundancy exercises and advising on collective consultation requirements. Asha has worked on a number of high-value and high-profile corporate transactions, and has a wealth of experience drafting and negotiating directors’ service agreements and non-executive agreements. She has also assisted with a number of high-profile senior executives’ departures. Additionally, Asha is a regular speaker on employment law matters for clients as well as for other organisations, including ILAG (the trade body representing members from the Life Assurance and Wealth Management Industries) where she recently presented to its Non-Executive Forum on the legal aspects of whistleblowing affecting the financial sector. She also speaks on behalf of the CIPD and at client events hosted by Michael Page Plc. She is the author of the ‘Employment Law’ chapter of the UKTI’s publication, Business Guide to the UK. Areas of expertise: Non-contentious TUPE and outsourcing Redundancies Reorganisation Restructuring Settlement agreements Directors’ agreements and non-executive agreements Director disputes Dismissal, disciplinary and grievance procedures Employment documentation including terms and conditions of employment, staff handbooks, directors service agreements, consultancy agreements Employment law training and workshop Contentious Defending and bringing Employment Tribunal claims Discrimination claims including disability and age discrimination Redundancy, restructuring and outsourcing, and TUPE claims Unfair and wrongful dismissal

Keystone Law

Asha Ngai

Partner, Residential Real Estate

Sherrards Solicitors LLP

Ashan Arif

Ashan Arif is head of corporate and commercial team and Director of forburyTECH, a tech start-up advisory of Clarkslegal. Ashan provides corporate, company and banking advice to a wide range of businesses including start-ups, owner-managed businesses, SMEs and large listed corporates. His expertise includes mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate, investments, restructurings, asset and business transfers, joint ventures, commercial agreements, banking, finance, alternative finance, fund raisings, general company and corporate matters. Ashan acts for clients from across a range of sectors with a particular focus on the technology, media & entertainment, motor and hotel industries. Experience Start ups, university spin-outs and early stage Ashan advises start-ups, mainly in the technology sector, university spin-outs and early stage companies, finding ways to help grow the business quickly and efficiently through Clarkslegal’s relationships with investors and financiers. Mergers, acquisitions and disposals Ashan regularly advises clients on mergers, acquisitions and disposals, including management buy-outs and buy-ins, advising clients from a commercial and strategic perspective, as well as legal, getting involved in transactions as early as possible. Fundraising – angels, private equity, venture capital Ashan has extensive experience and understanding of raising equity finance, from angel investment, private equity or venture capital. Owner managers Ashan regularly acts for exiting owner managers and shareholders of SMEs on the sale of their company. Banking and finance Advises clients on debt finance and related security documentation, whether as part of a corporate transaction or a stand-alone financing. This includes advising on loan agreements, debentures, charges, guarantees and other forms of security as well as satisfying the lender’s requirements, and Islamic Finance. Reorganisations and demergers Ashan works closely with the client’s accountants and tax advisers during the reorganisation of a company, group of companies or a specific part of their business. Business divorce Ashan has advised numerous clients on successfully settling shareholder disputes aiming to preserve the integrity of the ongoing business. Shareholders’ agreements and joint ventures Ashan regularly advises on shareholders’ agreements and joint venture arrangements, helping clients to understand the importance of documenting key issues governing the relationships of the parties.

Clarkslegal LLP

Asher Winter

Associate

Elkington + Fife LLP

Ashi Amershi

Partner

Lewis Silkin

Ashkhan Candey

A Legal 500 Leading Hall of Fame Individual with legal and business nous Ashkhan leads a team of 50 litigators at CANDEY, comprising solicitors, barristers, US attorneys and BVI Legal Practitioners. A practising English solicitor, barrister, and BVI legal practitioner, with 27 years of litigation experience Ashkhan has an impressive track record of securing landmark Court and arbitral victories and achieving substantial settlements in complex, multi-jurisdictional cross border cases. He collaborates closely with lawyers globally from the Far East to the USA. He represents entrepreneurs, multinationals, and professionals offering bold, results-driven representation. With a reputation for getting straight to the point with no nonsense directness, clients trust him due to his ability to understand the law in the context of business. His experience, expertise and some 15 years’ experience as a litigation funder securing innovative legal strategies and solutions further distinguishes him as a leader in the global disputes market. Regularly appearing before the UK and BVI Courts of Appeal, Ashkhan has played a pivotal role in precedent-setting cases, including those of his own firm, including CANDEY v Crumpler (Supreme Court, 2022). His team acted in the recent leading case on the enforcement of arbitral awards in the Privy Council in Sian Participation Corp v Halimeda International Ltd [2024] UKPC 16 approving the BVI Court of Appeal in Jinpeng Group Ltd v Peak Hotels and Resorts Ltd BVIHCMAP2014/0025, in which he also acted, albeit on opposite sides of the argument. The former is part of a $14 billion dispute, the latter related to a $400 million joint venture dispute in relation to the iconic Aman Hotel Group, founded by CANDEY client Adriaan Zecha. His unwavering perseverance is evidenced in cases such as the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Bacci v Green (2023) where the team obtained a right to attach a judgment against a bankrupt fraudster’s right to draw down against a pension, notwithstanding pension legislation preventing pensions from being charged. Along with the Inns of Court and the Bar he is a staunch believer in the principle that everyone should have the right to legal representation regardless of their identity or nationality.

CANDEY