Lawyers in England
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Chloë Ashman
Associate Solicitor
Edwards Family Law
Chloë Edworthy
Chloë specialises in complex and cross-border litigation and arbitration for corporates, financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals. Chloë acts for a broad range of clients in respect of both High Court litigation and international arbitration. She has experience of arbitration with each of the following institutions: LCIA, ICC, SIAC, CIETAC, DIS, Swiss Rules and ICSID. In 2020, Chloë spent time on secondment to the Litigation and Regulatory team at Goldman Sachs. In 2015/2016, Chloë was seconded to a leading German law firm where she advised clients in relation to various international arbitrations (both commercial and investment treaty). Chloë is a member of the London Solicitor Litigation Association and the Young International Arbitration Group of the LCIA. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Macfarlanes LLP
Chloë Hayes
Trainee Solicitor
Briffa
Chloë Leyland
Partner
gunnercooke LLP
Choisanne Man
Choisanne has a broad practice which focuses on investment acquisitions and disposals, development of residential led, commercial and mixed use schemes and general asset management work. Her experience is across all sectors including offices, shopping centres, retail parks, industrial, student accommodation, hotels and mixed use properties. She has particular experience in the acquisition and forward funding of developments to be used for mixed use, PRS and BTR. Choisanne acts for a spectrum of clients ranging from private and publicly listed property companies to investments funds, asset managers and high net worth individuals. She also acts for several well-known high street retailers on their occupier/tenant management work. Clients value her commercial approach and her ability to project manage and lead on large/high value transactions.
Shoosmiths LLP
Choy Lau
Choy advises businesses and individuals on all aspects of employment law. Her clients cover a range of sectors including Legal Services, TMT, Health Services, Marketing, Manufacturing and Hospitality. She is valued by her clients for being a strategic thinker and creative problem solver, with the ability to distil complex legal concepts into plain English and offer clear achievable strategies. Her practice is a mix of contentious and non-contentious work, representing both Claimants and Respondents in the Employment Tribunal. She advises on a full range of employment law matters including, unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, grievances and disciplinaries, redundancy, restructuring and recruitment, TUPE and works on employment aspects of corporate transactions.
Wedlake Bell LLP
Chris Acton
Chris advises hedge funds, managed account platforms and proprietary trading houses, on prime brokerage, derivatives and derivative regulation in Europe. He acts for the buy-side only. Chris' clients cover a broad range of strategies including equities, equity long/short, special opportunities and distressed debt, global macro, commodity trading advisors, emerging markets and fixed income. He advises on all aspects of his client's counterparty trading relationships including prime brokerage, custody, repo, securities lending, margin foreign matters, FX PB and intermediation, exchange traded and OTC derivatives and central clearing generally. His practice also covers debt and claims trading having advised clients on the diligence, structuring and negotiation of numerous debt trade transactions and on a number of master confirmations arrangements for loan or trade claims total return swap transactions. Chris' clients are primarily based in London, Europe and Hong Kong and he has developed close ties with local counsel who are able to provide local regulatory advice and market colour.
Macfarlanes LLP
Chris Aldridge
Senior Associate in BPE's Employment team, Chris assist clients from sole traders to PLCs with their employment matters. He advises on Employment Tribunal claims, complex disciplinary and grievance issues (including whistleblowing and discrimination) capability and sickness absence management, redundancies and restructures, TUPE consultation, corporate support and senior level exists including settlement agreements.
Acuity Law
Chris Ali
Partner in Manchester Office Chris been recognised as a Recommended Lawyer by Legal 500 in 2018 and 2019. He uses his experience to advise predominantly on the transactional aspects of personal and corporate insolvency, recovery and restructuring. He also runs a specialist real estate advisory practice – assisting the firm’s insolvency clients with their possession, disposal, secured lending and forensic property requirements. He also performs mainstream landlord and tenant, acquisition and disposal work. Chris holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Law from the University of Warwick.
Freeths LLP
Chris Bailey
Chris is a partner in the firm’s London office and Global Head of Energy & Infrastructure. He is also responsible for the firm’s strategy to expand its global offering into the Asia Pacific region. Chris has been in private practice for close to 25 years of which 18 have been in the Asia Pacific region and the last 12 as partner. He spent the best part of 15 years with two of the world's Top 5 GAR 30 international arbitration firms in Herbert Smith and King & Spalding. Chris has also undertaken a client secondment to a global trading house; been based in both civil and common law jurisdictions; and in addition to counsel work, sits as an arbitrator. Chris practised with Herbert Smith across its London, Tokyo and Bangkok offices, was a founding partner of King & Spalding’s Tokyo office and has spent the last 3 years as an equity partner in the arbitral hub of Singapore. Chris specializes in all forms of alternative dispute resolution, and represents clients in a wide variety of complex high-value cross-border commercial disputes which regularly include claims for in excess of a US$ billion and predominantly arise out of the energy, resource, transport, infrastructure, financial services, media and IT sectors, with Chris having a particular expertise in oil and gas, construction and investment treaty cases. A number of his recent cases have been tracked by and reported in Global Arbitration Review. He is also a Solicitor Advocate, All Higher Courts of England & Wales; a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; a panel arbitrator of numerous institutions including the JCAA, KCAB and SIAC; and a certified Singapore International Mediation Centre Specialist Mediator. His matters are submitted to arbitral institutions around the world, and national courts including those of Australia, England & Wales, France, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Singapore, Thailand and the U.S. In terms of market recognition, Chris is ranked as both a Global and Southeast Asia Leader by Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal) Arbitration; has been individually listed for the 10th year by Chambers for Arbitration with both Band 1 and 2 rankings and as a Leading Individual by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific; has also been listed by both the Chambers and Legal 500 directories for Construction Disputes; and is listed by LawDragon as one of the 500 Leading Global Litigators. Recent client commentary from the legal directories includes: "[C]overs issues in both Singapore and London … great grasp of … international arbitration …. successful in a large and complex investment arbitration and … great in … coordination of the recovery of the claim." "Chris Bailey is a great guy, relaxed, friendly and accessible, but razor sharp." Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Singapore 2024 – International Arbitration "Chris is one of the leading advocates in the region. A true expert in the international disputes field in Asia … advising on disputes in relation to energy projects … with expertise in international arbitration." Chambers Asia-Pacific Japan 2021 – Dispute Resolution: International On the regulatory front, Chris has been involved in full-scale corruption investigations involving the U.S. Department of Justice, the UK Serious Fraud Office and the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, as well as investigations arising out of transactions in Africa and the Middle East. Chris was also involved in the major global investigations into the trading activities of the major financial institutions. He Chris also speaks on investment protection, arbitration, dispute resolution and anti-corruption throughout Europe and Asia. His articles have featured in publications such as Bloomberg Law Report and on the Lexology website. Representative matters from across Chris’ close to 25 years of practice in London, Singapore, Tokyo and Bangkok include: CONSTRUCTION ARBITRATION & LITIGATION Represented a Korean construction contractor in respect of a multi-contract dispute involving EPC works at a mine in Australia with UNCITRAL arbitration and related Australian proceedings commenced under numerous heads of claim and quantum in excess of AUD 1 billion, which ran through to a full multi-week hearing in Singapore and a final award. Represented an international contractor consortium in relation to claims arising out of the construction of a combined cycle power plant which from part of the onshore facilities of an Asia Pacific LNG mega project involving claims of in excess of USD 1 billion dollars. The facts concern termination of an EPC contract and the completion of the remaining works. Represented a Japanese construction contractor in relation to claims for in excess of USD 230 million relating to issues on a petrochemical facility construction in the US with disputes submitted to AAA arbitration in Houston and Texas law governing. Issues include unforeseen subsoil conditions, Owner interference with EPC Contractor's freedom under the EPC contract, extensions of time, cost increases and liquidated damages. ENERGY ARBITRATION & LITIGATION Represented a global commodities trader in relation to the global enforcement of an award against the Government of Ghana for in excess of USD 140 million arising out of an arbitration concerning an emergency purchase agreement for the relocation from Italy, installation, operation, and maintenance of two combined cycle power plants. Sovereign immunity issues central. Represented a Japanese trading house in ICC arbitration, and a jurisdictional challenge that passed through to the Thai Supreme Court, in respect of claims brought by a Thai state owned entity for USD 100 million in respect of allegedly defective equipment for a Combined Cycle Power Plant. Advised a Japanese energy company on Energy Charter Treaty arbitration and post-award enforcement for an amount in excess of EUR 100 million arising from claims for fair and equitable treatment provisions and expropriation arising from changes to Spain’s wind power incentives and energy tariff regime. COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION & LITIGATION Represented a billionaire US investor in an action for breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the proposed USD 6.1 billion merger of major US and Japanese listed corporates, with a New York State Superior Court judge ruling that the then-CEO and a majority of the directors had likely violated their fiduciary duties and issuing injunctive relief stopping the deal. Represented a leading telecommunications company in an English Commercial Court claim in excess of GBP 709 million involving claims for deceit, misrepresentation and breach of contract and arising out of a GBP 48 million contract for the provision of a state-of-the-art customer management system. Represented a global automobile groups in separate JCAA arbitrations and litigation the Thai courts for in excess of USD 600 million arising out of the termination of long-term distribution agreements with local SEA counterparties governed by Japanese law. The second arbitration proceeded to a final hearing in Tokyo at which acted as lead advocate before a leading tribunal and a final award in the client’s favour. In addition, parallel satellite litigation in the Singapore courts which proceeded to trial. REGULATORY DISPUTES & INVESTIGATIONS Represented a Japanese trading house in relation to claims of up to USD 210 million that concerned the trading of metal at sub-market prices and creation of artificial margin through futures trading. Included Middle Eastern criminal proceedings, Texan civil proceedings and DOJ and SFO investigations. Advised a Japanese trading house in respect of US SEC/DOJ and Nigerian EFCC investigations anti-corruption investigations into allegations of bribes in excess of USD 180 million paid to the former Nigerian dictator, General Sani Abacha, and other Nigerian officials to secure USD 6 billion of work. Numerous other confidential regulatory matters including sanctions and OFAC advice concerning amongst others Iran, Iraq, Myanmar and Syria, securing the release of employees imprisoned in Indonesia, managing the treatment of criminal proceedings before the Attorney General of Thailand and assisting Carlos Ghosn in Japan.
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Chris Baker
Partner
Irwin Mitchell
Chris Ball
Partner - Motor Management
Weightmans LLP
Chris Bannister
Chris is an experienced solicitor who specialises in corporate and commercial law and advises businesses of all sizes and in various business sectors in relation to their business transactions and contracts. He helps businesses and their owners and management teams to manage and complete corporate mergers, demergers, acquisitions and disposals, and is also an expert in advising on management buy-ins and buy-outs. Chris also helps businesses to negotiate and implement a range of commercial contracts including NDAs, co-operation and joint venture agreements, distribution, agency, franchise and licence agreements. He also regularly provides businesses with advice and assistance in relation to brand protection, data protection and GDPR matters.
Keystone Law
Chris Bates
Chris heads the construction advisory and dispute resolution team in London, specialising in construction and related insurance disputes. He focuses on handling high value and technically complex disputes, such as those in relation to post completion defects, professional negligence, payment claims, delay and prolongation, and termination issues. He is experienced in disputes arising from large-scale civil infrastructure schemes across all major sectors, as well as commercial building projects. He also regularly advises on construction insurance coverage matters, including undertaking complicated coverage investigations and disputes. Chris also specialises in building safety issues, acting for developers, owners, contractors, professionals, and insurers on a range of cladding and other fire safety related disputes. He has been consulted by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over the practical impact of the changes introduced by the Building Safety Act 2022. He is experienced in all forms of dispute resolution used in the construction industry, including multi-party TCC litigation, arbitration, adjudication and mediation. He also regularly advises clients in the background on live projects to mitigate or avoid escalation into formal disputes.
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Chris Belcher
Partner, National Head of Private Client
Mills & Reeve LLP
Chris Benson
Partner
Leigh Day
Chris Bishop
Consultant Partner
Slater Heelis (Part of Lawfront)
Chris Botsman
Chris is an internationally qualified financial services lawyer with particular expertise in regulation, litigation/disputes, investigations and white-collar crime. Advising businesses around the world but in particular the UK, US and Australia, he has a wealth of insight and knowledge gained from working at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and defending high-stakes Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) proceedings in New York. Chris also advises financial services organisations on how best to adapt to the highly digitised ‘new normal’. This includes: using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to help secure digital data; and using simplified regulation to reduce regulatory arbitrage, decrease compliance costs, and more clearly delineate the regulatory perimeter. It also includes advising on the challenges that cryptoassets and smart contracts pose for traditional legal frameworks. Qualified as a barrister and solicitor, Chris has the written and oral advocacy skills to represent clients at any level required.
Keystone Law
Chris Brierley
A Partner in RPC's Corporate team, Chris advises clients on strategic corporate matters and transactions in the UK and internationally. Chris' practice covers private M&A, private equity, investments in unlisted companies and joint ventures. With almost 20 years' experience as a corporate lawyer, Chris has a wide practice covering multiple industries including particular expertise in financial services, insurance and technology
RPC
Chris Brierley
Partner
Gowling WLG
Chris Brierley
Partner
Gowling WLG
Chris Brooks
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Chris Busby
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Chris Charlton
Chris Charlton is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors Bristol Planning team specialising in all aspects of Planning and Compulsory Purchase.
Clarke Willmott LLP