Commercial lawyers

Kevin Bell

Kevin is a partner in the transport practice and is highly experienced in advising on heavy and light rail franchise and concessions bids, bus franchise bids, ground transportation contract bids, franchise mobilisations and related statutory transfer schemes, rolling stock leasing and a variety of commercial and regulatory matters. He acts for a number of passenger transport operators (including Go-Ahead, Govia, Arriva, SNCF, Keolis, LNER, Transdev and Tower Transit) and recently advised a private sector bus operator on its bid for the Greater Manchester Bus Franchising scheme, Transdev on the provision of fleet management services at Heathrow Airport and Chiltern Railways/Arriva on various regulatory matters related to the mobilisation of its new national rail contract. Kevin has also acted for concession letting authorities, local airports and rolling stock manufacturers.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Kevin Chua

Senior Director, Co-Head of the Corporate Practice Group (Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory - Team Lead)

Yuen Law LLC

Kevin Emsley

Chairman, finance director and consultant member. Kevin joined Lupton Fawcett in 1977 as an Articled Clerk. He trained as a non-contentious lawyer, qualifying in 1979, eventually specialising in corporate finance and is now a director in the corporate finance department as well as finance director and chairman. Kevin has experience of all types of commercial law but has principally dealt with sales and purchases of the whole (or parts) of businesses, re-structuring, and fund raising (largely for owner managed businesses in Yorkshire). Recent activities have included some public company and M&A work for Renew Holdings plc (a Leeds based AIM listed company), corporate advice for Seabrook Crisps (a local privately owned business), and corporate and commercial advice for Hubwise Holdings (a recent start up financial services support business). In addition, over the years, Kevin has developed a speciality for advising charitable entities on their corporate and governance structures, including Hollybank Trust, the National Day Nurseries Association, Scarborough College and, recently, PSL which is responsible for the new Tetleys building in Leeds.

Flint Bishop

Kevin Kengelbacher

Attorney-at-Law, Partner

Bratschi Ltd

Kevin Kerr

Kevin acts for a broad range of clients on corporate and commercial matters, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint venture arrangements, private equity investments and cross-border transactions. He also has significant experience in the energy sector, including conventional oil & gas, oil sands, royalties, renewable energy, power generation and retail, and negotiating agreements with respect to upstream, midstream and downstream energy projects, energy services and power projects. Kevin is a member of Blakes U.S. initiative team, primarily responsible for activities and presence in Houston, Texas.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Kevin McGuinness

Highly experienced corporate solicitor, specialising in serving the needs of mid-size companies, with particular expertise in advising AIM listed clients, their investors and advisers on all aspects of corporate law, including IPOs/flotations, secondary issues, public takeovers, tender offers, share buy-backs, and corporate reorganisations and demergers across a broad range of industry sectors. Recently advised Vicorp Plc on its AIM listing and associated placing, and regularly advises clients such as AIM-listed Peel Hotels Plc, Black Raven Plc, Secora Plc on a variety of corporate matters. Also has a particular interest in the sports sector and has significant experience of advising leisure companies, promoters, rights purchasers, and sponsors on all their sports law requirements, including corporate acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures, broadcast and media rights, branding, commercial and marketing rights, equipment leasing and distribution and licensing matters.

Thrings LLP

Kevin Rihtar

Partner (Attorney at Law at Ketler & Partners, member of Karanovic)

Ketler & Partners, member of Karanovic

Khadija Zulfiqar

Associate

Majeed & Partners, Advocates & Counsellors At Law

Khaled Abdelrahman

Junior Associate

ADSERO-Ragy Soliman & Partners

Khaled Al Hayyas

Khaled is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution team. He is licensed to appear before local and federal courts. He advises clients on a range of corporate, commercial, criminal, regulatory and employment law matters. Prior to joining Hadef & Partners, Khaled worked at two reputable law firms in Abu Dhabi as a litigator. He has extensive experience in attending court hearings, expert hearings and handling all court procedures. Khaled holds a Bachelor of Law from Dubai Police Academy and holds a lawyer license from the Institute of Training and Judicial Studies. He is fluent in Arabic and English.

Hadef & Partners

Khaled Ragheb

Partner

MENA Associates in association with AMERELLER

Khalid El Derderi

Khalid is a Senior Legal Consultant in the Dispute Resolution practice in Dubai. He has successfully handled all types of cases before both the UAE’s Federal and local Courts. Having worked in the UAE’s Court System since 2005, he has in depth experience of cases in many areas including: Commercial, Civil, Construction, Insurance, Agency, Shipping, Banking, Trade Marks and Labour disputes with a particular focus on Real Estate disputes. Khalid holds a Bachelor Degree in General Law (LLB) (with Honours), a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English & Literature, Postgraduate Diploma in Laws in the specialisation of Maritime & LLM from Queen Mary University of London. He is fluent in Arabic and English.

Hadef & Partners

Khathu Neluheni

Senior Associate

Werksmans Attorneys

Khatiya Asvat

Khatiya has more than a decade of experience, providing legal advice to local and international clients on Administrative Law, Commercial, Special Economic Zones, Telecommunications and IT.

Patton, Moreno & Asvat

Kholoud Khaled

Junior associate

Mohamed Nasser Law Firm

Kiah Estwick

Senior Associate

Conyers

Kieran Trant

Kieran Trant is a partner and a member of the US Business and Inward Investment Groups at Matheson. Kieran practises corporate law and works with international companies on the establishment, expansion and operation of their businesses in Ireland. Kieran also advises clients on the complex legal and commercial issues that can arise on international transactions involving Irish subsidiaries of overseas companies, including advising on a broad range of corporate reorganisations. Kieran also advises corporate clients on a broad range of corporate governance and general commercial issues, including directors' duties and compliance matters. In addition, he provides ongoing corporate advice and strategic counselling to clients, including advice in relation to distributions and complex cash repatriation strategies. Kieran spent part of 2018 on secondment to Matheson’s Palo Alto and San Francisco offices and is a frequent visitor to the San Francisco Bay Area and other US locations where his clients are based.

Matheson LLP

Kim Van Herck

Kim Van Herck graduated from KU Leuven in 2008 as Master of Laws. During her education, she spent six months studying at the University of Orléans (France) within the context of the Erasmus programme. While still at the university, she already gained a first experience in the legal profession through summer internships in the departments Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Banking & Finance of some first-rate law firms. Driven by her passion for corporate law, she obtained her degree of Master in Corporate Law at the HU Brussels in 2009. In 2009, she started her career as a lawyer at the law firm Curia. In 2013, she participated in the creation of intui. Kim has extensive experience in providing legal assistance to a wide range of transactional cases, more in particular M&A and real estate transactions. Within that scope, she advises on drawing up investment, acquisition and shareholders’ agreements, or regarding the restructuring of companies and associations. She also offers advice on various aspects of corporate and association law and business law in general. She regularly speaks at seminars on various topics relating to corporate law, among which the reform resulting from the new Companies and Associations Code.

intui

Kiril Stoychev

Associate

FWMK (Furth, Wilensky, Mizrachi, Knaani)

Kirsty Adamson

Weightmans LLP

Kirsty Leary

Kirsty acts for companies at all different stages of their lifecycle; from initial idea or start up, through growth and expansion and ultimately exit. She thrives from working for entrepreneurial businesses whether that is a single isolated transaction or being involved in the whole journey. She understands that, as a business owner, you will have a strong personal connection with your business and will endeavour to support you through the, often complex, legal processes that you encounter along the way. She provides clients with clear and practical advice based on a good understanding of their business combined with an expert knowledge of the law. A good understanding of the entrepreneurial mind-set combined with close attention to detail means her clients are reassured that they will receive the best possible legal support.

Moore Barlow

Kizzita Mensah

Partner

DLA Piper Africa, Ghana (Reindorf Chambers)

Kloy Tsiaga

Managing Partner

THESIS LAW FIRM

Koen De Maeyer

Senior Counsel

KPMG Law in Belgium