Avocats – England

Darren Smyth

Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, Design Attorney

EIP

Darren Wall

A partner in the commodities team, with over 10 years' experience advising in the field of international trade and shipping, Darren regularly advises companies that trade, finance and transport a wide range of commodities. He is also vastly experienced in dispute resolution, having been involved in a variety of trade association arbitrations, including the LME, GAFTA, FOSFA, ICA, RSA and SAOL and arbitrations subject to ICC, LCIA and LMAA terms. Darren has also frequently appeared before the Commercial Court and also has experience at Court of Appeal and Supreme Court level appeals. He regularly contributes articles to legal publications, as well as presenting at a number of industry seminars and training events. He obtained a postgraduate diploma in law at City University, London in 2005, attending Inns of Court School of Law.

Hill Dickinson LLP

Darren Warburton

Partner

Squire Patton Boggs

Darren White

Senior Parliamentary Clerk

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Darren Williamson

Development, investment and general property-related work of a commercial nature. Clients include a series of developers of both commercial and residential property.

Freeths LLP

Darren Wilson

Darren is a Senior Associate within the serious injury Team in Sheffield. He has been at Irwin Mitchell since 1997 with over 22 years of experience dealing with cases involving serious and life changing injury, as well as complex causation cases and emerging areas of law. Darren deals with a variety of injury types but primarily those involving serious orthopaedic injury, psychological and pain type cases, often with difficult causal factors and/or where capacity is an issue. Darren places great emphasis upon rehabilitation to maximise recovery, working with industry professionals to deliver comprehensive care plans, ideally using the Serious Injury Guide or the Rehabilitation Code, but unilaterally where necessary. Darren has been commended for his friendly and approachable yet professional demeanour. Darren is an accredited APIL Senior Litigator and regularly delivers talks and in-house training. Darren is the MASS (Motor Accident Solicitors’ Society) regional coordinator for the Central East region.

Irwin Mitchell

Darryl Kennard

Darryl is a partner in the marine, trade and energy team in the London office and a key member of the emergency response team. He is one of the few shipping lawyers who specialise in both ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ work from collisions, salvage, groundings, total losses, fires and piracy through to charterparty disputes and claims arising under bills of lading. Based in Norway for one year and in Singapore for five years, Darryl receives instructions from salvors, container lines, dry bulk and tanker owners as well as charterers, traders, P&I clubs and other insurers.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Daryl Fox

Partner and head of private client, specialising in inheritance tax and succession planning, wills, trusts, probate and estate administration. In addition to many will, inheritance tax planning, estate administration, trust and general private client matters recent work has included dealing with complex estates and related trusts; advising in relation to inheritance, business and agricultural property relief; post-death variations and inheritance tax planning for beneficiaries; comprehensive estate planning advice in relation to complex families, high-net-worth and landed estates.

Stevens & Bolton LLP

Daryl Penny

Partner

Boult Wade Tennant LLP

Daryl Rivero

Partner advising on a wide range of non-contentious commercial real estate transactions, including commercial landlord and tenant matters, general asset managment, acquisitions and disposals of commercial property, secured lending and the commercial property aspects of corporate transactions.

Stevens & Bolton LLP

Dave Alleear

Dave is a partner in the commercial property team, with a practice focused on acquisitions, disposals, lettings, financing, development, and secured lending. He also advises on the real estate aspects of corporate acquisitions and financing. Dave’s clients include a wide range of private companies, business owners, developers, corporate landlords and tenants, involving commercial property acquisitions, disposals, and landlord-tenant matters. Dave has particular expertise in hotels, care homes, pharmacies, offices, retail units, and industrial warehouses.

Keystone Law

Dave Hughes

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Dave Matthews

Blaser Mills Law

Dave Morrison

Dave Morrison is a commercial solicitor with over 20 years’ experience advising on a wide range of non-contentious commercial contracts. Dave advises on all aspects of general commercial contracts, from drafting and negotiating complex commercial projects to preparing simple contracts and templates. This includes supply and procurement contracts for goods and services, distribution, agency, outsourcing and even toll manufacturing.

Arbor Law

Dave Newstone

Legal Director

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Dave Vasoodaven

Managing Partner

Gulbenkian Andonian Solicitors

David Adams

Partner David is an experienced banking lawyer and advises some of the UK’s largest financial institutions in real estate finance, acquisition and leveraged finance (both sponsor and non-sponsor), pensions-related finance, restructuring, refinancing and asset-based lending. He has exceptional technical expertise in this area of the law, which is underpinned by a superb track record in business development. Recent examples of David’s work include: acting for a major high street bank in relation to a high profile business and property acquisition of a national fuel supply business; acting for a Midlands University in relation to two major funding projects, with funding for both development work and general corporate purposes being provided by two high street banks; acting for a Midlands based automotive parts and processes supplier in relation to the multi-jurisdictional asset based funding of a UK/Chinese joint venture; and acting for an overseas owned but Midlands based eye wear manufacturer and distributor in relation to their ongoing funding requirements.

Shoosmiths LLP

David Adams

Partner

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

David Allen

Senior Associate, East North East

Stowe Family Law LLP

David Allison

David’s practice covers all types of claims and complaints against financial professionals, including civil litigation, FOS complaints, and FCA past business reviews. He typically acts for insurance companies and their insureds, usually financial services companies such as financial advisors, accountants, pensions transfer specialists, and brokers. He also acts for financial institutions – particularly wealth managers and asset managers – and trustees. David has extensive experience of advising both insurers and insureds in respect of regulatory past business reviews, including under s.166 of FSMA.

RPC

David Allison

David is a director at Family Law in Partnership who has specialised in family law for over 25 years. David's clients include business owners, entrepreneurs, bankers, other lawyers and their partners. The focus of David's practice is financial claims on divorce, particularly those with an international dimension, and the legal issues affecting cohabitants, same sex couples and civil partners. David settles the vast majority of his cases outside the court process but where cases have to go to court he is a determined and effective litigator. His goal is to achieve the best outcome for his client and to do so in a way that produces an efficient, fair and positive result. David is a trained mediator and has FMA senior mediator status. He is an experienced collaborative lawyer and is a Resolution collaborative specialist. David lectures, writes and broadcasts extensively on a wide range of family law matters including on issues affecting cohabitants and same sex couples.

Family Law in Partnership Ltd

David Banks

Partner.

Hill Dickinson LLP

David Baverstock

A partner in the Corporate team at Marriott Harrison, David's focus and experience is fully M&A. He is adept in strategic and pragmatic management, direction of teams, and commercial understanding necessary to deliver successful M&A transactions. David always delivers and is renowned for his approachable calm attitude.

Marriott Harrison LLP

David Bennett

David is a corporate solicitor specialising in fund raising, M&A, joint ventures and public markets transactions. He acts for companies, investors, brokers, corporate finance advisers and NOMADs. David advises on transactions of all different sizes, including cross-border transactions but specialises in transactions under £50 million.

Keystone Law