Avocats – England

Ian Gruselle

Ian is a Partner at Bristows and head of the trade mark portfolios group. Ian advises on all aspects of trade marks and designs including clearance searches, registration, opposition proceedings and portfolio management. He has particular expertise in representing clients before the United Kingdom and the European Union trade marks and design offices, as well as managing international trade mark and design portfolios. Ian represents iconic brands and household names such as BAFTA, the Financial Times, Fat Face and Rocco Forte Hotels as well as market leaders in computer software, medical and dental goods and in the financial sector.

Bristows LLP

Ian Hardman

Ian is a Partner specialising in construction and engineering. Ian has extensive experience advising on projects across a range of sectors including power/process, nuclear decommissioning, residential, retail, office and education. Ian regularly advises on large and complex infrastructure projects and commercial developments. He is experienced in all the standard forms of contract including JCT, NEC, ICC, IChemE, MF/1 and FIDIC. Ian is rated as one of the leading construction lawyers in the North-West by Chambers. Ian’s relevant experience includes: Advising the client on the procurement of a waste for energy plant. Contract value circa £250m. Advising a national retailer on the procurement of a new distribution centre including the automation and picking system. Contract value circa £250m. Advising on the procurement of new cranes for a sea container terminal. Contract value circa £100m. Advising a developer on various apartment PRS developments. Each project having a value of circa £40m. Advising in connection with and preparing contract documentation for a new €166m chlorine facility at Runcorn, Cheshire. Advising a local authority in connection with claims by a contractor for an extension of time and disruption arising out of the construction of a new by-pass. Claim value was circa £5m.

Mills & Reeve LLP

Ian Hargreaves

Quillon Law LLP

Ian Holden

Ian is a corporate finance partner specialising in M&A, corporate reorganisations, shareholder and joint venture agreements. Ian has also had considerable experience in private equity transactions and has advised both private equity houses and management teams on their investments. Ian also worked in the Paris office of a leading international law firm where he gained considerable experience in advising UK and French companies on doing business in both France and the UK.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Ian Holyoak

I am a Partner in Michelmores’ Commercial team, collaborating on a diverse range of matters for businesses across the UK and further afield. I focus on advisory work for large corporates and investors, including in the energy sector, as well as having a specialism in competition and related areas of law. Increasingly, our investor clients are focussed on sustainability, which has led recently to work for me within the nascent markets for credits derived from (for example) biodiversity net gain, nutrient neutrality and carbon sequestration. My previous experience in documenting arrangements for funding underpinned by credits created under the UN’s Clean Development mechanism (often then sold into the EU emissions trading scheme) has been put to good use. I trained, qualified as a lawyer (on the same day as our first fax machine was delivered) and worked on corporate transactions for several years in London in private practice, before a very interesting few years as General Counsel and latterly Company Secretary of a listed mining, minerals and chemicals group, operating globally. I then joined Michelmores, at that time located in very traditional offices opposite Exeter Cathedral; helping out on a ‘temporary’ basis on a particular project, while I looked for a longer-term role. 19 years later, I continue to be part of a remarkable journey for the Firm, which is now around five times as big as when I joined, although no longer in possession of a fax machine. Expertise Antitrust & Regulatory Asset Management Commercial Competition, Regulatory Compliance & Investigations Energy Funds Legal Services in Asia Merger Control & National Security Sustainable Economy Ian Holyoak - Partner - Commercial | Michelmores

Michelmores LLP

Ian Hopkinson

Ian is a disputes partner and advocate, specialising in international arbitration. He has represented clients in arbitrations throughout the world, in a wide variety of industries and market sectors. He has extensive experience representing and opposing states and state-owned entities, national oil companies, and state authorities, particularly in disputes arising from production sharing agreements, infrastructure projects, and regulatory frameworks. Ian often represents trading entities in arbitration proceedings concerning the international sale and purchase of oil products, minerals, biofuels, steel, and other commodities, and has experience in disputes concerning infrastructure projects, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and information technology. In addition to his arbitration work, Ian acts for clients in litigation arising from London-seated arbitration, as well as on the negotiation and formation of international trade contracts and upstream oil and gas agreements. He has conducted arbitrations worldwide under the major institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules, and is experienced in proceedings governed by the arbitration rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, London Court of International Arbitration, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, and UNCITRAL Rules. Ian is qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings), enabling him to represent clients in civil court hearings throughout England and Wales, as well as in international arbitration. He regularly appears as an advocate at international arbitration hearings in London and abroad.

Keystone Law

Ian Johnson

Partner; Ian heads our Restructuring and Insolvency group and advises across the full spectrum of restructuring, refinancing and insolvency matters. He has significant experience advising companies (and their boards), lenders, investors and buyers on complex and international restructuring and distressed situations. Ian also frequently advises governments, central banks and insolvency practitioners.

Slaughter and May

Ian Kirby

Ian is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team and focuses on multi-jurisdictional patent litigation and intellectual property disputes. Ian has over 30 years’ experience in litigating and resolving cases before the English Patents Court and other IP courts, including the IPEC, as well as the English appeal courts and more recently the UPC. He frequently advises on matters that cross both the Atlantic and into continental Europe, and is at his happiest when faced with tricky and knotty commercial problems. His clients and peers highlight his tenacity, excellence and shrewdness but perhaps, above all, his ability to manage and get the most out of a team. As well as litigating disputes in all areas of IP law, Ian is a strong user and supporter of alternative dispute resolution and is a member of the WIPO List of Mediators. Whether preparing witnesses for trial, or bringing together two warring parties, Ian pays attention not only to the legal and commercial issues, but also the psychology of the dispute and the parties in striving for success either at trial or through a negotiated resolution. Ian is known for his pragmatic, clear and direct approach to managing, resolving and handling disputes. Ian is cited as being “an excellent leader…[his] arsenal of skills encompass monoclonal antibodies and voice recognition technologies” in The Legal 500, 2025. According to Legal 500 2024, “If you care about strategy and winning, Ian Kirby is the solicitor you want to anchor your litigation. He effectively manages and directs trial activities in court, and he is experienced with IP litigation on an international scale. He has good knowledge of US patent litigation processes and strategies, and he is able to adapt US litigation approaches into winning strategies in UK courts.” He is recommended by Managing Intellectual Property as an IP Star and a “smart” lawyer who is “always unruffled” during litigation, impressing clients with his “clear thinking”. He is also acknowledged by IAM Patent 1000 as “an ace when it comes to multi-jurisdictional patent litigation in any sector”. Chambers and Partners 2024 refers to Ian’s “excellent judgement and client-handling skills” while Legal 500 refers to him as a “thoughtful, pragmatic and astute litigator”. He maintains strong relationships with his litigation colleagues as well as the specialist external IP barristers. Despite the stresses and tensions caused by many pieces of major litigation, Ian’s relationships with many of his clients have been long-standing, and no job is too small or trivial, or too large and unwieldy, for Ian and the Carpmaels & Ransford team to handle. Ian was Carpmaels & Ransford’s first litigation partner and during the last 30 years, Ian has litigated high profile patent cases concerning monoclonal antibodies, voice recognition technology, and audio and many other technologies; globally famous copyright cases for the world’s largest publisher; trade mark and passing off cases that have pushed upon the edges of the law. IAM Patent 1000 notes that “Ian Kirby has been racking up the wins for over 25 years and stands out for his inspiring team management and big-picture thinking both in and out of the courtroom.”, while WTR 1000 comments that “Dispute-resolution maven Ian Kirby has put in many resonant courtroom performances over his 30-year career and has done much to shape the legal landscape.”

Carpmaels & Ransford LLP

Ian Ko

Ian advises firms and senior individuals facing regulatory investigations and enforcement action, with a focus on the financial services, accountancy and audit sectors. He has advised major accountancy and law firms, professional service organisations, as well as senior individuals in investigations and enforcement proceedings involving financial misconduct, ethical breaches, and workplace culture, often brought by the FRC, ICAEW, SRA, ACCA and CAI. He regularly advises on anti-money laundering compliance and the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. Ian also assists firms in these sectors to manage complex regulatory risks. This includes conducting internal investigations, advising on compliance with ethical standards, and navigating issues such as the use of artificial intelligence in audit and accountancy services. He has advised both the buy and sell sides in transactions involving private equity investment in accountancy and professional services firms in the UK, as well as other offshore and international jurisdictions. In addition to his investigations practice, Ian has experience advising public figures, institutions, and individuals involved as core participants or witnesses in major public inquiries, inquests and reviews. Admissions Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. Attorney, State Bar of New York.

Kingsley Napley LLP

Ian Lawton

Ian is a Senior Associate in our corporate department advising on all aspects of corporate law, including venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, shareholders' agreements, investments and general corporate advisory mandates. Ian works with a variety of clients including private companies based in the UK and overseas and venture capital investors. Ian read law at Durham University completing his degree in 2012 and he completed the LPC with distinction at Nottingham Law School in 2013. Ian joined Shoosmiths in September 2021 following 3 years as a corporate solicitor at a national law firm.

Shoosmiths LLP

Ian Layzell-Smith

Partner specialising in commercial and agricultural property work primarily for landed estate clients. Ian has particular experience in dealing with the sale of land for development including the grant of development options and promotion agreements, and also in mines and minerals and the letting of land for renewable energy projects.

Hunters Law LLP

Ian Lewis

Partner Ian advises in all areas of Professional Regulatory Discipline, Fitness to Practice and is an experienced Grade A Criminal Practitioner. Ian’s main specialism is in Police Law with particular emphasis on Misconduct proceedings, Inquests and Inquiries. For nearly 30 years Ian was the sole appointed Solicitor for the Police Superintendents Association. He has also represented numerous members of CPOSA.

JMW Solicitors LLP

Ian Lindley

Partner, Head of Commercial

Cripps

Ian Lipman

Ian has worked in commercial property for more than 30 years. Today his experience benefits a wide range of clients including property investment and development companies and property funds. His niche is development and property finance work that needs tax efficient structuring. It is complex and challenging and often demands imaginative and ground-breaking solutions.

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Ian Loveless

PartnerIan Loveless joined Reddie & Grose in 1993 and became a partner in 2000.

Reddie & Grose LLP

Ian Lynam

Ian’s practice spans a wide range of transactional and regulatory areas of sports law. Ian’s recent work highlights include advising: Blue Heaven Holdings on the sale of Everton FC to The Friedkin Group; Red Bull on its investment in Leeds United FC; Atairos on its investment in Aston Villa FC; Michele Kang on her acquisition of London City Lionesses; Al Nassr on the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo; Chelsea FC on its acquisition by the Boehly/Clearlake consortium; Elliott on the sale of AC Milan; and Spotify on its partnership with FC Barcelona. Ian is a contributing author to a number of leading textbooks including “Sport: Law and Practice”, “Football and the Law” and “The Negotiator’s Desk Reference”. He regularly speaks at conferences (including previous MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conferences) and lectures on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate university programmes.

Northridge Law LLP

Ian MacLeod

Partner, European and UK Patent Attorney

J A Kemp

Ian Manners

Partner and Head of Business Risk and Regulation

Ashfords LLP

Ian McConkey

Partner • Specialty Core

Weightmans LLP

Ian Mitchell

Ian leads Anthony Gold’s thriving leasehold services team. With over 10 years’ experience acting for leaseholders and freeholders in freehold acquisitions and lease extensions, few combine the same level of skill and tenacity on contentious and non-contentious enfranchisement work. Ian is a formidable Leasehold Reform Act specialist in: lease extensions and freehold acquisitions under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and Leasehold Reform Act 1967; service charges issues; block management issues; right to manage claims; missing landlord cases; leasehold houses.

Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Ian Morris

With extensive experience in all aspects of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, Ian advises companies, investors, boards, and management teams through periods of growth, transformation, and change. Specialising in leveraged buyouts, he advises private equity backed businesses from early stage through to buy, build and exit. Ian's clients include UK, and global businesses and entrepreneurs.

Marriott Harrison LLP

Ian Newcombe

lan is a partner who advises in a broad range of high value and complex commercial disputes including those in connection with procurement, joint venture agreements, share purchase, IT and media disputes. He specialises in working for national retailers and energy companies, particularly in the downstream arena. Ian has a reputation for delivering results within commercial timescales and has become the dispute resolution lawyer of choice for a number of national retailers and one of the big six energy providers.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Ian Nobbs

Ian is a part of the Defended Team based in Solent and is a Senior Associate. Ian has experience of dealing with defended Small Claims, Fast Track and Multi Track cases up to trial as well as Application hearings. He also manages a variety of matters involving insolvency, bankruptcy, asset recovery, and enforcement of County Court Judgments. Ian has a wide variety of litigation experience, dealing with a broad range of clients from the building, media, recruitment and financial sectors. His recent work experience includes:- successfully obtaining a County Court Judgment at trial against a large karaoke bar and restaurant who had failed to obtain a copyright music licence. Full costs were also awarded; recovering over £150K for a Recruitment Consultancy client after commencing winding up proceedings; settling a large dispute by way of a Part 36 offer and recovering full costs for the client.

Shoosmiths LLP

Ian Owen

Legal Director

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP