Avocats – England

James Bell

James is the head of our Medical Negligence and Personal Injury practice and joined the firm in 2023 from Hodge, Jones & Allen. He has undertaken medical negligence and personal injury cases for over 30 years. Throughout his career James has dealt with a very wide range of cases concerning all types of negligence claims – delayed diagnosis cases, birth injuries, anaesthetic injuries, surgical errors, GP and hospital negligence, all types of orthopaedic claims, including complex hip and knee replacement surgery claims and all types of cancer cases. He has pursued cases against NHS and private hospitals, General Practitioners and many disciplines of private treatment providers. He is also very experienced in dealing with insurance companies and their appointed legal teams in personal injury claims.

Kingsley Napley LLP

James Benedick

James is a real estate lawyer with wide experience of acting for, landlords, tenants, pension funds, property companies and financial institutions. He has extensive experience of all aspects of commercial property and, in particular, investment transactions. James’ experience includes sales, purchases and asset management of multi-let offices, retail parks and industrial estates. James also advises on real estate aspects of corporate and finance transactions. His recent project experience includes advising: a real estate investment company on the acquisition of prime London office and residential premises for £10.25 million with a view to converting to extending and converting to sole residential use; a multinational corporation on all matters connected with the management of their UK real estate portfolio, including a mixture of new lease acquisitions in retail parks and outlets as well as new concept stores in a range of high profile locations; a high profile British retail and commercial bank on the property aspects of a £15.9 million loan in respect of a shopping centre purchase; a pension fund on the sale of West End offices premises to an international investment company for £15.75 million; and on the property aspects of a disposal by a human resource consulting firm of a wholly owned subsidiary to a national logistics company for £5 million.

Shoosmiths LLP

James Berry

. James leads the Dispute Resolution team at Freeths’ Sheffield office which prides itself on building long-term client relationships by being outcome-driven and providing commercial and pragmatic advice. James advises a diverse range of clients with a particular focus on the manufacturing, construction and technology sectors. He deals with a wide variety of commercial disputes including complex IT issues, shareholder disputes, enforcement of restrictive covenants, claims arising from the sale and purchase of businesses, warranty claims, professional negligence claims and commercial contract disputes. The Legal 500 recognises that he “works stupendously hard and is clever and easy to work with“. James has extensive experience of dealing with High Court litigation particularly in the context of handling interim injunction applications, unfair prejudice proceedings and high value/commercially sensitive contractual disputes. He is an active proponent of alternative dispute resolution including mediation, expert determination and negotiation and has experience of dealing with international claims involving companies who are based overseas including Australia, India, Pakistan, France and the US, dealt with through court proceedings and arbitration. He has considerable experience of working with senior board members of companies across SMEs, PLCs, AIM and Fortune 500 – with a proven track record of success and particular emphasis on client care and delivering a high quality service.

Freeths LLP

James Betts

Associate solicitor

Irwin Mitchell

James Bingham

James is a partner in our specialist pensions litigation team. His practice covers the full spectrum of pensions related litigation. He has been involved in a wide variety of cases and has extensive experience of dealing with investigations by the Pensions Regulator in both a defined benefit and a defined contribution context. James has also worked on a number of significant High Court case, including: Wedgwood v Salt – acting for the representative beneficiary in Part 8 proceedings concerning the closure of the Scheme to future accrual prior to the Scheme entering the PPF; and Saga Group Ltd v Paul – acting for the employer and the trustee jointly in rectification and professional negligence proceedings relating to certain errors in the Scheme documentation. James has been involved in advising both trustee and adviser clients on professional negligence actions, focusing on the needs of the client and works to ensure that the best possible result is achieved, often through mediation or other forms of ADR. James also frequently works with the firm’s ongoing clients to provide advice and guidance in relation to complaints brought by members under the scheme’s internal dispute resolution procedure and ultimately to the Pensions Ombudsman.

Sacker & Partners LLP

James Boon

James specialises in contentious IP matters. He has a breadth of experience in advising on patent disputes in the telecommunication, electronics, aeronautics and oil and gas fields. Other areas of James' practice include the interplay between IP and competition law and copyright infringement with an IT-focused subject matter. James is experienced in dealing with cross-border litigation in Europe, North America and Asia. He is closely involved with preparations for the UPC and led a team in our well publicised UPC Moot designed to stress test the UPC procedures in a real-time framework. James' doctorate in optoelectronics and general background in physics provides him with a firm understanding of highly technical issues. He is experienced in working with a diverse range of technical subject matter from 3G mobile telecommunications and optical data storage to immunoassay techniques and pharmaceuticals. James has advised on a number of high profile IP disputes, including acting for Aerotel in the Court of Appeal's ruling on patentability of business methods and software patents and for Philips in a successful patent claim in the field of human computer interaction and computer vision. James is a qualified Solicitor-Advocate with full rights of audience before all of the UK’s civil courts. He is a member of AIPPI and CIPA.

Bristows LLP

James Brand

James Brand is a Consultant in the Real Estate team, specialising in Construction. James is experienced in all aspects of construction & engineering law. His work covers a wide spectrum of commercial development, residential and mixed use construction and development projects for developers, consultants and contractors. In addition, he advises on all methods of construction procurement including strategic framework and/or partnering strategies. James is a member of the Society of Construction Law; a regular contributor to articles in the construction press and a speaker at construction law conferences. Outside work James enjoys travelling, theatre and participates as a reading mentor to help children with reading difficulties. James lives in Chiswick, west London.

Druces LLP

James Breese

James specialises in insurance disputes and exclusively advises and represents policyholders. He assists businesses and individuals from various sectors with their claims for indemnity from insurers. Clients range from public companies, private equity houses and multinational enterprises to high net worth individuals and directors of companies facing serious charges. James represented Stonegate Pub Company Limited in its £1.1bn claim for losses suffered due to Covid-19. This is the largest case of its kind in the insurance market and akin to a test case. Other key clients have included large and high-profile institutions and individuals within the financial markets. James also has particular experience advising directors and officers on coverage of third-party claims and regulatory investigations, often involving the application of EU, UK and Office of Foreign Control (OFAC) sanctions to complex cross-jurisdictional proceedings.

Stewarts Law LLP

James Brock

Senior Associate

DKLM Solicitors

James Brockhurst

Partner

Forsters LLP

James Bromley

James is a Partner in the Tax Team. He has experience providing tax advice to clients on a range of tax-sensitive matters including property and corporate transactions, restructurings, investments and wealth management decisions. James has particular expertise advising on property, finance, VAT and international tax issues. He is a member of the VAT Practitioners Group and the International Business Structuring Association.

Farrer & Co

James Brown

Managing Partner

Hall Brown Family Law

James Brunton

Partner

Nockolds Solicitors

James Bryce

James is a Senior Associate within the Real Estate practice group with over 4 years' experience acting for clients in respect of their real estate transactions. James represents a number of household name national clients, assisting them on a variety of real estate matters including landlord and tenant transactions (acting for both landlords and occupiers), acquisitions and disposals and offers other, miscellaneous real estate management support. Specifically, this includes: assisting on a number of huge, team-wide projects, most recently a £40million portfolio acquisition for a property investment client and a nationwide renewal of over 300 leases for a national retail client; acting for numerous investment landlords in respect of their asset management portfolios; acting for a variety of retail clients in relation to their leasehold management portfolio, including lease renewals and various licences and miscellaneous deeds for a number of household names; advising on and negotiating the terms of advertisement agreements for a national storage company; the preparation of a wide variety of transactional documents for both disposals and acquisitions; and investigating and subsequently reporting to clients on a wide variety of title issues and document terms.

Shoosmiths LLP

James Bunker

James is an experienced and client-focused property lawyer who advises on high-value property transactions. He is an expert on the prime and super-prime London residential markets, frequently deals with highly complex and high-profile cases, and is one of the ‘go-to’ property lawyers in London. James’ client base includes high-net-worth individuals from the UK, Central Europe, the US, Canada, and the Middle East.

Keystone Law

James Burnie

Partner

gunnercooke LLP

James Burnie

Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

James Busby

James specialises in banking & finance law and acts for banks, financial institutions and borrowers on a range of transactions including real estate finance, corporate acquisitions and general corporate lending.

Browne Jacobson LLP

James Busby

Browne Jacobson LLP

James Carlton

Partner

Fox Williams LLP

James Carroll

James is Managing Partner at Russell-Cooke. He specialises in the financial and other consequences of relationship formation or breakdown. His principal role is to help people separate sensibly. James is an expert in complex financial matters, including those involving businesses and trust/tax structures, often with an international dimension. He has considerable knowledge of pre-nuptial agreements (having sat on the Advisory Group to the Law Commission). In contrast with many family lawyers, James' practice is not limited to representing married couples or those in a personal relationship. He also acts for family members, business partners or trusts/corporations that own property together or face family-related legal issues. James is identified as a leader in the field in relation to same-sex relationships, civil partnerships and same-sex marriages, particularly those involving cross-border issues. He has a particularly strong reputation in resolving matters through constructive discussions and cooperation. James is both an accredited mediator and a collaborative family lawyer (both specialist forms of dispute resolution designed to reach solutions out of court). James works with and advises individuals, couples or wider family members.

Russell-Cooke LLP

James Chadwick

Partner

TLT

James Chadwick

Partner

TLT

James Channo

James is a specialist in corporate and business law, with a particular focus on AIM and main market listings, IPOs, secondary offerings, cross-border mergers & acquisitions, and joint ventures. He works for both private and listed companies, representing clients in a diverse range of sectors including financial services, pharma, tech, mining, and oil & gas, and is fluent in Spanish.

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