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Laura Harper
I have been immersed in the creative industries and innovation sectors for over 20 years working with and for creative and technology driven businesses. I advise UK and International organisations on complex contractual matters and IP strategy and bring a practical, resolution-driven approach to even the most challenging negotiations having worked both in-house and in private practice. I specialise in advising organisations on commercial contracts and brand protection and have a wealth of experience in negotiating commercial deals across the video games, fashion, communications, TV and cultural sectors.
Lewis Silkin
Laura Hickman
Principal Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Laura Hobbs
Laura is a Senior Associate in the Corporate and Commercial team, and specialises in advising clients on intellectual property, technology and commercial contracts. Her clients include tech start-ups and household technology brands, as well as a wide range of charities and SMEs on commercial contracts and IT outsourcing arrangements. She has particular expertise in advising on EdTech and MedTech, on contracting for sustainable supply chains, and advising clients on the ever-changing legal requirements and landscape surrounding AI and ethical AI. Examples of Laura’s recent work include advising a UK based generic medical device manufacturer on drafting and negotiating an agreement with a pharmaceutical company for the development of a generic device for use with certain medications; and supporting a medical research funding organisation on a complex negotiation of a master services agreement which involved significant consideration of both IP and quality control related matters.
Bates Wells
Laura Hobey-Hamsher
Partner, Public Law and Human Rights. For well over a decade, Laura has been known for her contentious and non-contentious work acting for, and advising in, cases concerning individuals made vulnerable because of a lack of mental capacity, physical ill health, or mental ill health. Laura's work encompasses numerous other specialist areas, including cases brought under – or concerning – the Children Act 1989, the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court, the Care Act 2014, the Mental Health Act 1983, and professional and regulatory frameworks. In her broad practice, Laura regularly advises private individuals, the Official Solicitor, and charitable and commercial organisations, in national and cross-border disputes, amongst others. She is regularly invited to speak at seminars and conferences, and has provided advice and training to legal, medical, and social work professionals, as well as NGOs, charities, and campaigning organisations. Laura has acted in many high profile and significant Court of Protection cases, many of which have featured in both the national and international media. Known equally however for her sensitive and discreet approach, over the years, many well-known individuals and household names have benefited from Laura’s renowned ability to ensure that their cases are kept out of the public domain.
Bindmans LLP
Laura Holdaway
Laura specialises in real estate finance transactions and leads the real estate finance team. Laura has specialised in real estate finance matters since qualification having previously been in house at Sears plc. Laura’s recent work includes advising a London based fund manager on a series of large portfolio refinancings in excess of £350m, advising an AIM listed residential developer on the complex structuring and funding arrangements for a £100m residential development in Stratford; advising a local enterprise partnership on infrastructure findings for high profile development projects and advising a major UK clearing bank on a series of property development and investment facilities in in excess of £100m.
Mills & Reeve LLP
Laura Honeybourne
Partner - Regulatory NMC
Weightmans LLP
Laura Hook
Partner
Ashtons Legal
Laura Houston
Partner; Laura advises clients on the full spectrum of IP, tech and commercial contracts matters. Laura’s IP practice covers both advisory and transactional work. She has extensive experience in advising clients on the protection and exploitation of IP rights across a broad range of sectors and industries, alongside portfolio management matters. In addition, Laura frequently acts on IP licensing arrangements, as well as the IP and technology aspects of mergers, acquisitions, disposals, investments and joint ventures. On the tech side, Laura advises on all areas of traditional and emerging technologies, including blockchain, AI and Internet of Things, both in an advisory capacity and as part of wider transactions. Laura also has significant experience in advising on the transitional servicing aspects of corporate transactions, in addition to a wide range of other commercial arrangements underpinning such transactions. Laura is also an active participant in our Data Privacy hub, advising clients on data protection and privacy issues in a wide range of contexts.
Slaughter and May
Laura Hughes
Laura is a highly experienced family law solicitor with over 18 years’ experience advising clients on all aspects of family law. She supports individuals from the outset of separation through to resolution and beyond. Laura advises across the full range of family law matters and is a specialist in managing the resolution of financial settlements on divorce through negotiation, non‑court dispute resolution (NCDR), or court proceedings and has a particular interest in cases involving complex and contested financial issues. Laura also has particular expertise in multifaceted Children Act proceedings, acting in cases involving child arrangements, disputed welfare and safeguarding allegations, alienating behaviours, and internal and international relocation disputes. Laura regularly acts in sensitive disputes concerning allegations of domestic abuse as well as obtaining protective injunctions. She also advises on financial claims for unmarried couples and parents, including Schedule 1 applications, pre‑nuptial and post‑nuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements, appeals, and third‑party intervenor claims. Laura works collaboratively with other professionals, such as mediators, divorce consultants, accountants, pension experts, independent social workers, and psychotherapists to ensure clients receive a holistic support package.
Keystone Law
Laura Hunter-Watkins
Senior Associate
Hamblin Family Law LLP
Laura Jenkins
Partner Laura is a highly skilled and experienced lawyer who has been assisting clients in resolving disputes for over 15 years. She acts for individuals and corporations in complex commercial litigation, including alternative dispute resolution procedures such as mediation. The focus of Laura’s work is high value, complex, multi-party disputes. Laura has experience of representing companies, asset managers, funds, liquidators, directors and high net worth individuals across a wide range of industry sectors. Her cases have included claims arising in or relating to breaches of contract, securities claims, debt actions, insolvency-related issues, fraud claims and cross border enforcement as well as breach of confidence disputes. She has significant “big case” experience acting for both claimants and defendants, with particular expertise in managing and structuring group and multi-party litigation, often alongside external stakeholders such as litigation funders. Laura spearheads the firm’s Shareholder Disputes practice. Publishable matters on which Laura has acted include: Acting for a large public institution in fraud claims exceeding £1bn against over 40 defendants based around the globe. This dispute was listed as one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2025 and will, by its conclusion, be the longest running commercial court trial. Acting for defendants to the c. £1.2bn fraud claim brought by the Danish tax authority (SKAT) arising from SKAT’s historic payment of withholding tax refunds. This dispute was listed by The Lawyer as one of the top 20 cases of 2021 and 2024. Acting for the BVI and Cayman liquidators of Stanford International Bank Ltd (in liquidation) in a £120m negligence claim against HSBC Bank plc arising out of a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. This dispute was listed by The Lawyer as one of the top 20 cases of 2021. Acting in a multi-million pound joint venture dispute relating to the acquisition of investments in ground rents which settled following mediation in 2023. Acting for the liquidators of two BVI SPVs in their claim against Deutsche Bank and others, for in excess of £500m, which involved cross border insolvency applications and High Court proceedings. Successfully settling a contract dispute arising between a multi-national manufacturing company and a producer of machines necessary for its manufacturing processes.
Stewarts Law LLP
Laura Lea
Laura is a STEP qualified solicitor with extensive expertise in lifetime planning for UK and international high-net-worth individuals. She specialises in estate and succession planning, providing comprehensive guidance on asset protection, inheritance tax mitigation, and the creation of tailored wealth structuring solutions. Her experience is particularly valuable for clients with complex family dynamics who need to balance competing interests, covering areas such as will preparation, lasting powers of attorney and mental capacity considerations. Laura also manages and guides executors through all aspects of estate administration. She believes in developing long-lasting professional relationships with her clients and is keen to be seen as their trusted advisor. She has an eye for detail and will always go the extra mile to achieve her clients' aims. Laura is a full member of the Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners and is an Associate member of Solicitors for the Elderly.
Howard Kennedy LLP
Laura Lobb
Laura is a partner at Littler and has over 17 years' experience advising on the employment aspects of commercial transactions. Laura is an expert on the employment aspects of commercial transactions and, in particular, complex M&A and TUPE/outsourcing arrangements. Having been involved in matters from major reorganisations through to advising at Board level on significant transactions, Laura gives practical and pragmatic advice with a commercial focus. Laura also has experience of advising on substantial and high-profile regulatory matters and has advised in relation to HMRC investigations into NMW issues in the technology sector (specifically in relation to secondees from other jurisdictions and apprentices), ICO investigations following insurance sector-wide data breaches, and both supporting and carrying out HR investigations as an independent investigator. Laura excels at delivering realistic and clear advice in order to build strong working relationships in these challenging situations. Building on an early career of advising in relation to TUPE and organisational change in public sector matters, Laura has transferred this knowledge of a regulated environment to advising on matters relating to financial services. She has advised in relation to the effects of SMCR and the implementation of GDPR and gives advice that takes into account the nuances of working in a regulated sector, providing support from a legal perspective with an insight into employee relations, accountability to a regulator and public perception.
Littler
Laura Ludlow
Principal Associate. Laura is a real estate development lawyer with a focus on ESG issues, advising education institutions, public bodies, institutional investors and developers on real estate and development projects. She specialises in work for the education sector, advising universities and colleges in the management and development of their estates. Laura also has experience of a diverse range of commercial property and construction matters, acting for investment funds, developers and local authorities.
Mills & Reeve LLP
Laura Mackain-Bremner
Laura advises individuals and businesses on commercial disputes, contentious Wills, trusts and probate and agricultural property litigation. Laura is a Partner in the Commercial and Private Client Litigation Team specialising in commercial disputes, with a particular focus on agri-business, agri-tech and disputes which involve agricultural equipment and contracts. Laura advises both individuals and businesses in this regard. Laura’s commercial litigation practice is broad and includes advising individuals and businesses in all sectors on any number of contentious matters ranging from professional negligence to farming finance. The subject matter of these disputes is also wide, including anything from artificial insemination and genetics to disputed debts. Laura was the fee earner with conduct of a heavy-weight multi-party litigation matter involving 17 Claimants and 4 Defendants. Her determination has seen a successful settlement in this matter some 5 years after its issue. This was a major contributing factor in the firm winning NFU panel firm of the year and has been reported in the farming press. Laura is the main fee earner on numerous commercial matters and is training junior members of the team as this area expands for the team. Laura trained at Lester Aldridge, qualifying into its litigation team in London in 2013. Before moving back to Somerset to join Clarke Willmott she worked for a boutique litigation firm in London, joining Clarke Willmott in 2017. She is Vice President of the Executive Committee of Taunton Chamber of Commerce and also a member of the Agricultural Law Association. How Laura can help you Laura advises clients in all sectors on a wide range of contentious commercial issues including: Breach of contract or contractual disputes; Debt claims; Professional negligence; Defamation; Shareholder/partner disputes; Fraud; and Judicial review As a member of the Agriculture sector group, Laura is regularly instructed by agri-businesses in relation to any number of issues relating to matters such as food and drink or agri-tech. Laura also advises on a wide range of contentious agricultural property matters such as: Easements – including rights of way; Land drainage and flooding; Boundaries; Adverse possession; Trespass; Nuisance; Agricultural tenancies; Farming partnerships; Proprietary estoppel; and Co-owner property disputes including declarations as to ownership and/or claims for occupation rent. Laura also defends and brings claims: under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975; contesting the validity of Wills (due to lack of testamentary capacity and/or want of knowledge and approval); against executors and trustees for breach of trust/maladministration; and against solicitors in relation to Will drafting and the construction of Wills or mistakes in Wills. Experience Acting for a group of milk producers and successfully defeating an application for an interim injunction brought against them by the processor who wanted to stop them from ceasing supply following termination of notice –Watson’s Dairies Ltd v AG Lambert [2020] 10 WLUK 45 Successfully defending a client’s use of a right of way in relation to a Court Claim brought against him. The claim sought an injunction preventing the client from using the right of way except for within certain parameters and/or damages in relation to the same. Assisting in successfully reclaiming property lost during a Group Company restructure. The client sought to recover property passed to the Crown (Bona Vacantia) on the dissolution of one of the companies within the Group. The Court held another company within the Group was beneficially entitled to the property.
Clarke Willmott LLP
Laura Mackenzie
Partner
Fieldfisher
Laura Marsh
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Laura Matthews
Laura is a partner in RK’s Dispute Resolution Group. Laura has significant experience acting for lenders, financial institutions and loan servicers in the field of complex and high value professional negligence actions against valuers and solicitors, advising clients both pre-action and in High Court proceedings. Laura also has considerable experience in other areas of banking litigation, including the enforcement of personal guarantees, breach of trust claims and enforcement of mortgage terms and conditions. In addition, Laura deals with all forms of Commercial Litigation, including breach of contract claims and shareholder disputes. Laura has also handled complex real estate litigation on behalf of a wide range of clients including forfeiture proceedings, contested lease renewal proceedings and breach of restrictive covenant disputes.
Rosling King
Laura McCann
Laura is an associate director (FCILEx) in the housing team with over 15 years’ experience in the sector. She acts for housing providers, including housing associations and local authorities, in the sale and purchase of both outright and affordable housing, and has a strong and loyal client following. She advises clients on joint venture/mixed tenure schemes and has significant experience of advising on schemes such as Help to Buy. Furthermore, she deals with all after sales matters including re-sales, staircasing and lease extensions.
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Laura McDonagh
Laura is a Solicitor in the Inheritance Protection team. Laura specialises in all private client matters, including drafting Wills and Trusts, drafting Lasting Powers of Attorney, acting on Court of Protection matters, estate administration, and general estate planning. She offers personable and clear-cut advice with an empathetic approach, which appeals to clients during the most difficult periods of their lives. Laura McDonagh qualified in 2017.
Gardner Leader LLP
Laura Mcilduff
Laura is a Partner in the Serious Injury department at Irwin Mitchell’s Newcastle office. She works with children and adults who have sustained life changing brain, spinal cord and amputation injuries. Since 2016 (and 3 years PQE) she has been responsible for the management of her own complex cases valued at over £500,000 and regularly handles multi million pound cases. In the past 3 years, she has secured £38.264 million in compensation for her clients with settlements ranging between £1.5 million and £21.5 million gross. She is totally committed to her clients, particularly the use of Special Measures in personal injury cases to support vulnerable Claimants through the Court process. She is a strong advocate of the Serious Injury Guide and works collaboratively with Defendant Insurers and Solicitors where possible to obtain early interim payments and meet rehabilitation needs before hospital discharge. Laura also founded NE Amputee, a support group for amputees and their families in the North East, after noting a lack of provision in the local area for her clients. Laura is an APIL Accredited Senior Litigator and Brain Injury Specialist as well as the Early Careers Regional Representative for the Newcastle office, supporting aspiring lawyers from all backgrounds with their legal careers. Laura was nominated as Insurance Rising Star of the Year in the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards 2023. Recent client feedback: "I cannot fault the service me and my family have received from Irwin Mitchell. I felt My solicitor Laura Mcilduff went above and beyond my expectations and became more than a solicitor but someone I could rely on. Laura took a great deal of time explaining everything to me throughout, to ensure I understood and could make informed choices. Overall, the key point for my experience was the personal touch I felt I received, that was so important. The amazing support she provided, down to the informal friendly chats that were needed of reassurance, understanding and patience was priceless and something I will always be grateful for." Another recent 5* TrustPilot review: “I couldn’t have got through the last 5 years without the team I was provided with by Irwin Mitchell, following a RTA in 2018. It has been a long lengthy process & still ongoing in some respects but the team always made me feel at ease took control of everything that was over whelming to be, easily staying in contact through phone calls and emails. I couldn’t recommend them more for a personal injury claim, my main point of contact was Laura Mcilduff who I could not fault at all she is the best of the best and has met every need I have endured along with Tom Dias who I have pestered at points along the way, but nothing was a bother. It can be very daunting in the beginning but these guys helped not only me but my family members too, and we powered on through, it was a pleasure to have them on my side, also using other departments now as things progress and have to mention the names, John Riley Dibb, Lara Tucker & Connie Smith for their continued support. They are an absolute credit to Irwin Mitchell and I thank them all from the bottom of my heart.”
Irwin Mitchell
Laura Middleton-Guerard
Partner
Irwin Mitchell
Laura Morrish
Laura is a Senior Associate in the Trademarks team of the Charity & Social Enterprise department at Bates Wells. She supports clients with the management and enforcement of their Intellectual Property portfolio and has extensive experience in advising clients across a wide range of commercial sectors that she can draw on to get the best possible outcome. Her work includes advising on Trade Mark selection and filing strategies at both a UK and global level; and prosecuting trade mark applications at the UKIPO and internationally.
Bates Wells
Laura Mortimer
Partner
B P Collins LLP