Avocats – England

Marc Carter

Partner in commercial property business unit specialising in development and investment work, including development agreements, finance agreements, forward purchase agreements, forward funding agreements, agreements for lease, conditional contracts, options, equity sharing leases, investment acquisitions and disposals and commercial leases. Clients include the Stepnell group of companies, the Jelmac group of companies, The Midcounties Co-Operative Ltd, Kenmare Estates Ltd, Perrys Motor Sales Ltd, City & County Investments (Scotland) Ltd, Natwest/RBS, Greensand Trust, Church UK Retail Ltd, Crockett & Jones Ltd, Cheaneys Shoes Ltd.

HCR Law

Marc Dando

Senior Litigation Executive

Hudgell Solicitors

Marc Dautlich

Marc is a technology specialist with over 25 years’ experience gained in private practice, as well as inhouse at Equifax and on secondments at Microsoft. He advises clients in the technology, financial services and life sciences sectors on data protection, cyber risk and digital matters. Marc helps clients to evaluate and manage data protection and cyber risk in cross-border compliance programs, in technology projects involving the development of machine learning/artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, cloud applications, in life sciences and medical device projects covering healthcare apps, remote diagnostics, clinical trials and investigations and genomic research, and in the financial services sector across the lifecycle of product development and FinTech applications. Marc also advises on cyber security incidents, and regulatory investigations and disputes involving data protection, misuse of private information and breaches of confidentiality, and has experience of devising voluntary redress schemes for individuals affected by such misuse or breaches. Marc advises on both UK and EU law, covering GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, the proposed ePrivacy Regulation, the Network and Information Systems Regulations, the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations, Investigatory Powers legislation and the data protection and security aspects of financial services legislation and regulation (such as PSD2 and the SYSC rules in the FCA Handbook). Marc has a good working knowledge of German and Swedish.

Bristows LLP

Marc Glancy

Marc has a broad banking and financing practice advising individuals, corporates and financial institutions on a wide range of financing transactions, including general bank lending, property finance, leveraged finance, restructuring, and project finance.

Farrer & Co

Marc Hanson

Marc Hanson is a Partner in the Construction Group and Co-Head of Non-Contentious Construction. He is a leading non-contentious lawyer with over 30 years’ experience covering domestic and international projects for a diverse range of clients including property developers, institutions, public authorities, funders and contractors. He specialises in procurement routes for complex construction projects and drafting and negotiating all forms of construction documentation.

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Marc Jones

Partner in the Competition Litigation, Fraud and Securities Litigation departments. Marc specialises in high-value commercial and financial disputes, often involving complex financial products and foreign/offshore jurisdictions. Marc acts for financial institutions, public and private companies, states and state-entities, and high net worth individuals in complex commercial and financial disputes. His key practice areas include securities litigation, company and shareholder disputes, professional negligence, fraud claims, asset tracing and related injunctions such as freezing orders. Marc has been the lead partner in a number of ground-breaking cases, including: Successfully recovering £1 million worth of bitcoin for the claimant in Robertson v Persons Unknown, in which the High Court considered whether cryptocurrencies are legal property. Acting for US investors in claims for US$650 million concerning a failed Islamic bond (sukuk), in which the High Court found in favour of the claimants and held for the first time that an arranging bank owed a duty of care to the secondary bond market. Acting for European investors in the first UK claim against a rating agency and major bank seeking over £100 million in damages for alleged fraudulent and negligent rating and marketing of complex financial products.

Stewarts Law LLP

Marc Keidan

Partner

Keidan Harrison

Marc King

Marc King is a Senior Associate specialising in estate planning, trusts, and estate administration, with a particular focus on inheritance tax, business succession planning, and cross-border taxation matters. He advises clients on complex estates, including business owners and those with overseas assets, ensuring practical, cost-effective solutions tailored to their individual circumstances. Marc works closely with clients’ existing advisers to provide coherent, strategic guidance across tax, business, and family considerations.

Flint Bishop

Marc Leyshon

Marc has experience in a wide range of real estate matters including advising on landlord and tenant work, sales and acquisitions and property elements of finance transactions acting for both borrowers and lenders. He has a good knowledge of distressed property work, in particular acting for lenders and receivers on the sales of both commercial and residential properties. Marc’s clients include institutional landlords, family offices, major lenders and corporates. He also acts for developers with a focus on acquiring sites for development using conditional contracts or options and often involving overage provisions and staged completions. Marc has the experience to add value for his clients in liaising with our construction and planning teams to manage long term projects successfully.

Wedlake Bell LLP

Marc Livingston

Janes Solicitors

Marc Long

Marc is a Partner in the Employment team specialising in all aspects of both contentious and non-contentious employment, with particular emphasis on TUPE and outsourcing.

Clarke Willmott LLP

Marc Meryon

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Marc Naidoo

Marc is a partner at Howard Kennedy. He is an international finance lawyer operating within Africa, Asia and other emerging market jurisdictions. Market specialism in developmental finance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) transactions and policy advice. Marc has been operating within emerging markets for over 15 years and has been actively involved in developmental finance as it has transitioned into what is now referred to as ESG. Marc's practice can be described as a sector agnostic general finance practice, with an increased focuss on ESG and emerging markets. His general skillset allows him to operate within most forms of debt finance, which includes, but is not limited to: syndicated loans, developmental loans, credit mitigation structures, bank to bank lending, public sector loans and credit enhancement structures. In addition to transactional advice, Marc provides internal ESG overlay on transactions, on both the sponsor and lender side. This includes assisting clients in navigating the sustainable finance spectrum and narrative; assisting with internal taxonomies which track the UN SDGs and the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance; and dealing with third party providers with carbon capturing and measurement methodologies. Marc also worked at the African Development Bank in Abidjan, and was a also a founding member of the Standard Chartered Sustainable Finance Team. He has been extensively published on matters relating to emerging markets and ESG, as has spoken at numerous conferences on both these subjects.

Howard Kennedy LLP

Marc Palley

Marc is a very experienced lawyer with over 40 years’ experience in a wide variety of areas, including banking, capital markets, derivatives, real estate finance, restructurings, insolvency and dispute resolution. He has advised a large variety of banks and borrowers and other entities in corporate and real estate and other financings and matters.

Keystone Law

Marc Proudfoot

Marc Proudfoot is a capital markets solicitor specialising in investment trusts, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and venture capital trusts (VCTs). He is a partner and heads the Investment Trusts practice. Marc is a capital markets lawyer, with a particular focus on closed-ended investment companies such as investment trusts, VCTs and REITs. Marc's knowledge and experience of the listed investment funds sector and capital markets more generally, means that he is able to give precise, commercial and effective advice to Boards and investment managers. Marc has experience of advising on the full life cycle of a listed company. This includes structuring the company for IPO, raising additional capital through secondary fundraisings and de-listings. He is also experienced in the full range of corporate actions, such as takeovers, mergers and capital reductions. Through the firm's FCA regulated arm, Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP, Marc is also able to provide sponsor services to listed investment funds. This provides his clients with unique access to a sponsor purely focussed on the closed-ended investment funds space and the expertise that this brings, but at a cost effective price range. Marc provides his clients with straight forward advice, tailored to their specific needs. His reach across the listed funds industry and across a variety of different advisers, allows him to provide invaluable insight to Boards and investment managers.

Howard Kennedy LLP

Marc Saunderson

Currently head of the family law team in Birmingham. Marc deals in all areas of family law to include divorce, high-value ancillary relief, pre and post-nuptial agreements and separation issues. Marc is a collaborative lawyer and mediator, and an accredited specialist in high-net-worth ancillary relief and ancillary relief procedure.

Mills & Reeve LLP

Marc Sobol

Marc’s broadcasting and content distribution work encompasses media rights holders and distribution platforms. Deals include licencing agreements with Sky, BT Sports, BBC, Channel 4, AMC Networks and movie studios. He has recently advised a new television platform in Africa, completing over 40 channel agreements. Marc’s sports media practice draws on the rights sales and licencing advice he has provided to federations including the EFL, Premiership Rugby, European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), the WBC and Major League Soccer. Recent work includes running an auction for EPCR’s media rights, and negotiating agreements with winning bidders BT Sport, Channel 4 and TV3. He has also advised talkSPORT, Guardian Media Group and new media platforms on the acquisition and exploitation of sports rights.

Simons Muirhead Burton

Marc Sosnow

I specialise in mergers and acquisitions including joint ventures, disposals, private equity, venture capital and corporate governance work. I have particular expertise in advising high net worth family offices, entrepreneurs and business start-ups on a wide range of global business interests including bridging finance, corporate real estate projects, hotels, leisure, retail, media and battery storage projects. I have acted for clients including Yoo Capital, Alternative Bridging Corporation, National Lighting Group, Gallery Direct, Angels Fancy Dress, Strawberry Star, Miroma Group and Sadita Group. I am a founding trustee of the London Legal Support Trust, a national charity that provides financial support to pro bono legal advice centres. I also sit on the boards of several other UK charitable foundations and was recently admitted to the Livery of The City of London Solicitors’ Company, and I am a Freeman of the City of London.

Fladgate LLP

Marc Veit

Partner

LALIVE

Marc Weisberger

Partner

gunnercooke LLP

Marc Wilkinson

Partner, European and UK Patent Attorney, Litigator

J A Kemp

Marcela Navarrete

Solicitor

Wilson Solicitors LLP

Marcia Longdon

Marcia joined as a partner in the immigration team in January 2014. She has practised in the area of immigration, nationality and European law since 1998. Marcia is a leading expert on corporate immigration covering mergers and acquisitions. She is incredibly knowledgeable with HR policy, compliance and risk analysis; reporting and audit planning; high touch service planning for executives and VIPs; business traveller compliance; cost and budgeting as well as global project planning. Marcia also provides training to HR professionals and practitioners on all aspects of immigration law.

Kingsley Napley LLP

Marco Morbidini

Partner

Kilburn & Strode LLP