Maria Coggins > Capital Law Limited > Cardiff, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Capital Law Limited handles a considerable amount of contentious and non-contentious insolvency work under the respective umbrellas of the firm’s overarching commercial litigation and commercial practice areas. ‘Clever and commercial’ litigator Philip Jones takes the lead on much of the firm’s contentious insolvency work and is regularly engaged by IPs pursuing insolvent companies in the context of alleged fraudulent trading, transactions at an undervalue and asset tracing. Corporate and commercial lawyer Maria Coggins is the de-facto head of the non-contentious offering, and has over the years gained significant experience advising IPs and corporates on consensual restructuring matters and formal insolvency procedures.

Capital Law Limited handles non-contentious and contentious IP work as a function of its broader commercial law and commercial litigation offerings at the firm. Commercial head Maria Coggins is well-versed in advising technology, media and sports clients on contractual issues regarding the effective commercialisation of their IPR. Associate Kellsey Logue  regularly provides IP due diligence concomitant to M&A work handled by the firm, as well as providing an IP auditing service to help clients develop and implement effective IP strategies.

Spearheaded by Maria Coggins , Capital Law Limited‘s commercial team provides ‘high level legal advice’ to traditional financial services, cyber security specialists and public/third sector clients across a range of contractual matters, including on IT outsourcing, software development and licensing agreements. The team is also accomplished at handling data protection/privacy matters, both from a risk management perspective as well as providing guidance following any breaches – an area that the ‘talented’ Chris Coughlan has significant experience. In addition, Coughlan, who is praised for his ‘solutions focused advice’, has significant commercial contracts expertise for fintech and insurtech clients, as well as leading the firm’s relationship with the University of South Wales’ business incubator, which includes mentoring new technology businesses.

Despite lacking a standalone media and entertainment practice group, a number of practitioners from across Capital Law Limited‘s full-service offering handle work in the sector, including those within the corporate and commercial, commercial disputes and employment practices. Maria Coggins is the primary contact and leverages her IP and general commercial contracts expertise to good effect for clients in the creative industries sector, where she assists them with the ownership, licensing and use of the IPR in the works they create/own.

With twenty practitioners focusing on corporate and commercial work, the   ‘responsive and proactive’ team at Capital Law Limited has the strength-in-depth to handle a tremendous range and volume of work for private and listed companies on transactional work in the immediate geographical confines, as well as beyond the Welsh borders. Under the guidance of ‘solutions-oriented’ corporate head Tom Kelleher  and former in-house counsel at 3i Group Duncan Macintosh , the centrepiece of the practice, however, remains its private equity/venture capital offering, both for institutional investors, as well as management teams. As well as his continued M&A work for core client, WestBridge, Kelleher also continues to grow the firm’s offering in the space, with nascent London-based sponsor Averroes Capital a notable new client. Laura Spendiff has entrenched relationships with clients in the local SME market and along with ‘very efficient and pragmatic’ Gareth Williams-Davies, whose private equity credentials includes work for both management teams and sponsors, was promoted to partner in November 2022. Maria Coggins   leads the commercial offering at the firm and excels in advising on commercial contracts and data protection.