Oliver Wright > JMW Solicitors LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile

JMW Solicitors LLP
1 BYROM PLACE
SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3HG
England
Oliver Wright photo

Work Department

Commercial Litigation  

Position

Partner specialising in public law and commercial litigation

 

He has a particular interest (and nationally-recognised expertise) public law challenges of major government policies particularly in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic as well as police and healthcare law.

Career

Linder Myers LLP – 2007 to 2009

McCool Patterson Hemsi LLP – 2009 to 2011

LHS Solicitors LLP – 2011 to 2016

Knights PLC – 2017 to 2018

JMW Solicitors LLP – 2018 to present

Education

Keele University, Law with Politics LLB, 2:1

Staffordshire University, LPC

Lawyer Rankings

North West > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment

JMW Solicitors LLP’s practice, rated by clients as the ‘go-to firm in the region‘, is led by experienced reputation management specialist Rebecca Young . Young is described by one client as ‘the best litigator I have dealt with‘, having overseen the growth of the practice and its workload, bringing in harassment and NDA expert Katherine Mills from Clyde & Co in October 2022. Also key within the team is Oliver Wright, whose specialism is reputation management work for politicians, trade unions and the police. Technology sector and cryptocurrency specialist Jemma Fleetwood has vast experience in acting in high-profile privacy litigation. The media group also works closely with the firm’s sports practice, led by Stephen Taylor Heath. Nick McAleenan joined Brabners LLP in August 2022, contributing his knowledge of phone hacking cases and security incidents. John Burns joined the group in early 2024 from Gateley Legal, contributing his broad experience in the drafting and negotiation of IP assignments and tech development exploitation agreements.