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Jane Howard

020 3319 3700 jane.howard@keystonelaw.co.uk View profile View profile

Work Department

Commercial Litigation/Professional Liability

Position

Jane has more than 25 years’ experience as a commercial litigator, with a particular focus on professional liability work for a wide range of leading professional firms where she looks after a full spectrum of legal needs including defending claims, advising on risk management and handling complex and highly sensitive regulatory (FRC) and disciplinary matters, both for individuals and firms.

Jane has acted for more than two thirds of the top 20 firms (including three of the Big 4) and for 13 of the top 25 global networks and associations. Her full understanding of the issues faced by global networks extends to advising on all areas of governance and to working with clients to establish or remodel existing structures and/or in relation to mergers. Many of the matters Jane works on have an international or multi-jurisdictional dimension.

Career

Jane qualified as a solicitor in 1992. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2023, she worked at the following firms:

• Reed Smith
• Gowling WLG
• Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
• Simmons & Simmons

Memberships

Member of the Audit and Assurance Faculty at the Institute of Chartered Accountants

Recognised by The Legal 500 as a leading individual for Professional Negligence