Robin Webb > Shoosmiths LLP > Milton Keynes, England > Lawyer Profile

Shoosmiths LLP
100 AVEBURY BOULEVARD
MILTON KEYNES
MK9 1FH
England

Work Department

Commercial

Position

Robin is head of the firm’s commercial group.

He is a highly experienced commercial lawyer, advising clients on major projects and outsourcings including business process and technology outsourcings, business critical systems procurements and integration, telecoms network roll-outs, software development and licensing, e-commerce and other technology related projects.

His depth of experience and insight, particularly in the automotive, financial and retail markets, means he is valued by clients for his strategic input on their issues, and is often viewed as an extension to clients’ in-house legal teams.

Robin is head of Shoosmiths’ Milton Keynes office and responsible for the firm’s contribution to, and profile within, the local business community.

Additionally, he leads the firm’s mobility sector group.

Career

He joined Shoosmiths in 2006 from a global firm, becoming a partner in 2010.

Education

Robert Smyth, Market Harborough, Leicestershire; Broxtowe College of Further Education, Beeston, Nottingham; University of Durham (Collingwood College) (LLB Law); Nottingham Law School (1998 Masters in Corporate Law (LLM)); Nottingham Law School (1999 LPC).

Leisure

Football, golf, live music.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms

Handling a breadth of multi-jurisdictional matters for significant names such as Audi, Mercedes Benz, and Nissan, Shoosmiths LLP is a key port of call for automotive clients. Robin Webb co-leads the team and is knowledgeable of IT outsourcing projects, while Sebastian Price also co-leads the team and has thorough expertise of electronic trading, facilities management and IT systems acquisitions. All of the individuals that have been mentioned are located in Milton Keynes.

South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

Amit Nayyar, Robin Webb and Claire Checketts jointly lead the Milton Keynes-based practice at Shoosmiths LLP. The team provides an ‘exceptional level of support‘ to a number of notable clients, including Nissan, Estée Lauder Companies and Mercedes Benz. Nayyar is a private equity expert who primarily assists investment funds, Checketts handles the corporate side of the practice, often advising on both buy and sell-side M&A matters, and Webb focuses on transactional issues within the financial services and automotive sectors. Sebastian Price is particularly adept at providing clients within the technology and logistics sectors with ‘solid, practical‘ advice concerning multi-jurisdictional transactions. Aleksandr Bosch also contributes his broad experience in acting for management teams and PLCs to the practice.

London > Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts

Shoosmiths LLP has engaged with a body of commercial work over the past twelve months, capitalising on its strong automotive reputation to act on issues such as logistics, warehousing services and cross-border framework, supply, licence agreements. In addition to this, the group highlights its wide reach with notable sponsorship and media arrangements in the sports industry, power purchase agreements for household UK retail clients, as well as warehouse and distribution operations in the food and beverage sector. Robin Webb is a standout name for his close work with an extensive list of automotive manufacturing giants, while Michelle Craven-Faulkner is praised by the market for her ‘good knowledge’ of industries and ‘trustful cooperation’. Simon McArdle is a key figure for his proficiencies in critical logistics outsourcings, as well as AI. Fiona Teague is recommended for her ‘excellent advice’.