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Matthew Alderton

Matthew Alderton

Matthew is an experienced advisor and litigator specialising in public, regulatory and information law. Matthew has provided advice and representation to clients in high profile and complex judicial review proceedings, statutory appeals, procurement challenges, and data breach/breach of confidentiality claims. Matthew previously worked within the Government Legal Department conducting high profile litigation in the areas of constitutional (the Brexit cases), health and social care (the junior doctors, accountable care and overseas charging judicial reviews), social security (the 2 Child tax judicial review), and information law. Matthew is dual qualified in the United Kingdom and Australia.
Ben Bentley

Ben Bentley

Ben is an accomplished Partner Barrister working in the firm’s in-house advocacy team since his call to the Bar in 2008. He routinely appears in court to conduct trials, coroner’s inquests and to prosecute on behalf of government regulatory agencies at various tribunals. He is adept at drafting court pleadings, advising on issues of liability and quantum in personal injury matters, and handling complex civil procedure applications. He has had considerable success in employer and public liability matters in court and has also achieved notable victories defending against credit hire claims. He is additionally experienced in dealing with costs matters, particularly in challenging the recovery of after the event insurance premiums. Ben’s education practice also extends to prosecution on behalf of the National College for Teaching & Leadership; and advising and advocating at all levels of Tribunal in respect to Special Educational Needs and Disability Discrimination matters.
Adam Culy

Adam Culy

Adam is an accountancy professional liability / regulatory specialist (in particular defending FRC cases and all forms of accounting litigation). Previously General Counsel at BDO and a criminal prosecutor, Adam brings a wealth of sector experience and a sharp focus to resolving complex accounting issues. At Stephenson Harwood, Adam handles a range of commercial litigation and professional liability matters with a particular focus on insurance related issues, the accountancy regulators (ICAEW/FRC), and the defence of claims involving tax and audit. Adam offers a client-focussed insight into the full range of accounting services and the pressures they face from regulators and claimants. This allows him to quickly grasp the key issues in accounting disputes and resolve them. His success at BDO helped it remain the only larger accounting firm at the time to avoid sanction by the FRC. Adam is referred to as joining the firm in 2020 within the Legal 500 UK Professional Negligence area, where the team is well regarded for providing "an excellent, all-round legal service with good client management, very able lawyers, with sound judgement." His references from BDO include: "Combines first-class legal knowledge and judgement with a calm and reassuring manner. A pleasure to work with" ( Mark Shaw, Head of Business Restructuring, BDO). His and his team's notable successes in litigation include BDO's win in the recent £250 million One Blackfriars case [2021] EWHC 684, Supreme Court appeal win in regulatory proceedings (Barnes v Eastenders [2014] UKSC 26), the leading recent decisions on administrator's duties: Bernsten & Anor v Tait [2015] EWCA Civ 1001 and Davey v Money [2019] EWHC 997 (which included the recent COA judgment ending the "Arkin Cap" when enforcing costs against the litigation funder), and Green v BDO [2005] All ER on the use of the Insolvency Act against accountants.
Christian Dingwall

Christian Dingwall

Christian qualified as a solicitor in 1986 and joined Browne Jacobson in 2019 as a partner in its Commercial Health team.  He advises health and social care clients, including many NHS trusts, foundation trusts, commissioners and other bodies, about commercial and corporate law, governance, compliance and regulation. Christian specialises in organisational and service transformation in the NHS and wider health sector, including, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, integrated care partnerships and reconfiguration.   Legal directories rate him as a top lawyer for health transactions.
Lucy Gregory

Lucy Gregory

Lucy is an associate in our government and infrastructure team with experience advising local authority, private sector and third sector clients on a wide range of projects including major procurements, high value outsourcing and waste projects, joint ventures and development projects. Lucy’s work focuses on complex regeneration and mixed-use development schemes, including those delivered via development agreements and projects which involve establishing a corporate joint venture. Recent projects have included advising clients throughout the competitive dialogue procurement for a development partner (including advising on procurement strategy as well as the drafting and negotiation of all procurement and legal agreements).
Nick Hurley

Nick Hurley

Nick is a Partner in our Government and Infrastructure team and has been recognised in directories as a key lawyer within our Government practice. He has considerable experience advising public and private sector clients on a wide range of local government projects (including major procurements, infrastructure and joint ventures), with a particular focus on complex regeneration and development. Nick assumes leading roles on major projects, working closely with other advisers, providing strategic advice and co-ordinating our inputs from a variety of legal specialisms. He has spent time on secondment in-house at both local authorities and key suppliers to government so understands (and prioritises) building strong and effective working relationships with key stakeholders to aid successful project delivery. Recent projects have included developer partner procurements, joint ventures between public bodies and private sector developers to deliver regeneration, housing and public benefit, as well as advising on the delivery of a garden town. Nick’s local government experience has also included outsourcing, commercialisation and advice on the structuring/operation of wholly-owned local authority housing/development vehicles.
Jeremy Irving

Jeremy Irving

Jeremy heads Browne Jacobson’s financial services and insurance regulatory practice, part of the firm’s broader offering to clients in the Financial Services and Insurance markets. Jeremy’s practice covers both prudential (capital) and conduct regulation for risk-carriers (including banks, insurers and reinsurers) and intermediaries (including brokers, investment advisers and managing general agents).  His practice is primarily focused on strategic advice for clients’ boards as well as their compliance, legal and risk functions.  Central to this practice is advice on the growing regulatory requirements as to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) sustainability and responsibility. A principal area of advice is the regulatory risk management of strategic projects – both in terms of value protection (eg dispute resolution involving competitors, or former counterparties or employees), and growth / value enhancement (eg corporate deals and commercial ventures).  The advice involves the effective handling of regulators’ actual or prospective responses to the aims, methodologies and outcomes of such projects, and especially the handling of internal inquiries and investigations, and resultant regulatory notifications.  Jeremy frequently advises on issues arising from firm authorisations, changes in control, challenges to capital adequacy (in terms of capital requirements, allocation, typology and values), cross-border business, appointed representative and other delegation / distribution arrangements, and senior manager approvals. Products and sectors on which Jeremy advises include consumer credit, derivatives, funds, general and life insurance (in particular on the UK implementation of ‘Solvency 2’ and the ‘Insurance Distribution Directive’), payment services and electronic money.
Nick MacKenzie

Nick MacKenzie

Nick is the national head of our education team, an executive coach and a member of the firm’s board. Recognised as a leading expert in education by The Legal 500 and Chambers for over 10 years, Nick specialises in corporate and governance advice in the education sector. He has significant experience of advising executive teams and boards in the social housing, corporate and, for well over 10 years, education sectors. Nick works with boards and executive teams to help them navigate the landscape together with helping them spot and take opportunities. He is regularly used by education clients as an external sounding board on strategic issues, using his expertise to make the complex simple. His clients include some of the largest school trusts in the country. Over the last 10 years, Nick has contributed regularly to the debate on key issues impacting the sector. He also has excellent relationships with sector bodies such ASCL, CST and NGA regularly speaking at their conferences and collaborating on joint projects. Nick was invited to join the board of the Foundation for Education Development, a CIC established to promote a long-term plan for education in England. Its work involves bringing together policy influencers from education, business, politics and beyond.
Heather Mitchell

Heather Mitchell

Heather leads the employment law side of the firm’s successful education sector practice.  She is an Associate in the London’s employment team, having been at the firm for over eight years.  Heather has extensive experience in providing strategic advice to large Multi Academy Trusts on complex staffing matters.  She specialises in advice to senior teams on resolving high profile staffing matters as well as large scale restructures and representing her clients at the Employment Tribunal. She speaks regularly at national conferences including those of the Association of School and College Leaders, Freedom and Autonomy for Schools – National Association, the National Association of School Business Management, Optimus and the Academies Finance Directors ‘Super 10’ forum
Emma Roake

Emma Roake

Emma specialises in drafting, negotiating and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts, with a particular focus on the retail, fashion, logistics and tech sectors. Emma has particular expertise in advising clients on agency, distribution, franchising, e-commerce and marketplace agreements, including their termination and early-stage disputes. As co-head of our retail and supply chain group, Emma has a deep understanding of the issues affecting clients in those sectors. She has extensive experience of advising on supply chain contracts including manufacturing agreements, supply of goods and services agreements, warehousing and logistics agreements, distribution agreements (including selective distribution), agency agreements, e-commerce and marketplace arrangements and consumer terms. Emma is an expert in commercial agency matters, having advised principals and agents for over 15 years on how to manage issues arising during the lifecycle of the agency relationship, from putting in place agency agreements, to advising on performance issues, to termination and handling claims for compensation or indemnity arising under the Commercial Agents Regulations. With several years spent as a litigator before specialising in commercial contracts, Emma helps clients to maximise the value from their commercial relationships whilst also anticipating potential disputes and drafting to protect her clients’ interests on termination.
Jon Snade

Jon Snade

Jon is a partner in the national corporate team, based in London, specialising in advising on corporate transactions for SMEs, entrepreneurs and investors. Jon has a particular focus on advising high-growth technology companies and disruptive, tech-enabled businesses, including FinTech and InsurTech clients and has received recognition in the legal directories (Legal 500 and Chambers) for his expertise in the fields of venture capital, M&A and FinTech. Jon guides and supports high-growth businesses and their stakeholders throughout the company growth lifecycle – from start-up to exit – and advises on a broad range of UK and cross-border private company transactions, including venture capital and private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and reorganisations. Jon is also a French speaker and an active member of the French Chamber of Great Britain.
Nikita Sonecha

Nikita Sonecha

Nikita provides strategic employment advice to employers of all sizes, from start-ups to multinationals. She helps HR teams, directors, MDs and CEOs to make commercial decisions that maximise opportunities, minimise risk and prevent disputes. She is also experienced in business restructuring, and how to deploy employment strategies that achieve commercial objectives. Nikita advises on dispute situations that organisations can face, with particular expertise in dismissals, disciplinary and grievance processes, and post-termination restrictions. She attempts to resolve disputes using cost-effective methods such as negotiation and mediation but is experienced at handling tribunal cases if required. She also advises individuals on their employment, from recruitment through to departure, including resolving issues arising along the way. She has extensive experience in discrimination, particularly race, age, disability and maternity. She advises many senior executives on complex employment matters such as service agreements, commissions, bonus arrangements and exit provisions. Nikita has a particular interest in data privacy, advising on the new UK Data Protection Act that incorporates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). She helps organisations to achieve compliance with the new requirements, including giving in-house seminars.