Leo Jones-Rowe > Schofield Sweeney > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
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Leo Jones-Rowe
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Leo is a partner in the Dispute Resolution team. He advises on a range of contentious matters, with particular expertise in tax disputes, trading relationships, boardroom/shareholder disputes, professional negligence, pensions and commercial fraud. He has extensively litigated cases before the High Court, Court of Appeal, County Courts and Tax Tribunal.
Career
Leo joined Schofield Sweeney in 2016. He trained at DLA Piper, before spending six years at DWF and then two years at LCF Law.
Memberships
Law Society; Leeds Law Society; Black Solicitors Network.
Education
Hummersknott School, Darlington; Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College; De Montfort University (2005 LLB, 1st); Nottingham Law School (2006 LPC, Distinction).
Leisure
Leo is a keen sports and fitness enthusiast. He enjoys playing football and is a long-suffering supporter of Newcastle United. He is also a devoted musician and lover of music, and fronts an indie-rock band called Fenton.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
(Next Generation Partners)Schofield Sweeney advises clients on across the region, nationally, and cross-borders, with clients from the manufacturing, energy, waste, education, healthcare, and professional services sectors. Bradford based James Staton is the head of the team, regularly advising on a range of commercial disputes, including shareholder disputes, intellectual property, and regulatory matters. ‘Intuitive’ senior associate Annie Hui-Gillen is also key. Other notable figures in the team include Simon Lucas and Leo Jones-Rowe.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Yorkshire and the Humber > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Education
- Real estate > Environment
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Infrastructure and energy
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
- Real estate > Construction
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms