Norton Rose Fulbright‘s team is noted by clients as being an ’incredible resource’ and has a strong reputation for its contentious and non-contentious capabilities, particularly providing compliance advice. Team lead Caroline May harnesses experience in both areas, particularly in the energy, transport and construction sectors; she also handles asbestos cases, industrial accidents and public health-related cases. Criminal specialist Neil O’May has 25 years’ experience assisting with police and HSE investigations. Lucy Bruce Jones, who is equipped to advise on the full range of matters, including providing complex compliance advice, and the ‘first-class’ Holly Stebbing, are further key names to note.
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Testimonials
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‘Caroline May has been our longstanding adviser and she knows all the best angles of cases.'
‘A large and impressive firm that deals with major cases for very large organisations.’
‘Caroline May is a very strong, experienced leader who has clients' confidence. Impressive in corporate law and persuasive in her analysis of safety-based issues.'
‘Neil O'May would be my first choice for any company or individual being investigated for health and safety offences.'
'Neil O'May brings his years of experience representing people charged with serious criminal offences to the health and safety field.’
‘Incredible resource. If you need a team to be deployed, they can do it.’
‘Neil O'May and Holly Stebbing are first class. Very calm, with great tactical acumen.’
Key clients
- Accenture PLC
- BP plc
- CF Industries Holdings Inc
- DP World, London Gateway
- Gildan Activewear Inc
- GlaxoSmithKline LLC
- IMI Plc
- Kerry Group Plc
- McLaren Services Limited
- Sandvik Mining & Construction Tools AB
Work highlights
- Represented a high-profile sports team at a four-week Crown Court trial in relation to a fatal accident occurring in 2016.
- Representing a global manufacturing company in relation to the Police and HSE investigation arising from a double fatality at a client site.
- Advising a maintenance contractor in relation to the criminal investigation and Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
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Practice head
Caroline May
Other key lawyers
Neil O'May; Holly Stebbing; Lucy Bruce Jones; Andrew Swarbrick