About me
I’m a commercial disputes lawyer and work with clients to develop proactive strategies to resolve all manner of disputes and manage risk arising from problems in commercial relationships.
It’s my job to help minimise the impact of commercial disputes on the clients I work with. As an unwanted and potentially expensive distraction, I look to simplify the process for dealing with disputes, identifying risks and solutions in a clear and practical way.
With more than two decades of experience in dispute resolution, I guide and fully support my clients through formal proceedings where required – whether court or arbitration – and alternative dispute resolution where an approach such as mediation may be the better route.
My clients include companies, institutions, business owners and high-net-worth individuals.
I’m also involved in supervising trainee solicitors at the firm, helping to grow the next generation of lawyers, which is immensely satisfying.
Outside of work, you’ll find me running marathons, learning to ballroom dance and training hard for Ironman, whose ‘Anything is Possible’ motto I’ve now adopted as my own.
My experience
- Acted for FC United of Manchester in successfully defending judicial review proceedings which allowed their community stadium to be developed.
- Acted for a global manufacturer in a dispute about the price of raw material under a long-term supply agreement and implementing a strategy which led to a commercial resolution, preserving the relationship and facilitating a new, long term, contract.
- Acted for a leading bank in successfully challenging a deed of surrender relating to security over a data centre that supported lending of circa £25 million.
- Acted on a joint venture dispute involving complex issues of contract and company law between a number of joint venture parties (key players in their sector) and facilitating a successful resolution.
- Acted for an Integrated Care Board in successfully defending a claim by a general practitioners’ partnership after a five-day trial in the High Court that our client had acted in breach of contract and in breach of an obligation to act reasonably.
- Acted for a global vehicle manufacturer in defending ICC arbitration proceedings regarding the engines used in our client’s development programme and achieving a successful resolution.
Awards and accolades
- Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyer 2024 and 2025