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A senior communications adviser with over 30 years experience, Gavin Ingham Brooke founded specialist professional services communications consultancy, Spada in 1994. In 2014 Spada merged with Infinite PR in the United States to form Infinite Spada, a global communications and reputation management firm with offices in London, New York and San Francisco.

Gavin has wide ranging experience of handling major crisis assignments, ranging from criminal and civil legal actions and disciplinary proceedings to hostile industrial relations, major insolvencies and restructurings, accidents, fatalities and product recalls. Crisis clients have included global corporations, construction firms, healthcare organisations, FTSE-listed companies, international law and accountancy firms, banks and specialised financial services providers, professional membership bodies and real estate interests.

He works alongside senior partners and boards to evaluate client organisations’ current standing and advises on specific positioning achieved via integrated campaigns running through media, stakeholders, influencers, clients and intermediary channels or other collaborators.

Rosemary is Senior Counsel at Vannin Capital, a leading litigation funding company. Before joining Vannin Capital, Rosemary was a Senior Associate in the Litigation department at Allen & Overy LLP in London. While at Allen & Overy, Rosemary spent time on secondment at the Court of Appeal as Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice Dyson (now Lord Dyson) and at TUI Travel Plc.

Rosemary has experience in a wide range of corporate and financial disputes both in England and internationally, acting for large corporations, banks and other financial institutions. She has extensive experience in managing complex cross jurisdictional disputes and advising clients in relation to the range of issues that arise in connection with them including jurisdiction challenges, questions of governing law, disclosure and costs. Rosemary has particular expertise in disputes involving breaches of competition law, acting for clients both as claimant and defendant, as well as acting for clients in associated regulatory investigations.

David is Group Legal Counsel to the 2 Sisters Food Group (one of the UK’s largest food manufacturing companies).  He is responsible for legal strategy, policy and managing the Group’s legal team.  Prior to joining the 2 Sisters Food Group in March 2012, David was Head of Legal for Manheim Europe Limited (the European operations of the American conglomerate Cox Enterprises).  Before that David was Legal Adviser to Northern Gas Networks and worked in private practice at Addleshaw Goddard.

Ian is the Senior Technical Underwriter in the ATE Department at Elite Insurance Company Limited.

Ian qualified as a Solicitor in 1992. Following qualification he worked for a BTE Legal Expenses Underwriting Agency undertaking claims across a range of personal and commercial litigation.

From 1996 Ian has worked for a number of start-up Insurance Brokers and Underwriting Agencies and been involved in setting up companies for legal expenses underwriting and claims handling.

Ian also has experience in running off an ATE account for a UK Insurer.

More recently Ian worked for an ATE Underwriting Agency where his role included underwriting significant commercial litigation and group actions. Ian also managed, via external Lawyers, high value claims which had become contentious and/or progressed to litigation. Additional to those functions Ian worked on developing new, ATE business opportunities.

Ian is now focused on ATE, insuring high value commercial litigation and group actions.

Elizabeth is Associate Legal Director, Commercial for the Great Britain Business Unit. She works closely with the business to ensure that the legal team support and protect the operating framework of the company and act as enablers towards consistent long term profitable growth. Elizabeth advises the business on a wide range of general commercial, marketing and competition law matters and has a background in Intellectual Property Law, which is reflected in her interest in innovative advertising and digital matters.

Elizabeth joined Coca-Cola Enterprises in 2010 after working for several years in private practice and in commerce in Australia. Before moving to Australia, Elizabeth studied at Oxford University and trained at a magic circle firm in London.

Steve is passionate about business, privacy, risk and digital technologies and has more than 20 years of experience in designing and delivering global privacy and security transformation programmes. This experience involved managing globally dispersed teams, landing global data protection compliance regimes, developing information security strategies and implementing IT security technologies. I have developed a deep understanding on the subject of privacy law, information protection and can provide practical solutions to tackle complex challenges. I have accumulated vast experience as an implementation expert, an author, consultant, auditor, and am seen as a trusted advisor for various businesses across different industry sectors and continents.

Having once served as interim CISO for Unilever, and completed similar leadership assignments whilst at Deloitte, PwC, Siemens and Capita, Steve has gained a full appreciation of what is required to get the job done in a cost effective and timely fashion. Throughout my career, Steve’s natural ability to lead from the front, coach team members, take responsibility with courage and deliver on promises is what sets him out from the pack.

Steve has also built a strong network of Chief Information Security Officers and Chief Privacy Officers, industry experts, security product developers, and regulators, and have been invited to present at many conferences, and lead groups on relevant topics. Being at the forefront of our industry allows me to map and apply the latest trends in technology, digital, regulation, Cybersecurity, social media platforms, resilience, third party management, fraud and vendor contractual negotiations.

During my role as a Chief Privacy Officer, I have brought together a large team of security and privacy experts to work together and address the key risks that face our business. I have done this by building a strong network of relationships with the Unilever Leadership Executive and other key members of the Board and by working closely with their teams to help create pragmatic risk reduction solutions.
Steve is a published author, regular speaker and an expert on complex digital threat environments.

Martin Brostoff is the Europe and Asia General Counsel for three of GKN’s four divisions, covering its automotive and off-highway businesses. Between 2007 and 2010 he was seconded to live and work in Shanghai as GKN’s China General Counsel, responsible for establishing GKN’s legal department in China. Prior to joining GKN, he was Assistant Company Secretary/Solicitor at another Midlands FTSE 100 company, IMI plc, and before that Head of Legal at Lotus Cars Limited in Norwich. Martin qualified as a solicitor in 1994 after training at Hammonds and holds an LLB (Hons) from Manchester University.

Jamie joined John Crane (a division of Smiths Group Plc) in 2014 and has responsibility for advising and supporting the business on a variety of legal matters, including:

• Company secretarial – for John Crane’s 90 companies around the world;
• supporting specific business units as their legal business partner – covering contractual, litigation and regulatory issues;
• M&A – including disposals and investments; and
• Risk management and compliance, including ethics.

Jamie joined John Crane from BIS, the in-house IT function for Smiths Group Plc, where he was the Divisional General Counsel.  Prior to this role, he worked at IBM in London as a senior attorney.  He started his career in private practice at Freshfields and then Arnold & Porter in their London office, before joining IBM.

Rosemary is Senior Counsel at Vannin Capital, a leading litigation funding company. Before joining Vannin Capital, Rosemary was a Senior Associate in the Litigation department at Allen & Overy LLP in London. While at Allen & Overy, Rosemary spent time on secondment at the Court of Appeal as Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice Dyson (now Lord Dyson) and at TUI Travel Plc.

Rosemary has experience in a wide range of corporate and financial disputes both in England and internationally, acting for large corporations, banks and other financial institutions. She has extensive experience in managing complex cross jurisdictional disputes and advising clients in relation to the range of issues that arise in connection with them including jurisdiction challenges, questions of governing law, disclosure and costs. Rosemary has particular expertise in disputes involving breaches of competition law, acting for clients both as claimant and defendant, as well as acting for clients in associated regulatory investigations.

Born in Scotland and educated at Edinburgh University (Joint Hons – Mathematics & Statistics) Ewan was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1980. Following a variety of work, including operational tours of duty, he transferred into the Intelligence Corps in order to pursue a career in Security and Intelligence; he served in a variety of roles and foreign countries. After 4 years as a Brigadier and Director Intelligence Corps, he joined British American Tobacco (BAT) in 2009. His appointment was Head of the Anti Illicit Trade Intelligence Unit. There, he managed a team of experts who conducted investigations into the counterfeiting and smuggling of illicit tobacco goods. During his 6 years with BAT, Ewan developed expertise in IP Infringement in Tobacco products. Based in London, this unit with global responsibility is a key element within BAT’s fight against those involved in this serious crime. It works closely with Law Enforcement Agencies around the world as well as other FMCGs who are similarly affected by the counterfeiting and/or smuggling of their goods. Ewan has also participated in many conferences and seminars around the world; both as a speaker and moderator. He recently contributed to RUSI’s study “On Tap: Organised Crime and the Illicit Trade in Tobacco, Alcohol and Pharmaceuticals in the UK”. Ewan is presently a Director of the Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG).

Dr Patrick McLaughlin is a Chartered Engineer and Eur Ing. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and the Higher Education Academy. He has an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Production Management and a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA), both from Cranfield. In a career that spans manufacturing engineer, manager and director, he has worked in both multinational and SME businesses. Experience with a range of manufacturing processes and working for a number of different companies allied to experience in several industries has provided a strong background in managing manufacturing operations, including managing growth, downturn, restructuring and relocation of manufacturing facilities.

He has worked in manufacturing industry at director level for over 20 years, and been responsible for several plant-wide lean manufacturing implementations. He has experience of implementing and managing lean manufacturing in automotive, capital goods, industrial equipment and consumer durables. This experience includes responsibility for integrating the design and development of new products into a lean operations environment, and developing a continuous improvement culture to facilitate performance gains in a lean implementation. Recently he led a research based organisational change in a design and manufacturing business to develop an innovation culture that facilitated discontinuous new product innovation.

At Cranfield University he is Course Director for the Operations Excellence MSc programme, and leads the National Manufacturing Debate and National Apprenticeship Competition. He teaches in the areas of Manufacturing Strategy Development and Deployment, Innovation Management, and Operations Excellence. His research interests include the application of cellular manufacturing techniques to maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations to drive productivity improvements; the impact of organizational culture on employee engagement and behaviour in operations environments; and the development and management of innovation within a manufacturing environment.

Kevin Athow is Head of Legal Affairs and Regional Compliance Officer at BSH Home Appliances Ltd, the UK subsidiary of BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH, skilled and experienced Kevin started working for the company in April 2010.  He became Company Secretary in June 2013.

Kevin graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 1998 with a LL.B.(Hons), having combined full-time employment with Siemens Communications, then based in Luton, as a Commercial Officer and latterly a Business Analyst and auditor/assessor or Quality Management Systems with his studies.

Kevin now works within BSH helping the business to achieve outstanding results whilst highlighting and helping to minimise risk to the company, and advocates a pragmatic and logical approach to his work.  Kevin is heavily involved in regulatory matters, including eco-design/energy labelling and product liability/product recall – increasingly with a pan-EU focus.

He is a long-standing member of the Society for Computers and Law, and until recently was a member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple’s Bar Liaison Committee.

James has been with GW Pharmaceuticals for just under a year, but during which he has been involved in the establishment of GW’s business operations in the US, the initiation of phase 3 clinical trial programs in three different indications and completion of a $200m fundraising on Nasdaq. Prior to joining GW James worked in private practice in the City, advising numerous biotechnology and life science companies on IP and technology transactions mattes and spent a large proportion of his time advising on manufacturing and supply chain issues. James is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales.

Philip is a specialist compliance lawyer who advises businesses on complying with the UK’s increasing regulatory burden and during regulatory interventions and prosecutions. He balances the need for a sensible, calm approach to crisis management against the need to defend clients vigorously to gain effective outcomes and to secure the right solution for clients in short timeframes, thereby minimising cost and negative impact.  He has extensive experience of: implementing compliance programmes and procedures; advising on the practical implementation of complex new regulations; and of defending companies and senior managers accused of being in breach of UK and EU compliance regulations in the criminal courts.

He has prosecuted for the HSE and been seconded to the Tesco Store Ops and McDonald’s Legal Teams, giving him a genuinely hands-on, commercial approach to regulatory compliance in complex consumer and business supply chains. Philip is described as a “standout name” in Legal 500 and he heads the ‘excellent team’ in the South East with rankings for both Product Liability and Health & Safety.

Jocelyn is the professional support lawyer to the national Dispute Resolution and Compliance team having been a commercial litigation specialist.

Jocelyn has a broad range of experience advising mainly corporate clients in relation to professional indemnity and general commercial litigation matters (including IP, insolvency, banking, breach of contract and data protection) and negotiating settlements especially through the use of mediation.  She holds a post graduate diploma in commercial intellectual property law.

As a professional support lawyer Jocelyn delivers training both internally and to clients. She is a regular speaker at the Shoosmiths In House Lawyer seminars.  She has published briefings and articles and co-authored a chapter in the 2013 edition of Managing Business Risk: a Practical Guide to Protecting your Business.

Campbell is one of the leading lawyers advising on patent litigation in the UK. He is also at the forefront of advising on alternative litigation funding and insurance arrangements in the UK patent market. His cases regularly involve the strategy and management of multi-jurisdiction disputes in Europe and the US.

In addition to his expertise in patent litigation, Campbell advises on issues relating to the interface of patent and regulatory law, notably in relation to supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) for medicinal patents and FRAND licensing disputes in the telecoms sector.

Campbell has been recommended in Chambers & Partners as “..a patent lawyer who is rated for his eye for details…and his commercial awareness.”  IAM Patent 1000 says that his “..innovative billing practices are popular among companies and have turned the heads of peers…” and refers to his extensive experience managing international patent conflicts.  Campbell is also listed as a rising star in Super Lawyer (Thomson Reuters).

Campbell studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and has a Masters in Intellectual Property law from the University of London.  He is qualified as a Solicitor Advocate (England & Wales) and is a member of IPLA and TIPLO.

Alejandro I. Garcia is an associate in the firm’s London office and focuses his practice on international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration.
Mr. Garcia has participated as counsel in a number of high-value international arbitrations both ad hoc (including under the UNCITRAL Rules) and under the rules of the major arbitral institutions (including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). His caseload has included arbitrations seated in jurisdictions across Europe, Asia and the Americas and governed by the laws of a number of countries.
Prior to joining Winston & Strawn, Mr. Garcia worked at leading law firms in England, Washington, D.C., and Santiago, Chile. Mr. Garcia also worked at the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of WIPO in Geneva, Switzerland, where he administered some of the largest and most complex arbitrations filed under the WIPO Arbitration Rules.
Mr. Garcia received his LL.B. from the University of Chile Law School in 2001 (summa cum laude) and he received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2005 (Fulbright Scholar and Presidente de la República (Chile) Scholar).
Mr. Garcia co-authored the first comprehensive book in the English language on the arbitration of international disputes concerning intellectual property rights (International Intellectual Property Arbitration, Kluwer Law International, October 2010).
Mr. Garcia is a member of the LCIA Users’ Councils, LCIA Young International Arbitration Group, ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration, Spanish Arbitration Club, and the Latin American Arbitration Association.
Mr. Garcia is a panelist (expert determiner) for domain name disputes brought before WIPO under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
Mr. Garcia has been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” in Thomson Reuter’s Super Lawyers London 2015 and is listed as a “rising star” in the field of commercial arbitration (UK) in the inaugural edition of the Legal Media Group Rising Stars 2015 guide.

Jeremy Schrire has been a partner at SJ Berwin since 1994 and heads the firm’s Commerce and Technology Department. He specialises in commercial agreements and related competition matters and advises on a wide variety of commercial and trading matters, including agency, distribution, supply, sale, purchase, joint venture and franchise agreements as well as all facets of the commercial exploitation of intellectual property rights, such as licensing and R&D agreements. His experience extends not only to the United Kingdom but also internationally, particularly the US and the European Union.

He acts for a number of leading multinational, UK and internationally listed companies.

He is active in a number of industries with particular emphasis on pharmaceuticals and healthcare, manufacturing, technology, retail and hotels and leisure. He is a frequent speaker at conferences on commercial and intellectual property law, both in the UK and abroad.

Jeremy is listed as an expert in the Legal Experts Guide and Legal 500 in both Intellectual Property and Life Sciences and by PLC (“Which Lawyer”). He is also listed as “a leading lawyer” by Global Counsel and Who’s Who in Healthcare. He has been described by Legal 500 as someone of whom “clients cannot speak highly enough” and as someone who “always wins the points that need winning”.

Jeremy is on the Editorial Board of Lexis Nexis (Reed Elsevier) and is their General Editor on Agency.

He was educated at the University of Cape Town (BA 1978, BA Hons 1979) and the London School of Economics (LLB 1983, Law Prize Winner).

Mike was the Managing Partner of the Hangzhou office of King & Wood Mallesons and is currently seconded to the firm’s London office to support in Chinese clients’ outbound investments in EU.

Mike Wang obtained his LL.B. degree from Fu Dan University in 1999, and was admitted as Chinese lawyer in 2000.

Mike Wang has represented and provided service to many Private Equity Funds (including but not limited to the Carlyle Group, Blackstone, Deutsche Bank AG, GE Capital, Affinity, Softbank, PingAn Investment, and many domestic RMB funds). He also has represented a lot of multinational and medium-sized enterprises (such as Alibaba, BP, GE Chemical, FKI, and Keppel) in their investment in China, and has extensive experience in this area.

The investment transactions in which Mike Wang has participated involve various industries including transportation (port), energy, and chemical, machinery, and infrastructure facilities. He provides ongoing legal and compliance advice to foreign invested enterprises on such aspects as environmental affairs, customs formalities, taxes, labour issue, and intellectual property protection.

Mike Wang has been working for local and foreign investors in various on-board and cross board M&A projects, some projects Mike Wang was involved recently including but limited to:

Representing Alibaba group in different areas, including but not limited, financing department (e-Pay) in researching and developing new products, acquisition by investment department, and software import by Taobao platform; Representing the Carlyle Group (a well-known US PE funds) in various M&A projects in China from 2003 (including the well-known one, Xugong Group which changed the trend of foreign investment in China); Representing Sino-forest in onshore deals (including restructuring and dispute Representing a Zhejiang Company in IPO in Korea; and Representing PingAn Investment in Xugong Group capital increase project.

Erik D. Lazar, is Director and founder of Transatlantic Law International in London, United Kingdom, an innovative global legal firm which provides a broad range of business law solutions, including complete  global labor and employment law services through its Labor Law Plus®  division, to multinational and growing companies in more than 90 countries worldwide.

A U.S. lawyer by training with over 25 years of experience in international business law, Erik founded the group in 2001 after more than 15 years of international legal and management experience including in European General Counsel positions for Fortune 50 companies.

Erik specializes in global M&A,  where he has negotiated or completed more 80 deals worldwide  with more than $5 billion in deal value, restructuring, management of cross-border projects and transactions, international transactions, antitrust, and commercial agreements.

In the area of global labor and employment law he counsels leading companies regularly on global, regional and local labor issues worldwide focusing particularly on global executive and management contracts and cross-border employment and expansion.

Prior to moving to Europe in 1991, Erik worked as a corporate and litigation lawyer in leading U.S. law firms in Boston and New York.

He has lectured extensively before bar associations and corporate groups in the United States and in Europe on topics including European M&A, corporate governance, distribution and agency agreements, antitrust and compliance programs, and key issues in cross border movement of executives as well as global non-competition, among other matters.

Erik is an honors graduate of Yale University and of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and a member of the bars of New York and Massachusetts. He speaks French and German and resides in London.

For further information, see www.transatlanticlaw.com and www.laborlawplus.com

Caroline is a partner in the commercial insurance team and Executive Partner for Birmingham, specialising in complex and sensitive cases involving reputational risk with a particular focus on the automotive sector. Her experience ranges from product liability, fires, floods, construction, inquests, HSE prosecutions, complex public liability claims and claims arising out of professional negligence. She leads a team who are frequently praised for their dedication, customer focus and pragmatic approach.

The Legal 500 reported that Caroline Coates is “very thorough” and a ‘very impressive negotiator’ and names her as a Leading Individual. It goes on to say that she is one of the leaders of the practice at DWF, “where occupational health cases and product liability are among its core strengths.”

In March 2014, Caroline was awarded Birmingham Law Society Partner of the Year.

Caroline is head of the automotive sector drawing together expertise within DWF nationally to focus on this exciting and demanding sector. She regularly contributes to trade and national media, for example on current topics such as the discussion on the impact of the “driverless car”. Caroline provides training internally, externally for clients and within industry events.

Derek has over 36 years’ experience in insurance work having trained as a solicitor with Buller Jeffries, qualifying in 1981 and becoming a partner in that firm in 1985. Following Buller Jeffries merger with DWF in May 2012 Derek was appointed National Head of Occupational Health and Casualty Group in DWF.

Derek acts as key account manager to some of DWF’s larger insurance and manufacturing clients, taking responsibility for the provision of service. This involves developing relationships, coordinating resources and ensuring delivery of a high quality service.

Throughout his career, Derek has advised on commercial product liability claims arising from major events or safety issues. Derek has major clients in the automotive field both in manufacture of vehicles and in the automotive supply chain.

He has also built up extensive specialism in insurance policy interpretation, development of insurance law particularly in connection with mesothelioma claims, legionnaires’ disease, fire and construction work. He has extensive experience of preparation for and advocacy at substantial mediations.

Derek now has two major Supreme Court successes to his name. He led the successful team that acted for Zurich in the EL Policy “Trigger” Litigation in SC (2012) and for the same client in another landmark mesothelioma coverage case, Zurich v IEGL SC (2015).

Derek was a Deputy District Judge from 1993 until 1998 and has been listed for many years by Chambers directory as the leading individual in defendant personal injury work in the Midlands. The Trigger litigation and the IEGL case together with a number of group litigation cases have widened his reputation to a national level.

In May 2014 he gave evidence on behalf of insurers and defence solicitors to the Justice Select Committee of the House of Commons on mesothelioma claims and LASPO.

Legal 500 have described him as ‘a litigator of the highest calibre’. Clients appreciate his “well-considered advice and strategy.” He is “a very good ally to have on your side when the going gets tough,” Chambers note that he “brings both enthusiasm, and a marked grasp of the details, to the cases on which he works,” while he is also hailed as a “phenomenal litigator” and “very bright, thorough and really goes the full hog.”

Josephine advises on a range of both hard and soft intellectual property rights, being involved in all aspects of IP protection strategy, enforcement and dispute resolution.

She has worked with a number of high profile clients, in particular in the retail, luxury goods and entertainment sectors and regularly advises those clients in respect of proceedings before the UK courts and the UK and Community trade mark registries.

Josephine’s experience includes:

• Advising a well-known US fashion brand on its European trade mark prosecution strategy and challenging third party trade mark applications and registrations at the Community registry.
• Acting for Sky in connection with a successful trade mark infringement and passing off action against Microsoft in relation to Microsoft’s “SkyDrive” product.
• Advising Sky on its ongoing dispute with Skype and successfully opposing numerous trade mark applications for SKYPE at the Community and UK registries.
• Advising a major music company in relation to the application of copyright term extension to previously unreleased 1960s sound recordings.

Josephine has written numerous articles for client and external publications, with a particular focus on soft IP rights in the entertainment sector.

Josephine has a degree and a Masters in Law from Trinity College, Dublin and is currently studying for a Masters in UK, EU and US Copyright Law at King’s College London.

Nina qualified in 1998 at a City firm and focusses on contentious IP & IT matters.   She has extensive expertise across all areas of IP litigation and protection, and in related fields such as IT litigation, data protection and defamation & reputation management disputes.  In addition to advising clients on these issues, Nina provides the IP group and its clients with information, training and guidance on developments in IP law and practice.  Nina is also an active member of our TMT, Life Sciences and Betting & Gaming sector groups.

Nina writes regularly for IP publications (including for Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, European Intellectual Property Review, Intellectual Property Magazine, ITMA Review, CIPA Guide and Bio-Science Law Review) and also edits a number of King & Wood Malleson’s client publications. She has lectured extensively on IP and other areas, and recently worked with the Law Commission on its Report into the UK legislation concerning groundless threats of IP infringement proceedings, writing Background Papers on the current law.

Before joining King & Wood Mallesons, Nina spent a period of time as a Senior Lecturer in Business Law, Commercial Law and IP Law & Practice. She is currently an Independent Research Essay adviser on the LLM at University College London.

Nina graduated from Oxford University with a BA (Hons) in Jurisprudence in 1995.  Following qualification, Nina obtained the Diploma in IP Law & Practice from Bristol University and, in 2007, an LLM in Commercial Law (with Distinction).

As both a chartered accountant and a chartered tax adviser, Kevin uses his tax specialism to ensure clients receive the very best service in tax compliance, whilst ensuring tax saving opportunities are identified and maximised. Concentrating on owner-managed businesses, his expertise covers corporate tax, mergers & demergers, acquisitions & MBOs, exit & remuneration planning as well as advising individual clients on more bespoke tax planning strategies.