Our Team

Paul is a Partner in the firm overseeing all of the firm’s branches and activities. Paul is an extremely experienced lawyer with a background in corporate law.

Paul’s corporate expertise includes mergers and acquisitions and drafting and advising on all aspects of commercial contracts.

Paul specialises in advising both individuals and financial institutions and providers within the regulated sector. His expertise and experience provide an invaluable perspective within our firm whilst also greatly enhancing our technical understanding of the financial products and investments.

Paul’s work is extremely varied as he deals with financial advisers, brokers, insurers and various other entities in the financial services sector. His expertise in corporate and commercial law allows him to offer holistic ‘all round’ advice to his clients, providing them with invaluable business and commercial advice and support.

Paul is renowned as a practical and pragmatic adviser with a sensible and straightforward manner.

Shortlisted for International Lawyer of the Year by the Birmingham Law Society, Gareth has acquired an exceptionally high profile, both nationally and internationally, in the financial services sector in acting for large groups of investors who have received negligent financial advice and who have been financially devastated as a result of collapsed funds and schemes.

Gareth has in-depth experience in a wide variety of failed funds and investments such as Harlequin, Arch Cru, Keydata Investment Services Limited, ARM, Stirling Mortimer, Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes (UCIS), Sustainable Growth Group, Alpha Bank – Cyprus, Green Oil, to name but a few.

Gareth is frequently consulted by and quoted in numerous articles in Financial Times, The Mail on Sunday, FT Adviser, Money Marketing and IFA Online.

He is renowned for his energetic and creative approach which allows him to find alternative solutions for his clients outside of the usual court or regulatory routes. His ability to work together with, not only his investor clients but also the advisers and fund providers/promoters is a rare skill and one which has made him the unquestioned expert in this particular field.

Iain is a Chartered Accountant with significant experience in the transactional market. He previously headed the Corporate Finance department in a well known independent Midlands accountancy practice and acted for both regulated firms and financial institutions. Iain brings a strong commercial understanding together with associated tax knowledge to commercial sales.

Baljit is an experienced solicitor with an exceptional knowledge of both corporate and employment law.

Baljit handles all aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions ranging from small to multi-million pound deals and can effectively advise on the related employment issues that inevitably arise. He offers a wide range of human resources services from contract drafting to advising on how to protect your hard-won client lists. In a sector where regulations change uniformly, Baljit has been essential to his clients’ business success. His style is proactive and tactical, bringing to corporate and individual clients an effective approach on how to manage and exploit their entitlements under law.
Baljit’s HR support service has been pivotal to cases from human rights violations to failed commercial ventures. He has led on settlements which have been multi-jurisdictional with multiple plaintiffs such as the ‘ready to rent’ investments in Eastern Europe, where he has won 10’s of millions of euros in compensation for his clients.

I am grateful for the advice and the excellent service provided, and the speedy and professional manner in which you managed my matter which far exceeded my expectations.

– A. Dobson

Rebecca is a corporate solicitor with more than a decade of experience in the Financial Services sector. Her primary focus resolves around facilitating seamless business sales and acquisitions, as well as navigating complex business restructurings. She has a particular interest in Employee Ownership Trusts and has helped numerous companies to establish and manage these trusts.