Mishcon de Reya


	Summer 2005

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Mishcon People

Some of the new recruits to the Firm over the last year:

Corporate partner Susan Breen specialises in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions for private and publicly traded enterprises. She has substantial experience in advising banks, venture capitalists and borrowers on financing and lending projects and in recovery situations on behalf of lenders in the area of receivership and debt restructuring.

Nick Davis is a corporate partner focusing on takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. He has substantial experience in negotiating joint ventures, financings and fundraisings and is recognised in a number of sectors including recruitment, advertising and PR and e-commerce/technology.

Belinda Bridgen is a corporate tax principal with over twenty-five years experience in domestic and international corporate tax. She advises private and public companies as well as financial institutions, including banks and funds. Her particular specialisations include property and international structuring, mergers and acquisitions, company restructuring, financing and private equity funds.

Senior assistant Karen Tickner joined the Employment Group. Her practice covers all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment law, including wrongful and unfair dismissal, discrimination law, TUPE, redundancies, reorganisations, employment aspects of mergers, acquisitions, sales and flotations and High Court litigation.

Property partner Daniel Lipman joined us from Berwin Leighton Paisner, having been at that firm for his entire career. Daniel specialises in all aspects of commercial property law with an emphasis on investment work for quoted and private property companies, much of which is tax driven. He also frequently acts for banks on a variety of property finance transactions.

Kathryn Garbett specialises in commercial litigation with particular expertise in civil fraud. Kathryn has considerable experience in all types of injunctive relief, international asset tracing, insolvency litigation, enforcement and ancillary procedures. She represents high profile individuals and corporate clients in both claimant and defendant led High Court litigation, as well as in a range of disciplinary and regulatory investigations.

Property assistant Jason Kallis advises on all aspects of landlord and tenant law for large blue chip retailers and PLC’s. He has extensive experience in advising on disputes relating to service charges, contracts for the sale of land, rights of way, contentious and non-contentious lease renewals, rent reviews, construction contracts, estate agency agreements, re-possessions, forfeiture, vesting orders and dilapidations.

Corporate assistant Tim Merritt joined in March 2005 from Berwin Leighton Paisner where he undertook most types of general corporate, finance and property finance work. Tim has experience of working for both banks and borrowers often in international transactions.

Sarah Albury came from Withers where she was a senior assistant in the Private Client Group. Sarah has extensive experience in advising both UK and internationally based clients not only on their roles as trustees, executors & beneficiaries, but also on their personal estate planning. Sarah’s wide-ranging practice also includes Probate, Court of Protection and Powers of Attorney, together with the areas of tax & trusts.

Head of Planning and Environmental Law, Oliver Goodwin, formerly a senior member of the team advising on the planning application in support of London’s Olympic bid at Eversheds, has extensive experience in advising on a range of public and private sector projects, including international urban regeneration schemes, major office, retail, leisure and residential schemes. Oliver is also currently advising on a European major inward investment tourism project of national significance.

Davina Sofer trained with Mishcon and has just joined the Property Department as an assistant where she is involved in all aspects of the work it undertakes. She has a particular interest in property investment matters and has experience of working on large scale property transactions.

Congratulations!

Property partner, Philip Freedman has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s birthday Honours List, for services to property law. Philip, an acknowledged expert on property law and a prolific author, recently chaired the Committee that produced the Commercial Lease Code which played a vital role in staving off the threat of legislation against upward only rent reviews.