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Legal Counsel
OrbianLegal Counsel
Nov. 2024 - Jul. 2025City Of London, England, United KingdomFounded by SAP and Citibank in 1999, Orbian was created to be one of the first financial services groups to specifically develop supply chain finance. Orbian offers a collaborative, flexible solution for working capital management to meet the financial demands of an agile global supply chain. Requiring a solid foundation in finance and business law, my role at Orbian is centred around delivering innovative legal solutions to help promote the success of our supply Chain Finance business. • Delivered innovative legal solutions to enhance the success of Orbian's core supply chain finance business. • Leveraged expertise in commercial legal strategies to navigate complex global supply chain issues . • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with our regulatory and statutory obligations, fostering agile operations.
Partner, Finance and Financial Services
Spencer West LLPPartner, Finance and Financial Services
Sep. 2024City Of London, England, United KingdomSpencer West is a leading international law firm, headquartered in the City of London. It promotes community, collaboration, and excellence through its alternative business structure and wide array of thought leaders, innovators, and legal specialists sourced from renowned international firms all over the globe.
Legal Counsel
Triple PointLegal Counsel
Jan. 2023 - Jun. 2024City of London, England, United KingdomTriple Point (TP) is a purpose-driven investment manager that seeks to use targeted investments to help address some of the UK's biggest challenges (including in the social housing, green energy, and digital infrastructure sectors). This role was of a dual character requiring a flexibility of approach to operate both as a traditional commercial legal counsel (often undertaking areas of work that did not fall neatly into others’ specialisms) and as a transactional finance solicitor advising the group’s funds businesses (via an internal consultancy arrangement).
Lifeboat Press Officer (v), Tower Lifeboat Station
RNLILifeboat Press Officer (v), Tower Lifeboat Station
Aug. 2021City of London, England, United KingdomAs the Lifeboat Press Officer at RNLI, my mission is to amplify the lifesaving efforts of our team through strategic media engagement. My legal background, grounded in finance and commercial law, enables me to navigate high intensity / stressful situations with compassion and clarity of thought/action, protecting the interests of both our crew and those we save. Our work at RNLI is fueled by dedication to service and the community. However, our aimin not just to save lives; but build a culture of safety on the Thames. The role of the Lifeboat Press Officer to the Tower Lifeboat Station is to help the RNLI save lives by raising awareness of the RNLI in London, through promoting the activity of Tower, highlighting the lifesaving work of our dedicated team of Lifesavers (full time and volunteer) and sharing key messages via local, traditional, digital and social media. Tower Lifeboat Station is RNLI's busiest station. Based just under Waterloo Bridge on the north side of the Thames, Tower is the dedicated search and rescue resource for central London, covering a densely packed 16 miles of the River Thames between Barking Creek and Battersea. As one crew, we strive for excellence and are trustworthy, courageous, selfless and dependable.
Legal Counsel
Brooks MacdonaldLegal Counsel
Sep. 2019 - Jan. 2023London, United KingdomAs legal counsel, I oversaw the legal affairs of the Brooks Macdonald Group with a focus on business to business contracts and business relationships. I helped oversee the day-to-day activities of the business with a focus on the procedures and strategies required to achieve effective delivery of services and effective distribution of BM’s products in the market-place. Brooks Macdonald ("BM") is an award-winning investment management firm, dedicated to providing an outstanding level of service to professional advisers, private clients, trusts and charities. The BM Group, which was founded in 1991 and began trading on AIM in 2005, had Discretionary Funds under Management of £17.3 billion as of January 2022. Brooks Macdonald Group plc, through its various subsidiaries, provides leading investment management services in the UK and internationally. BM has 14 offices across the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man including London, Birmingham, Cheltenham, East Anglia, Exeter, Hampshire, Leeds, Manchester, Tunbridge Wells, Scotland, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man.
Associate
REN LegalAssociate
Sep. 2018 - Sep. 2019London, United KingdomREN Legal was a boutique law firm based in the City of London. Its core practice area is that of Aircraft and Asset Finance but with exposure to wider finance, corporate, real estate and dispute resolution work. As an associate solicitor, I advised on finance and operating lease transactions, export credit backed financings, tax based financing arrangements and sale and lease back transactions. My clients included lessors, operators and manufacturers operating in the aircraft and asset finance market (mostly in relation to fixed wing aircraft variants including corporate and cargo jets but also in respect of helicopters and aircraft engines). REN Legal was purchased by Clyde & Co in October 2021
Trainee Solicitor - Corporate
Blake Morgan LLPTrainee Solicitor - Corporate
Mar. 2018 - Sep. 2018London, United KingdomAs a trainee solicitor in the Commercial and Corporate team based in London, I advised on corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, disposals, management buy-outs and equity investments. I also advised clients on a variety of corporate governance matters (including share buy-backs, internal compliance issues, shareholder agreements and general Companies Act compliance) and the establishment and continued operation of co-ownership business ownership structures and employee owned business structures
Trainee Solicitor - Clin. Neg.
Blake Morgan LLPTrainee Solicitor - Clin. Neg.
Sep. 2017 - Mar. 2018London, United KingdomI undertook my third seat with the Clinical Negligence team based in London. I assisted and advised on a variety of clinical negligence, child abuse and personal injury claims.
Trainee Counsel (Secondee), UK Commercial Law Team
BAE SystemsTrainee Counsel (Secondee), UK Commercial Law Team
Mar. 2017 - Sep. 2017United KingdomI was seconded to BAE Systems PLC working as part of their UK Commercial Law Team within the wider Group Legal function. BAE Systems is a global defence, aerospace and security company employing around 88,200 people worldwide. The company aims to serve the needs of its customers by delivering a wide range of advanced defence, aerospace and security solutions that provide a technological and performance edge.
Trainee Solicitor
Blake Morgan LLPTrainee Solicitor
Sep. 2016 - Sep. 2018Southampton, United KingdomAs a trainee with Blake Morgan LLP, I completed training seats with our Banking and Finance, Clinical Negligence and Corporate teams and was selected for a client secondment to BAE Systems PLC.
Trainee Solictor - Banking and Finance
Blake Morgan LLPTrainee Solictor - Banking and Finance
Sep. 2016 - Mar. 2017Southampton, United KingdomAs a trainee in the Banking and Finance team, I assisted on all forms of finance transactions and in acted in a corporate support function. I acted on various asset finance, debt finance, property finance and receivables funding transactions for many of the major banks and for a number of small corporate and private equity lenders. I was involved in drafting corporate authorisations and providing assistance with the collection and satisfaction of conditions precedent. Due to my experience in banking and finance, I was also responsible for running and completing transactions sub £5m in value. I likewise acted for the borrowers in certain real estate and corporate finance transactions and provided follow up advice to a company looking at entering into a group cash pooling arrangement. I also I acted in a corporate support function to a wider corporate team assisting on corporate due diligence.
Paralegal (Aircraft and Asset Finance & General Banking)
Blake Morgan LLPParalegal (Aircraft and Asset Finance & General Banking)
Jul. 2014 - Sep. 2016London, United KingdomAs a paralegal, I assisted a team that acts for the world's leading operating lessor and operator of commercial helicopters that undertakes police, emergency medical support, search and rescue and other PFI work, with particular emphasis on the oil and gas sector. As part of my role, I administer the Firm's professional user entity on the International Registry. I am required to stay abreast of all and any changes that may occur in relation to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, the Aircraft Equipment Protocol and the International Registry of Mobile Assets and am often contacted by our clients when they have queries on the Convention and on Registry filings. I also assisted the wider Blake Morgan Banking and Finance Team on multiple transactions varying from property finance based lending to large scale mergers and acquisitions.
Paralegal (Aircraft and Asset Finance & General Banking)
Blake LapthornParalegal (Aircraft and Asset Finance & General Banking)
Feb. 2011 - Jul. 2014London, United KingdomI assisted the Blake Lapthorn Banking and Finance team prior to the merger with Morgan Cole working on multiple transactions that varied from: • aircraft financing arrangements (of both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft); • the purchase and sale of commercially and privately owned aircraft; • transfers between international jurisdictions; to • large scale corporate mergers and acquisitions.
Potential Officer (Officer Cadet & Junior Under Officer)
The British ArmyPotential Officer (Officer Cadet & Junior Under Officer)
Sep. 2003 - Jun. 2014Cambridge and Nationwide

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