Experience

The Contract Lawyer

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Advisor

  • May 2021 - Present

  I provide legal advice and drafting services on contractual matters to a range start-ups, SMEs, and e-commerce businesses



Swisspine Galston Consulting

• Consultant

  • May 2020 - Present

  Providing a variety of Paralegal and Public Affairs based support to clients in a self employed capacity.Activities and responsibilities include: • Conducted legal research tasks on Employment Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, Data Protection and Contract law• Drafted commercial contracts including affiliate marketing agreements and consultancy agreements• Completed merits reviews of clients' defences in breach of contract claims.• Advised clients on court procedure for commercial hearings.• Drafted skeleton arguments for clients to use in court hearings.• Handling clients.• Providing strategic advice to developers and commercial clients in understanding local and national government policy and utilising it to achieve their commercial goals.



Thompsons Solicitors

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Intern

  • Dec 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Helped to compile a discovery list for claimants in a statutory redundancy claim.• Carried out legal research and merits reviews for several discrimination cases. • Sat with solicitors in client meetings and during telephone advice sessions and helped to compile attendance notes about these meetings.• Gained an appreciation of the steps to be taken in preparing a case that had been presented by a client right through to the time it was to be heard in the Employment tribunal.



Emma Hardy MP

• Senior Parliamentary Assistant

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

  • Drafted Early Day Motions and amendments to Parliamentary bills such as the Cross-Border Trade Bill;• Played key role in assisting Ms Hardy prepare for public bill committees and delegated legislation committees;• Wrote and project managed the introduction of a private members bill to limit the practice known as ‘land banking’.• Advocated on behalf of constituents in writing and orally on a range of complex matters including social security appeals to the First Tier Tribunal, school admissions cases, student access to education, health and care plans and individual funding requests for medical treatments.• Acted as a ghost writer for several of Ms Hardy's articles. These articles appeared in major national and trade sector publications.



Barry Gardiner MP

• Senior Caseworker and Constituency Communications Assistant

  • Feb 2017 - Aug 2017

  •Excellent verbal and written communication skills and people skills- I responded effectively and courteously both in writing and orally to all contacts from constituents, stakeholders, local government and national government departments on Barry’s behalf and have regularly drafted detailed written replies to policy enquiries from constituents. •Good time management and managing a challenging workload- I have demonstrated strong deadline management skills in scheduling of media releases and social media posts, responding to casework, and prioritising and managing a large workload to fit around office policy deadlines and Parliamentary schedules.•Acute Attention to detail- I have received regular praise for attention to detail in casework and told how helpful my work has been for constituents in assisting them with their case. •Trusted to work with little or no supervision- Barry has trusted me to represent him to constituents and write social media posts on his behalf with very little supervision.•Preparing Briefings for Television Appearances- I contributed to preparing media briefings for Barry to use on his television appearances.•Social Media and Communications- I assisted Barry in his social media and online communications. I am responsible for updating his website and Facebook feeds to ensure that his activities and policy positions are effectively communicated to constituents and other stakeholders.



Marie Rimmer MP

• Community Engagement Officer

  • Jan 2016 - Feb 2017

  • Providing advice and support to constituents on a variety of issues in a professional and sensitive manner. • Producing detailed responses to policy enquiries from residents and local organisations.• Dealing with daily enquiries from the public by phone and in person, taking the appropriate initial action to resolve or escalate their concerns and enquiries. • Management of the MP's website and social media feeds.• Drafting communication material, including: detailed policy based social media releases, newsletters, leaflets & street letters.• Liaising with community and voluntary based organisations to ascertain how best the member can assist them in promoting their aims and values.• Undertaking detailed research in order to ensure the member is adequately briefed ahead of meetings and events.



Howarth and Smith

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Law Clerk and Oxford Fellow

  • Sep 2014 - May 2015

  • Conducting legal research across multiple jurisdictions within the US federal legal system and internationally. Highlights included: writing a motion for filing in the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals, advising the firm’s partners on use of the Hague Convention on the taking of evidence abroad in civil or commercial matters for use by partners in a trial involving defendants from Switzerland. • Assisted in the preparation of bundles for trial and conducted research on potential jury members to assist with voir dire.• Assisted in writing and filing complaints, organised case control memos for a large workload of cases and attended client meetings with attorneys.• Worked closely with a senior partner with 40+ years of litigation experience on devising trial strategy and considering presentational issues for court.• Organised discovery documents received from opposition, identified areas for discovery in cases and attended and assisted on depositions.