Experience

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  The British & Irish Lions

  • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Director of Legal & Governance

    • Apr 2023 - Present
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Scottish Rugby Union

  • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Head Of Legal

    • Sep 2019 - Apr 2023
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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  WRU

  • Cardiff, United Kingdom

  • Senior Solicitor

    • Jan 2017 - Sep 2019
    • Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Autonomously providing advice to the Welsh Rugby Union, Dragons Rugby and Principality Stadium on all aspects of business and rugby operations, including on commercial contracts, sponsorship, GDPR, safeguarding, intellectual property, IT, employment and ticketing.

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  AEG Europe

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Legal Counsel

    • Jul 2013 - Dec 2016
    • London, United Kingdom

    Providing advice to all business units in the European arm of an international music, sports and entertainments company, encompassing aspects of commercial, corporate, property, construction and employment law in relation to large scale events such as the Country2Country Festival and venues such as The O2, The SSE Arena Wembley, and the Tele2 Arena in Sweden, as well as the Thames Clippers riverboat service.

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  Rugby Travel & Hospitality Ltd

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Legal Counsel - Rugby World Cup

    • Jun 2015 - Dec 2015
    • London, United Kingdom

    I was granted a sabbatical by AEG following a job offer from RTH to work as part of a legal team of two on the official travel and hospitality programme for Rugby World Cup England 2015.

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  Pinsent Masons

  • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Solicitor

    • Sep 2011 - Jul 2013
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Solicitor in Technology, Media and Telecommunications team

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  Shepherd and Wedderburn

  • Edinburgh/London

  • Trainee Solicitor

    • Aug 2009 - Aug 2011
    • Edinburgh/London

    Seat 1 - English Property (London)Seat 2 - Litigation, Commercial, Property and Construction (Edinburgh)Seat 3 - Private Client (Edinburgh)Seat 4 - Employment (Edinburgh)