Experience

Accsys

• United Kingdom
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 100 - 200 Employee

• General Counsel and Company Secretary

  • Apr 2022 - Present



GKN Aerospace

• United Kingdom
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Legal - Operations and Global Functions

  • Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

  Responsible for the legal affairs of GKN Aerospace's international manufacturing operations and global functions Responsible for the legal affairs of GKN Aerospace's international manufacturing operations and global functions



Kier Group

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Group Head of Legal

  • Jan 2014 - Nov 2020

  Head of Legal at Kier Group, with responsibility for:- Formulating and implementing legal function and compliance / governance strategy.- Managing and leading the legal function on a day-to-day basis. - Realigning the legal function’s relationship with the business.- Identifying key business risks and implementing effective risk management plans in collaboration with the business.Key experience: - Distressed situation: Co-lead on formulation and execution of complex lender management strategy and 264m GBP emergency rights issue. - Corporate / M&A: Significant leading roles across a range of corporate regulatory and M&A activity, including the 265m GBP Class 1 acquisition (and related 340m GBP rights issue) of the Mouchel Group. - Banking: Management, strategic input and negotiation of listed plc level banking documentation, including significantly sized RCFs (£650m+), US private placements and Schuldschein loans. - Disputes and criminal regulatory: Strategic leadership on dispute resolution and criminal regulatory matters (including significant health & safety and environmental offences).- Commercial: Leading roles on a number of key commercial negotiations.

• Head of Legal - Corporate

  • Oct 2013 - Jan 2014

  Head of Legal for corporate matters and responsibility for management of Kier Group's external legal panel.



Hanson UK

• United Kingdom
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal counsel

  • Jan 2012 - Sep 2013

  Legal counsel with wide-ranging responsibilities for corporate (M&A, corporate finance, JV's), commercial (supply, procurement, projects like Hinkley Point and Crossrail) and litigation (competition law and cross-border arbitration). Legal counsel with wide-ranging responsibilities for corporate (M&A, corporate finance, JV's), commercial (supply, procurement, projects like Hinkley Point and Crossrail) and litigation (competition law and cross-border arbitration).



Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Solicitor

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

  Advising various clients in the Oil & Gas (upstream, midstream and downstream) and Energy sectors in relation to M&A and projects work. Advising various clients in the Oil & Gas (upstream, midstream and downstream) and Energy sectors in relation to M&A and projects work.



bp

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Solicitor - M&A Legal (on secondment from Simmons & Simmons)

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

  Secondment to BP M&A Legal team. Advising on various upstream and downstream M&A transactions, across a wide range of jurisdictions including sub-Saharan Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Malawi), the Caucasus and China. Secondment to BP M&A Legal team. Advising on various upstream and downstream M&A transactions, across a wide range of jurisdictions including sub-Saharan Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Malawi), the Caucasus and China.



Simmons & Simmons

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Solicitor

  • Sep 2004 - Dec 2010

  Corporate / Commercial lawyer, advising a broad range of clients on M&A, joint ventures, PPP, partnership law and general commercial advice. Corporate / Commercial lawyer, advising a broad range of clients on M&A, joint ventures, PPP, partnership law and general commercial advice.