Commercial & Business Law Faculty

James Agnew

James Agnew is a supervising associate at Simmons & Simmons. He has worked on a range of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters including commercial licensing, collaboration...

Richard Brady

Richard Brady is a lawyer who has spent many years working in Europe and the Middle East in the legal, financial and insurance arenas. He has a degree from Cambridge College of Teachers (2005) on...

Tom Carver

Tom Carver is a partner at McCarthy Denning. He has broad experience in patent litigation (infringement and validity) in pharmaceuticals, medical and mechanical devices and electronics, including...

Olivier Corticchiato

Olivier Corticchiato is an independent intellectual property consultant. He combines strong international experiences in leading IP teams for major global companies. He was until recently European...

Niels Ersbøll

Elsa Glauert

Elsa Glauert, Supervising Associate at Simmons & Simmons, has been involved in a range of intellectual property matters with a particular focus on contentious matters in the life sciences...

Rupert Hawke

Rupert Hawke, founder of Hawke Legal, has a business degree and is a qualified management accountant. He spent the first 10 years of his career working in multi-national business. In 2007 he was...

Sharmela Kalmer

Sharmela Kalmer is a Partner at Gowling WLG (UK) LLP. Sharmela is a trusted advisor to a number of emerging and established innovative technology and life sciences companies operating in a range...

Roger Levitt

Roger Levitt, LLB, QDR, MCIArb, is a leading business and property mediator and solicitor (non-practising). With over 40 years of legal experience, Roger has extensive knowledge in matters...

Michala Meiselles

Michala Meiselles is a solicitor in England and Wales specialising in international business law, cross-border transactions and compliance. Starting off her career at Berrymans Lace Mawer, she has...

Fred Nicolle

Lewis Pope

Stephen Reese

Stephen Reese is a partner at Clifford Chance and advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters including patents, trade marks, trade secrets and copyright....

Peter Rudd-Clarke

Peter Rudd-Clarke specialises in helping businesses navigate regulatory challenges and liability risks, particularly in the life sciences, healthcare and consumer products sectors. 

Peter advises...

Helene Russell

Hélène Russell, founder of The Knowledge Business, is a UK solicitor (non-practising) and specialist in Knowledge, Learning and Innovation. After 8 years in practice, primarily in clinical

Arun Singh OBE

Arun Singh is cited and ranked in the Chambers Guide to the world’s leading lawyers. He concentrates on international investment, joint ventures, licensing of technology, research and...

Scott Styles

Scott C. Styles is senior lecturer at the University of Aberdeen Law School. He is Assistant Editor of Daintith and Willoughby, the leading book on UK oil and gas law. He has many years experience...

Mario Subramaniam

Mario Subramaniam is a Legal Director in the Life Sciences Transactions team at Pinsent Masons. As a former research scientist, he has a passion for the life sciences and has expertise in advising...

Helen Swaffield

Helen Swaffield is a practising Barrister with over 25 years’ experience in Commercial and Public Law including commercial contracts and regulation, EU Law, international outsourcing and...

Ewan Townsend

Ewan Townsend's practice focusses on the commercial transactions involved in the development, exploitation and commercialization of medicinal products, representing many of the world's most...

Mark Weston

Mark Weston has run his own law firm, Weston Legal, since 1 January 2024. He is also a consultant at Hill Dickinson LLP where he joined in February 2016 as a partner and Head of its Commercial,...