Training & Courses:
Commercial Contracts

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 development, M&A, energy, outsourcing and corporate governance in developed and emerging markets; he also handles international legal risk management matters. In 1999 he was appointed an OBE by HM the Queen for services to international trade, investment and intercultural management.

Rebecca Attree

Rebecca is a Qualified Solicitor, experienced Civil and Commercial Mediator and Trainer, based in London. She worked for City law firms Richards Butler (now Reed Smith) and Laytons before setting up her own international commercial law practice, Attree & Co in 1995. Rebecca has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting cross-border collaboration and joint venture agreements and licensing software agreements. She has trained thousands of lawyers and business executives over the last 25 years, in Europe and beyond, on a wide range of commercial law topics.

Simon Portman

Simon Portman, Managing Associate at Marks & Clerk, specialises as a commercial contract lawyer for technology companies. He works for clients in the electronics, bioscience, defence, software, nanotech and creative industries, advising companies ranging from small start-ups to big multinationals as well as individuals, public bodies and charities. He advises on a wide range of contracts, including licenses, R&D collaborations, manufacturing agreements and procurement documentation. On the regulatory front he has advised on compliance with clinical trials legislation and novel food applications, as well as freedom of information and data protection issues.

Rayyan Mughal

Rayyan Mughal is a commercial contract lawyer with Marks & Clerk. He has experience of working in-house providing corporate and commercial support at an international oil and gas sector company and at a leading provider of IT Services. In private practice, Rayyan has advised IT multinationals and technology clients based in and around Cambridge.

Katie Chandler

Katie Chandler is a Partner in Taylor Wessing’s London Disputes and Investigations Group. She acts for clients in high-value, complex commercial litigation relating to corporate governance and shareholder disputes, technology implementation project disputes and product liability claims. Katie acts for clients in a variety of sectors including technology, life sciences, food and drink and consumer and retail, with a particular focus on advancing technologies such as the Internet of Things and automated and connected vehicles. Katie is admitted as a solicitor in Ireland, as well as in England and Wales.

Tasmina Goraya

Dr Tasmina Goraya is a Partner in the Patents team of Taylor Wessing and a member of the firm’s Life Sciences Group. She specialises in three areas with a particular focus on life sciences: regulatory compliance; patent and commercial disputes with a particular focus on arbitrations; and transactional IP (including IP and regulatory support on M&As and investments). Her regulatory work covers a wide spectrum of regulatory and compliance issues in the pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare sectors.

Tasmina has a degree in Toxicology & Pharmacology from London University and a PhD in Pharmacology from Cambridge University and was previously a post-doctoral research associate in academia prior to moving into law. She qualified as a solicitor (England & Wales) in 2011 and has a Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice from Oxford University.

Sally Annereau

Sally Annereau is a Senior Data Protection Adviser at Taylor Wessing, London. She has over 28 years’ experience of providing advice on data protection and wider regulatory issues governing the way in which businesses use information. Sally’s experience includes advising on privacy sensitive technologies, conducting privacy impact assessments, coordinating data protection and compliance issues, reviewing clinical trial and research study agreements, and reviewing and drafting privacy policies and separate data protection grounds within informed consent notices

Mark Weston

Mark Weston is a Partner at Hill Dickinson LLP where he is Head of Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Commercial. His practice covers all areas of commercial law and he has a wealth of industry experience having worked in-house at Hewlett Packard. He regularly appears on BBC1 and Sky News as a legal commentator.

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 since worked in private practice and as in-house legal counsel for local government. Over a decade ago, Michala created her own dedicated consultancy firm, which she presently directs, providing business and legal solutions to multinationals, public sector entities and international organisations. In her work as a solicitor and international lawyer (operating in England, France, Canada and the US), she advises on compliance (inter alia anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering and sanctions), trade finance, import and export, licensing, distribution, agency and foreign direct investment.

Alan Simmons

Alan Simmons LLB (Hons) in Law with French LLM, RSA CETEFLA. Alan is a highly experienced trainer of legal English who has been working with international lawyers across the globe for over 20 years to enhance their skills at drafting concise and watertight clauses in the English language. He qualified as a solicitor in England and has passed the New York Bar with a view to becoming a US qualified lawyer. He studied law in the UK, Strasbourg and the European University in Florence and then went on to train as a solicitor in an international law firm and practised in commercial law in law firms in London. He has used this experience to successfully train legal staff from junior counsel to judges in all elements of international commercial law across the world. Alan is a dynamic trainer and applies a highly interactive style to ensure complete understanding and an enjoyable learning experience.