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With nearly 20 years of professional services business development experience, I help businesses, organisations and individuals find the right lawyer for their needs.If you are looking to scale up, exit or find investment, protect your intellectual property, deal with a crisis, build resilience or have a complex personal legal issue that you need advice on, I can support you with finding the right person at Mills & Reeve to start a conversation with.
I also support the development of young professionals and students so present on personal brand and networking skills both internally and to a range of NextGen and business networks. I’m passionate about giving confidence to those at the very start of their career and others looking to step up to the next level.
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Mills & Reeve welcomes new IP and ESG partner set to...
Alex Woolgar joins Mills & Reeve’s Oxford office to support innovative businesses in all stages of growth.
Second report of Mills & Reeve’s ESG Ignite – Interpreting the...
In the second report of our ESG Ignite series, we learn that the scope of ESG can differ between organisations based on the industry, business makeup and corporate priorities. Each organisation faces their own, often competing, ESG opportunities and challenges.
How to embed ESG into the DNA of your business?
This is the latest in our Mills & Reeve series of roundtable discussions and podcasts that explore the growth strategies and challenges of some of the UK’s most successful and ambitious technology businesses.
The Cambridge and Oxford experience
We reveal the fast growth secrets of technology businesses in Cambridge and Oxford.
The fast growth secrets of tech founders
Learn about what tech founders wish they’d known about IP protection and navigating the transition from start-up to scale-up.
Mills & Reeve advise Marick on Oxford city centre development partnership
Leading national law firm Mills & Reeve has advised Marick Real Estate on its appointment as development partner for the regeneration of 38-40 George Street, Oxford following a competitive public procurement process.
Fast Growth Secrets: What tech founders wish they’d known about IP...
Starting and growing a successful business is no easy feat. But it’s even harder if you’re trying to do it on your own. That’s why it’s so important to learn from the experiences of others who have been there and done it. But unfortunately, when battle-hardened founders get together to share experiences, it’s usually behind closed doors.
Defensive lines: how to prepare for and respond to a cyber...
Law firm Mills & Reeve and insurers Aon surveyed legal, risk, compliance and human resources teams in the public and private sectors across a wide range of industries to better understand how they prepare for and respond to cyber attacks.
Mills & Reeve charitable trust supports Oxfordshire Community Foundation
The national law firm’s charitable trust has pledged to Oxfordshire Community Foundation as part of its wider ESG efforts after opening their Oxford office last year.
New partner hire strengthens Mills & Reeve’s family and children team
Matt Heyworth joins from BDB Pitmans, Reading, and is a leading family lawyer who specialises in complex cases involving business interests, trusts, foreign assets and property portfolios. His arrival coincides with principal associate, Claire Burton and associate, Kerry Haugh, also from BDB Pitmans.
Trust in Digital Identities
The issue of digital identities is a hot topic within the UK technology sector and the government has introduced proposed legislation to tackle some of the issues digital identities present.
Cybersecurity and NIS 2 – what does this mean for you?
Directive (EU) 2022/2555 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS 2) came into force on 16 January 2023. By 17 October 2024, Member States must adopt and publicise measures to comply with the Directive. NIS 2 will apply to a broad range of businesses which provide their services, or carry out their activities in the EU even if they are not based in a Member State. So what does this mean for you?
Wanting to export software and SaaS technology? Proper preparation will prevent...
Assess the market It’s a trite point in some ways! Overseas markets can be difficult to access and exploit, even if you have a clear sales or supply opportunity that gets you past the existing competitors in the market. Local laws may be a factor and, in some locations, cause an obstruction. These may require […]
The Windsor Framework – what does it mean for life sciences?
For more than two years Northern Ireland has faced difficulties trading with the wider UK. The 2020 Northern Ireland Protocol established systems for trade in and out of Northern Ireland, but has led to a mass of practical difficulties both in the flow of goods across the Irish Sea, and legal compliance for businesses operating […]
Draft guidance on how competition laws apply to environmental sustainability agreements
The Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA) has recently published for consultation draft guidance as to how competition laws apply to environmental sustainability agreements.
Genetic Technology Act 2023 offers greater flexibility in agrifood innovation
A new approach to the use of precision genetic technology in plants and animals has recently been introduced in England. This will make is easier to use advanced DNA editing methods like CRISPR-Cas9 in the agrifood sector.
University spin-outs, students as consumers and fair terms – what can...
Universities and spin-out companies should be reviewing their general position in relation to intellectual property ownership in light of the court’s decision in the recent case of Oxford University Innovations v Oxford Nanoimaging 2022.
Initial experiences with the Clinical Trials Regulation and CTIS in Germany
The EU Clinical Trials Regulation (EU) 536/2014 (the CTR) became applicable on 31 January 2022. We asked our best friend firm in Germany, Graf von Westphalen, to give us an insight into how the CTR and the related Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) are bedding in.
Open-source software – issues we see cropping up in practice
Open-source software (OSS) is software that is free to redistribute, with the source code being distributed as well as the object code. It is widely acknowledged using OSS components in software development can help reduce time and effort being expended recreating functionality that already exists. Consequently, it can speed up innovation.
Strengthening the UK clinical research environment
A recent ABPI report highlighted a decline in UK clinical trials. Improving the UK ecosystem for clinical research will involve a range of measures, and we look forward to publication of the O’Shaughnessy review. This sits alongside an ongoing substantial upgrade to UK clinical trials legislation and guidance, that forms the focus of this article.
New partner hire strengthens Mills & Reeve’s family and children team...
Matt Heyworth joins from BDB Pitmans, Reading, and is a leading family lawyer who specialises in complex cases involving business interests, trusts, foreign assets and property portfolios. His arrival coincides with principal associate, Claire Burton and associate, Kerry Haugh, also from BDB Pitmans.
Our sustainability report 2022: driving best practice at Mills & Reeve...
We present our first ever comprehensive sustainability report on how we’ll build towards net zero by 2050.
New year, new hires for Mills & Reeve’s Oxford office
William Downing and Dominic Jones join the firm’s partnership to strengthen and grow Mills & Reeve’s recently opened office in Oxford.
Oxpansion…
Carter Jonas previously reported that investment in laboratory and office space in Oxford for 2022 was on track to break the previous record of £330 million set in 2021 and that prices for fitted lab space now exceed £100 per sq ft. With demand for space from life science organisations reaching nearly 860,000 sq ft in Oxfordshire alone, chronic undersupply continues to pose all too familiar problems. So, how exactly are players in the life sciences sector continuing to play a crucial role in facilitating expansion of the Oxford eco-system?
Mills & Reeve advises on £4.5m Series A fundraise for agtech...
Leading national law firm Mills & Reeve has advised Regenerate Ventures on its investment in agtech start-up, BigSis, as part of a £4.5m Series A fundraise.
New head of technology at Mills & Reeve bolsters technology sector...
Partner Doug McDonald announced as new technology sector lead in a move that will further enhance the firm’s offering to clients. Doug is an experienced commercial litigator who has been at Mills & Reeve for more than 14 years and advises technology companies on a wide range of commercial dispute resolution matters. Doug counts some […]
Mills & Reeve turnover rises again to record £131m
Turnover rose 5.5% reaching £131.2 million at the leading national law firm, which opened its seventh office earlier this year in Oxford.