People

Razwana is a specialist in intellectual property, film and television production and finance.
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A leading authority on domestic and international criminal law, Anthony has a wealth of high-profile court experience.
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Recognised widely as an astute practitioner in creative and media law, Jonathan's expertise covers the film, television, and internet industries, and he also provides legal and business advice to independent producers, broadcasters, major studios, and internet entrepreneurs.
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With a career in law that spans over 35 years, Bernard is a highly experienced consultant who specialises in criminal litigation, with particular emphasis on fraud and business crime.
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Particularly recognised for his expert provision to media clients involving criminal law related matters, Louis' expertise extends to defamation, privacy and breach of confidence, contempt of court and public law.
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Heather specialises in employment law.
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Gordon worked in the media before retraining in the law and his main area of practice is civil litigation with a particular focus on commercial litigation and media and press law.
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Chaz specialises in corporate and commercial law, with particular emphasis on the media, publishing and technology sectors
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Bronwen advises on a wide range of employment law issues, including policies and procedures, contracts, employee terminations, redundancies, maternity and parental rights.
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Maninder was previously the Legal Director of the international luxury retailer Harvey Nichols and his main focus is on intellectual property and retail issues including franchising, branding and reputation management.
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A commercial media lawyer with some 20 years' specialist experience, Simon is highly skilled both in media related corporate transactions as well as in film and television finance, production and distribution.
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The majority of James' work is for film and television financiers, distributors, producers and broadcasters as well as publishers and record and music publishing companies.
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Rachel advises on a wide range of employment law issues and specialises in discrimination law.
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Neal advises media, publishing and technology clients on a range of matters, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate structures.
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Parvais Jabbar is the joint Executive Director of the Death Penalty Project and specialises in criminal litigation, constitutional law, international human rights law and prison law.
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Makbool is widely regarded as a leading practitioner in the employment law field and related regulatory and investigative matters.
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Ewan’s expertise encompasses TUPE transfers, mergers, redundancies and employment aspects of corporate transactions.
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Mohsin joined SM&B in April 2010. He specialises in employment law.
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Saul Lehrfreund is the joint Executive Director of the Death Penalty Project and specialises in criminal litigation, constitutional law, international human rights law, and prison law.
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Nicholas is considered a leading authority in media and arts law.
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Tamara specialises in all aspects of UK employment law, including equality and diversity matters, and advises employers and employees from a wide variety of industry sectors.
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Jo is an Associate solicitor and advises on all aspects of employment law including discrimination, whistle-blowing, TUPE, redundancy, parental rights and employee terminations.
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Jane has twenty years of experience in family work. She specialises in the legal issues surrounding the divorce and separation of married and unmarried couples as well as civil partnerships.
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Razi was appointed managing partner in April 2010 and heads up our specialist media and commercial litigation departments.
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Barney has been a key member of our corporate team since 2003.
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Lucy specialises in reputation management and media law, including defamation, publishing, privacy and data rights.
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David specialises in all aspects of commercial and residential property law and transactions for Plc, corporate, charity, trust, estate and private clients, especially in the media, arts and leisure sectors.
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Bhavna has experience in all areas of employment matters in addition to health and safety and personal injury.
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Stephen is a leading practitioner in commercial and media litigation and is recognised for his expertise in investigative work.
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Jeffrey's main area of practice is civil litigation and he has particular experience in defamation and media law.
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Martin has a wealth of experience in all aspects of property law and related aspects of residential and commercial transactions and landlord and tenant law.
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Martin is widely recognised as a leading practitioner in publishing law with particular expertise in litigation and complex content clearance.
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Theo specialises in media and commercial litigation and Privy Council appeals.
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Prior to joining Simons Muirhead & Burton, Shahram Taghavi practised as a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers.
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Dennis previously held senior management and HR positions with Sainsbury and Tesco and manages our leading in-house training and consultancy programmes.
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Juliette's main area of practice is family law. She qualified as a solicitor at Simons Muirhead & Burton in 2010.
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Natalie undertakes all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment work, including advising on internal policies and procedures, contracts, unfair and wrongful dismissal, family friendly rights, discrimination, bullying and harassment.
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Nigel trained and qualified at a niche west end law firm in September 1999, specialising in property law.
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