Mayer Brown LLP

London Senior Partner: Dominic Griffiths

UK

Number of partners: 86

Number of other fee-earners: 160

Total staff (all fee-earners & support staff): 460

Contacts:

Antitrust & Competition: Daniel Vowden

Banking & Finance: Alex Dell

Construction & Engineering: Michael D Regan

Corporate & Securities: Kate Ball-Dodd

Employment & Benefits: Christopher Fisher

Environment: Tim Baines

Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement: Chris Chapman

Insurance & Reinsurance: Jim Oulton

Intellectual Property: Mark Prinsley

Litigation & Dispute Resolution: Ian McDonald

Pensions: Jay Doraisamy

Real Estate: Christopher Harvey

Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency: Michael Fiddy

Tax: James Hill

THE FIRM

Mayer Brown is a leading international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes.

OUR CLIENT SERVICE PRINCIPLES

• Delivering the best legal advice and service
• Leveraging our deep commercial instincts to serve as our clients’ strategic partners and trusted advisors
• Building diverse teams of lawyers from our market-leading practices to help achieve our clients’ goals
• Solving our clients’ most complex problems with creative and innovative ideas
• Collaborating across offices to deliver the best of our knowledge wherever in the world it’s needed
• Using technology to develop new ways to deliver timely and efficient client service

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK

Banking & Finance:

This is a founding practice of Mayer Brown and one of the firm’s signature strengths. The firm has significant experience in structured finance and has been at the forefront of the markets for securitisation and other structured products since their inception. The firm is also highly distinguished in all aspects of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including leveraged finance, asset-based lending, fund finance, debt capital markets (including emerging markets and high yield), project finance, real estate finance, derivatives and tax-based lending. The practice also provides a complete financial restructuring service.

Corporate & Securities:

Corporate and securities law is at the core of Mayer Brown’s global practice. In the UK the firm is known for its strong public and private M&A practice and well-regarded corporate finance team with its extensive experience in the international capital markets. The domestic and international experience of the practice includes private equity, corporate governance, investment funds, financial services regulation, joint ventures and outsourcing.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution:

Litigation is the firm’s largest practice with more than 450 lawyers globally handling complex, cross-border litigation for a wide variety of clients. The firm has extensive experience in dealing with financial and banking disputes, antitrust and competition, insolvency and restructuring issues, disputes affecting the global construction industry and all aspects of insurance and reinsurance. The practice has dedicated teams advising on commercial litigation, international commercial arbitration, class actions, product liability, compliance and white collar crime.

Other Specialist Groups:

Other practices and industry groups also well respected in the UK legal market and internationally, and with several recognised leading lawyers, include: construction and engineering, employment, environment, financial services regulatory and enforcement, IP/IT, pensions, real estate and tax.

GRADUATE RECRUITMENT

Please see www.mayerbrown.com/careers or mayerbrowngraduates.com

INTERNATIONAL

Other Offices: Americas: Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York, Palo Alto, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Washington DC.

Asia: Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo.

Europe: Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Paris.

Middle East: Dubai.

Associated law firm offices: Brasila, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Vitoria.

Mayer Brown is a global services provider comprising associated legal practices that are separate entities, including Mayer Brown LLP (Illinois, USA), Mayer Brown International LLP (England), Mayer Brown (a Hong Kong partnership) and Tauil & Chequer Advogados (a Brazilian law partnership) (collectively the ‘Mayer Brown Practices’) and non-legal service providers, which provide consultancy services (the ‘Mayer Brown Consultancies’). The Mayer Brown Practices and Mayer Brown Consultancies are established in various jurisdictions and may be a legal person or a partnership. Details of the individual Mayer Brown Practices and Mayer Brown Consultancies can be found in the Legal Notices section of the firm’s website.