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Jeffrey Smele

Jeffrey Smele

UK 2026

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Simons Muirhead Burton
 Simons Muirhead Burton

Ranked in 1 practice area

Defamation/Reputation Management

UK-wide

8 years ranked

Contributions and articles

3 Articles, Press releases, highlights

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Defamation/Reputation Management - UK-wide

Band 3
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Jeffrey Smele leads the media and communications disputes team at Simons Muirhead Burton. He advises newspapers, media outlets and high-profile individuals on a range of defamation and privacy matters. These range over handling injunctions, breach of confidence and libel claims, as well as pre-publication advice.

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  • Jeffrey is extremely valuable to a case and very level-headed. He does not let the heat of the dispute get to him and dials it down to focus on what is necessary.

    Defamation/Reputation ManagementChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Ranked Individuals at Simons Muirhead Burton (22)

London (Firms)

UK-wide

Articles, Highlights and Press Releases

3 items provided by Simons Muirhead Burton

Press Release May, 2022

SMB listed in the Times Best Law Firms 2022

Authored by: Louis Charalambous, Simon Goldberg, Jeffrey Smele, James Davies, Enfys Jenkins, Marc Sobol

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