Firm News
Five new partners for Mishcon de Reya
| Release Date: |
30 March 2007 |
Mishcon de Reya is delighted to announce yesterday’s election of five new members to the partnership. These new promotions will take effect as of 10 April 2007.
This is the largest promotion to the partnership Mishcon de Reya has made since 2003 and brings the total numbers of partners in the Firm to 52. The growth in Mishcon’s Partnership is not only a reflection of the quality of the new Partners themselves, but also of the strength and growth in the underlying business.
Mishcon de Reya is also delighted that two of the five new partners, Mark Keenan and Stuart McMaster, are Mishcon’s ‘born and bred’ - having trained, qualified and progressed with the Firm. The three further new partners are Barbara Reeves in the Family Department, Christopher Jones in the Corporate Department and Deirdre Hennessy in the Real Estate Department.
Mishcon de Reya’s Managing Partner, Kevin Gold said:
"These promotions underline the growth of the Firm which has been significantly enhanced by the outstanding contribution of each of our new partners."
Details of the new partners are as follows:
Deirdre Hennessy – Real Estate
Deirdre specialises in acquisitions and development work for property investors and developers. She also advises a wide range of other clients on general real estate matters.
Deirdre has been involved in a number of NHS-related PFI projects and also acts for the leading specialist developer of trade centre sites.
Christopher Jones – Corporate & Commercial
Christopher is Head of the Firm’s Investment Funds Group and advises principals of hedge funds, property funds and private equity funds, fund formations, fund raising and investment programmes across multiple jurisdictions.
Christopher has significant experience on advising funds investing in the Indian market. He advised Saffron Capital Advisors and Yatra Capital Limited on the establishment of a €100 million Indian real estate fund and their admission to Euronext, and has also recently advised on the establishment of another Indian real estate fund, and a private equity fund focussed on the Indian media and entertainment sector.
Mark Keenan – Litigation
After several years working in the non-contentious private client field, Mark has been instrumental in developing and expanding the Private Client Litigation Group over the last five years.
Mark specialises in trust and estate litigation. He has significant experience in advising both Claimants and Defendants on challenges to disputed wills, Inheritance Act 1975 claims, estate administration issues, breach of trust and applications to the Court of Protection.
In 2006 Mark led the team in two reported cases, Mausner v Mincher [2006] EWHC 1283 (Ch) (Foreign will, costs) and notably in Franks v Sinclair [2006] EWHC 3365 (Ch) in which he acted for the Defendants who were successful in opposing their late grandmother’s will drawn up by their solicitor uncle.
Mark is a full member of both ACTAPS, the association for experienced lawyers specialising in contentious trust and probate work and STEP.
Stuart McMaster – Corporate & Commercial
Stuart specialises in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions for both public and private companies. He advises on listed company transactions including flotations and takeovers. Stuart has acted for clients in a broad range of sectors and is a key member of the Firm’s Betting & Gaming Group. Stuart is also part of the Firm's India Group and advises Indian businesses looking to access London's equity market.
Barbara Reeves – Family
Barbara Reeves specialises in divorce, separation, financial disputes and general family law issues. She has particularly experience and interest in co-habitation disputes. She recently successfully acted for Janet Hill in her dispute with former lover Stephen Morgan about receiving maintenance for their five-year-old son.