I joined Fladgate’s real estate team as a knowledge lawyer in 2005. In that time, I have developed the firm’s precedent database, been a member of industry drafting committees and written extensively for leading real estate publications.
I joined Fladgate’s real estate team as a knowledge lawyer in 2005. In that time, I have developed the firm’s precedent database, been a member of industry drafting committees and written extensively for leading real estate publications.
I joined Fladgate’s real estate team as a knowledge lawyer in 2005. In that time, I have developed the firm’s precedent database, been a member of industry drafting committees and written extensively for leading real estate publications.
Lawyers in some firms, and PSLs in particular, can have a reputation for being uncommercial and academic. At Fladgate, however, we see ourselves as agile and enterprising and that fits with my ethos as well. I am a fan of plain English and using drafting that is clear, concise and which everyone will understand. Why use ten words when two will do?
I enjoy getting stuck into knotty problems and helping my colleagues find solutions that are both commercial and legally watertight. “Blue sky” drafting also gets me excited: when you literally have no existing precedents to work with and yet come up with something that works and does what the client wants. I have a keen interest in new developments within the law and using advances in technology to improve our way of doing things. AI is an exciting development that is set to transform the way in which we lawyers do things.
When not working, I like to learn languages (I speak six but it might be time for a new one) and new crafts. I am a keen amateur stained glass artist and now about to take up mosaics as well.
Lawyers in some firms, and PSLs in particular, can have a reputation for being uncommercial and academic. At Fladgate, however, we see ourselves as agile and enterprising and that fits with my ethos as well. I am a fan of plain English and using drafting that is clear, concise and which everyone will understand. Why use ten words when two will do?
I enjoy getting stuck into knotty problems and helping my colleagues find solutions that are both commercial and legally watertight. “Blue sky” drafting also gets me excited: when you literally have no existing precedents to work with and yet come up with something that works and does what the client wants. I have a keen interest in new developments within the law and using advances in technology to improve our way of doing things. AI is an exciting development that is set to transform the way in which we lawyers do things.
When not working, I like to learn languages (I speak six but it might be time for a new one) and new crafts. I am a keen amateur stained glass artist and now about to take up mosaics as well.
