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Roberta Downey is London’s queen of construction disputes. Clients and counsel love working with her. One of the all-time greats. She may actually be without compare – the leading light of her generation perhaps. [Legal 500 U.K., 2022]

I’ve had the good fortune to build strong, long-term relationships with clients. I take pride in the work I've done to help make them successful.

Ben Higson brings valuable experience within the nooks and crannies of foreign/cross-border M&A transactions and seamlessly merges overall advice with fine attention to detail. He is able to reply quickly and pragmatically to any kind of issue or problem. [Legal 500 UK, 2021]

I've been lucky to do all sorts of financing for all sorts of clients. I love being involved in transactions, and working with various parties, from the conception of an idea, all the way through to an exit, and on anything and everything that comes up along the way.

Sources state that Peita is “very good at combining technical excellence with sound judgement” and “is a man of long-standing experience and considerable gravitas.” He assists clients facing complex tax issues and is rated for his experience advising clients on the tax aspects of large-scale international M&A activity. – Chambers UK, Tax, 2022

I love the global nature of what I do. On any given day, I'm talking to clients in Brazil and an opposite number in Paris, and a lender in New York, and a buyer in Madrid. I don't know whether it's an art or a science, but explaining to a West African energy minister and a New York investment banker and a Brazilian oil and gas engineer how the deal has to work so they will all understand it and benefit from it is a consistent challenge and a lot of fun.