Black Letter Law Directory | 2015 | Partners in the UK Top 100 Law Firms

Segun Osuntokun is a partner in the London office of international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner and the Head of its Africa Group. He is a solicitor-Advocate specialising in commercial litigation and has significant expertise in bringing civil fraud claims and in...

Prakash Paran has been a partner within the corporate group at DLA Piper since 2006. She has extensive experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, corporate reorganisation, equity capital markets and joint ventures. The Legal 500 describes her as a “very sound and very responsive...

Raj Parker is a dispute resolution partner at the London office of Magic Circle law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he has worked since 1986. He is also one of the very few solicitor Recorders for the Crown Court.

His specialism is general commercial dispute resolution, with...

Kavita Patel is a partner in the Corporate Finance team at SGH Martineau, a law firm with offices in Birmingham, London and Brussels. She has been a partner at the  firm since 2006 and specialises in private equity and corporate finance transactions. She is also a specialist in Venture...

Imam Qazi is partner within the Real Estate Group at Foot Anstey, the South West law firm with offices in Bristol, Truro, Taunton, Plymouth and Exeter. His specialism is Shari'ah compliant, Islamic finance for real estate and investment, acting largely for Islamic banks and Middle...

Anand Raghupati is a partner at DWF, the North West of England law firm with offices in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Preston, which merged with insurance specialists Ricksons in January 2007. Anand is based at the Preston office and has been a partner since 2007. He specialises in defending...

Bavita Rai is a partner at Weightmans, a national law firm with offices in Birmingham, Dartford, Knutsford, Leicester, Liverpool, London and Manchester. She joined the firm’s Birmingham office as Head of Litigation Operations in 2006 and was previously Head of the RAC's solicitors'...

Meriam Al Rashid is a partner in the London office of international law firm Pinsent Masons. She is an American qualified lawyer and foreign-registered lawyer in England and Wales, specialising in disputes resolution. She handles International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and...

Jayanthi Sadanandan is the London Managing Partner at global law firm Latham & Watkins and its first female occupying the post. She joined the firm in 2010 and became its Deputy Managing Partner in March 2013 before assuming her current role in 2015. She was previously a partner in the...

Michael Salau is a partner at the London office of national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer. He advises employers, major insurers, contractors, engineers and architects on Construction Law, practice and procedures encompassing arbitration, adjudication and mediation as well as litigation. He...

Vinay Samani has been a partner at Magic Circle law firm Linklaters since 2004, having joined the firm as a trainee. He specialises in capital markets, advising investment banks and issuers. His main areas of practice include structured products (both securitised and OTC derivatives), CDOs,...

Prashanth Satyadeva became a partner at leading City law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner in 2012, having previously been a partner at Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance since 2008. He specialises in international asset securitisation and asset-backed finance techniques in the banks, real estate,...

Kamal Shah is the head of Stephenson Harwood’s India and Africa Groups and is an integral part of the firm’s International Arbitration Group. He specialises in international arbitration and commercial litigation in a range of areas, including asset tracing, consortium formations, energy,...

Sanjeev is a partner in the corporate group at the Milton Keynes office of Shoosmiths. He advises public companies, private companies, private equity houses, management teams and some high net worth individuals on all aspects of corporate law.  Sanjeev also has a lot of experience of...