Keystone Law—latest hiring round

Keystone Law has appointed eight new partners, with the new arrivals joining the firm’s banking and finance, corporate and commercial, dispute resolution, employment, probate and estate planning, residential property, and technology practices. The new appointments (pictured from top, left to right, and bottom, left to right) are:

Rhodri Thomas: employment

Rhodri is a specialist in employment law litigation in the employment tribunal, High Court and appeals courts, employee share-related and other incentive arrangements, corporate M&A transactions, in- and out-sourcings and restructurings, senior and c-suite executive appointments and dismissals, international advisory and transactional projects, and investigations (in particular with a regulatory aspect).

Tania Williams: technology

Tania advises both customers and suppliers on a broad range of commercial, outsourcing and technology-based transactions. Her practice focuses on complex IT services, procurement, and large-scale technology projects such as enterprise resourcing planning system implementations and managed services arrangements.

Ashton Davies: probate and estate planning

Ashton represents professional and lay clients including trustees, executors, attorneys, deputies and beneficiaries on challenges to the validity of wills, maladministration of trusts and estates, 1975 Inheritance Act claims, financial abuse of the elderly and the vulnerable by attorneys and deputies, misappropriation of estate and trust assets, and applications for removal of trustees and executors.

Lloyd Junor: probate and estate planning

Lloyd specialises in probate and estate disputes with particular expertise in the agricultural sector. His practice covers mediating and resolving contentious trust, estate and probate disputes, advising on professional negligence claims against executors and trustees, and advising on Court of Protection disputes across a broad range of issues.

Dale Williams: corporate and commercial

Dale is a corporate and commercial lawyer who advises on high-level negotiations and contract drafting for businesses. He specialises specifically in advising his clients on restructuring, project finance, share options, MBOs, and disposals and acquisitions.

Suraya Tegally: banking and finance 

Suraya advises on international asset finance and leasing, particularly within the aviation sector, where she has expertise gained from having been the in-house counsel for Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi. During this time she advised on a wide range of matters and guided the Treasury and fleet planning teams on structured transactions, asset, cross-border, Islamic, unsecured and sustainable financings, and a number of corporate projects.

Anthony Morton: banking and finance

Anthony is a finance lawyer whose practice focuses on domestic and cross-border leveraged finance, investment-grade finance, infrastructure finance, recapitalisations and restructuring transactions. His clients include leading investment banks, sponsors, direct lenders, borrowers, and development agencies across the UK, EU, United States and Asia in a range of sectors.

Zoe Squibbs: residential property

Zoe is an experienced private property partner who acts for domestic and international high-net-worth individuals on the acquisition and disposal of residential properties predominantly in the prime central London property arena and country. As well as representing high-net-worth individuals, Zoe acts for many major companies, developers, and family offices. She also advises on licences, transfers of equity, de-enveloping, and secured lending for private banks.

James Knight, founder and CEO of Keystone Law, said: ‘I am delighted to welcome Rhodri, Tania, Ashton, Lloyd, Dale, Suraya, Anthony, and Zoe to Keystone. The firm’s autonomous and flexible model continues to appeal and attract top quality lawyers.

‘This year we have already welcomed a steady stream of excellent solicitors from some of the UK’s top law firms and our recruitment shows no signs of slowing down. Keystone remains committed to developing the range and depth of the client offering in order to deliver the best possible service.’