Best brains in...

Understanding the financial impact of transactions and reflecting that in completion accounts and other contractual mechanisms; knowing how large corporates work; and understanding a client's objectives and approach to a transaction, and acting consistently with that.

Highlight of your career so far?

Helping an automotive client exit its UK motorsport businesses by the simultaneous sale of several teams.

Most challenging job you've ever done?

The sale of Kwik-Fit. Thousands of sites spread across tens of jurisdictions and a full and extensive auction process.

What about outside the UK?

Advising GKN on acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures in Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, the US, Argentina and Brazil. I also lived in the US during my early years and have since spent a lot of time working with US and Canadian clients.

What's your definition of going the extra mile?

This is a typical corporate lawyer answer, but working from Tuesday morning to Saturday morning with only ten hours' sleep in total to achieve the sale of Leasecontracts plc. It was tiring but rewarding to be working closely with clients to realise the sale.

How do you get under the skin of a client's business?

Listening and asking questions relevant to the client's business. Formative years with Bob Gilbert and Christopher Hughes taught me a lot in how to get into a client's shoes. In the automotive sector a deep interest in the industry has unlocked a lot of understanding.