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Tony Fisher, Senior Partnership Member
Senior Partner Tony Fisher is the head of the commercial department. He undertakes Company/Commercial and partnership work, advises charities and is engaged in the firm’s international practice. He has wide experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate re-structuring, and drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
Fisher Jones Greenwood has been recommended by the Legal 500 Guide for its work in Corporate and Commercial Law and clients of Tony Fisher say he is ‘an excellent person to work with’. He has an MBA in Legal Practice and is a member of various trade and business organisations including the Institute of Directors and the International Division of the Law Society. Locally, Tony is a trustee and company secretary of firstsite, a visual arts trust which in 2011 occupies a new visual arts centre in Colchester designed by Rafael Vinoly. He is also a Board member of the Colchester Institute, a large further education college with sites in Colchester, Clacton, Braintree and Maldon.
Aside from his commercial work, Tony also undertakes international and domestic human rights work and has appeared as an advocate in the European Court of Human Rights on many occasions. He is a Fellow of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex and is a member and former Chair of the International Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of England and Wales
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Colchester - Charter Court |
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01206 835230 |
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01206 835239 |
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James Burkett, Partnership Member
After many years working in the City as a consultant James joined the firm in 2001 and is now a Partnership Member. He has a first class law degree and has successfully completed the Civil Academic Training and Assessment in Procedure, Evidence and Ethics, and Civil Academic Training for the purpose of applying for Higher Rights of Audience as a Solicitor Advocate. He currently undertakes commercial litigation work and advises on other matters which include administrative law, private international law, off-shore trusts, option agreement disputes, employment issues, professional negligence claims, banking and construction disputes, as well as advising clients on complex legal issues. James also has considerable experience in Chancery work and Court of Appeal work and is a member of The Professional Negligence Lawyers’ Association and the Civil Litigation Section of the Law Society. James is recommended in the Legal 500 guide 2010 for Commercial Litigation.
Contact Details
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Colchester - Charter Court |
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01206 835242 |
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01206 835239 |
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Beth Baird, Solicitor
After many years working in the City as a senior equity analyst, Beth joined the firm in 2007 to pursue a career in law. Beth holds a BA (Hons) and MA in English Literature (both First class) from Warwick University. She works in the Commercial Team specialising in Employment, Company, Commercial and Financial Services law.
Contact Details
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Colchester - Charter Court |
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01206 835247 |
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01206 835239 |
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Beth Baird |
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David Lawton, Solicitor
David read law at Oxford and was admitted as a solicitor in 1967. He is a Higher-Court Solicitor Advocate in criminal matters and is a past chairman of the national Legal Aid Practitioner’s Group.
As well as working in the criminal field, David also practices general civil litigation, particularly specialising in employment law, acting for both employers and employees in negotiating compromise agreements and also taking cases to the Employment Tribunal.
He also has considerable experience in buying & selling businesses, partnership, and commercial contract work.
Contact Details
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Chelmsford |
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01245 890110 |
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01245 890111 |
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Cate Hammett, Paralegal
Cate is a paralegal in the employment team. She studied for an English and History degree at the University of Hertfordshire and gained her BA in 2005. Since then she has worked in full time advertising sales whilst completing the GDL (converting her degree to a law qualification) and Legal Practice Course (LPC), which is due to finish in June 2012.
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Colchester - Charter Court |
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01206 835230 |
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01206 835239 |
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Cate Hammett |
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