Maddie Harper
Panellist, trainee, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Maddie is a second-seat trainee in the real estate department at Trowers & Hamlins. Maddie’s first seat was in the general counsel and risk team. Maddie started as a paralegal for a market research company and was subsequently called to the Bar in 2020. Maddie then worked as the in-house lawyer for a firm of Rights to Light surveyors before pursuing a training contract at Trowers, joining the firm as a trainee in March 2024.
Robert Gray
Workshop leader, partner, Baker McKenzie
Robert is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s London corporate Group. He advises regularly on the structuring and negotiating of cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and complex carve-outs, with a particular focus on the Industrials sector. In addition, Robert has a particular focus on Russia and the CIS, having previously been based in the region.
Matt Morrow
Workshop leader, senior associate, Jones Day
Matt Morrow practices commercial litigation with a focus on complex disputes. He has acted for large corporations in a wide range of matters, including fraud, asset tracing, and construction disputes. Matt’s recent experience includes: successfully acting for a real estate developer in adjudication proceedings arising from defects in the design and construction of the cladding system of one of its London properties; advising a Kazakh bank in tracing assets and pursuing claims against a number of fraudsters across multiple jurisdictions while successfully seeking interim relief in the courts of England and Wales; working for an Emirati bank in an action brought in aid of foreign proceedings in which worldwide freezing orders were obtained in the United Kingdom and against Chabra defendants in the British Virgin Islands (BVI); and acting for Project Today in its defense of the high-profile proceedings and search orders brought by Ocado.
Alexandra Gower
Panellist, partner, Osborne Clarke LLP
Alex specialises in non-contentious construction and engineering contract advice, working predominantly for developers, employers, funders and contractors across a range of development projects. Alex specialises in projects in the built environment sector with particular experience of residential and large mixed use regeneration schemes. Alex advises clients across the full range of residential development sub-sectors including build to sell, build to rent, later living developments and affordable housing. Recent experience also includes commercial development projects, projects in the life sciences and telecoms sectors and energy projects.
Mike Ahyow
Workshop leader, senior associate, Osborne Clarke LLP
Mike is a senior associate in the commercial team at Osborne Clarke. He acts for clients in technology-driven and digital media industries on a wide variety of matters. Mike has extensive data privacy experience, including leading compliance projects, carrying out data privacy audits, and advising on data privacy risk management.
Mike trained at a law firm in London, qualifying as a lawyer in 2013, before joining Osborne Clarke in 2015.
Tina Lepomme
Workshop leader, senior legal technologist, Addleshaw Goddard
Tina is a senior legal technologist part of the legal tech consulting team at Addleshaw Goddard. She has 10+ years of experience guiding and supporting clients with the implementation of global tech solutions to meet their needs. She specialises in accompanying clients on their legal tech journey from the identification of the right tools through to their implementation and return on investment. She ensures that every step is met with success and that clients end up with a solution which is fit for purpose.