Grace is an Associate in the Private Department. She is a member of the Private Commercial Litigation team and Politics and Law team.
She is building a broad practice advising high-net-worth individuals, their families and their companies, in relation to various legal issues and disputes. She has experience advising on a variety of complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes, which often include allegations of civil fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty. She also has experience advising clients in relation to director and shareholder disputes, particularly in the context of a family business. Several of Grace's cases have involved obtaining or defending injunctions, and many of her cases to date have been high-profile.
In the Politics and Law space, Grace has a growing expertise in the laws and regulations governing political parties, elected officials, non-party campaigners and candidates. She has been advising a number of clients in relation to the rules governing campaign finance and political donations. She is well placed to advise on the role of, and regulatory action brought by, the Electoral Commission and other regulators. She is also gaining experience on judicial review matters.
Grace trained at the firm and has experience of education and employment matters, as well as reputation protection and media matters.
Key Experience
- Advising a shareholder of a successful family business in relation to a multi-party shareholder dispute.
- Advising a high-profile think-tank on reputation issues and the laws governing campaign finance and political donations.
- Acting for the CEO of a listed British banking group on a high-profile termination.
- Advising a client in respect of various complaints to regulators and the police in light of unlawful activities of a charity.
- Acting for a number of companies and their UBO in relation to a multi-jurisdictional civil fraud dispute, which involved defending a worldwide freezing order, proprietary injunction, Chabra order and several interim applications.
- Acting for a listed mining company in a dispute involving several applications for injunctive relief, complex jurisdictional issues and English company law claims.
- Obtaining a worldwide freezing order and passport delivery up order in the Commercial Court.
- Acting for various clients in the Jewish community following Hamas' attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023, and the rising antisemitism that followed.
- Advising a company in relation to media scrutiny following the UK-general election in July 2024, in a matter that raised issues of election law.
Career History
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Trainee Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Kings College London, Politics, Philosophy and Law (LLB), First Class Honours
University of Law, Legal Practice Course, with Masters in Law
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