EMW expands London office with four new senior hires

New Head of dispute Resolution, Head of Real Estate and Head of Asset Based Lending

Moving to larger offices

We have appointed three partners and a consultant as part of the continued expansion of the London office.  

The move includes the appointment of four lawyers to senior roles:

• Nick Marshall as Head of Real Estate – former Partner at Mayer Brown
• Allan Reason as Head of Dispute Resolution – former Partner at Lester Aldridge
• Jodi Tierney as Head of Asset Based Lending – former Partner at Francis Wilks & Jones
• Trevor Jenkin as Litigation Consultant – former Managing Partner at Trevor Jenkin & Co  

With the London office more than doubling in size in just three years, we will be moving to larger offices in the new year.  

Comments Paul Bevington, Head of our London office: “These new appointments are a reflection of how busy we’ve been lately. Having four additional high calibre lawyers in our London office will further strengthen our presence in the London market.”  

“Allan, Nick, Jodi and Trevor have extensive skills and expertise that will boost our service offering in real estate, litigation and asset finance, which are areas where we have seen great opportunity for growth. We are delighted to welcome them to the firm.”  

Nick Marshall - Head of Real Estate  

Nick Marshall joins from international law firm Mayer Brown where he was made a Partner in 2007. He has 14 years’ experience in commercial real estate, advising a broad range of clients including investors, developers, high net worth individuals, property companies, landowners and corporate occupiers including major retailers. He has experience of advising on all aspects of commercial real estate work but specialises in property investment work in particular.  

Allan Reason - Head of Dispute Resolution  

Allan has over 25 years’ experience working as a City lawyer. Over the last 16 years he has been a partner at several City law firms, including Pinsent Mason and McGrigors. Allan trained with CMS Cameron McKenna. He has extensive experience of international and domestic disputes in a number of sectors. His clients include banks, financial institutions, domestic and international corporations, foreign law firms as well as high-net-worth individuals.  

Jodi Tierney - Head of Asset Based Lending  

Jodi Tierney comes from Francis Wilkes & Jones LLP where she was Partner. She has 12 years’ experience in both technical and commercial aspects of asset based lending, invoice discounting, factoring and trade finance. She has extensively advised on collections, asset recovery and fraud situations on behalf of financial institutions and insolvency practitioners. She also has expertise in actions against guarantors and indemnity providers. With Jodi at its head, our Asset Based Lending team now counts ten lawyers.  

Trevor Jenkin - Litigation Consultant  

Trevor Jenkin joins from a well-established City law firm where he was a consultant solicitor for the last 6 years assisting, amongst others, in the multi-party Stax litigation relating to offshore trust services supplied in a UK pension liberation scheme. Other notable work includes defending one of the first major Serious Fraud Office prosecutions of an alleged £48 million mortgage fraud, a landmark House of Lords case which determined an important aspect of the law of Partnership, and a House of Lords case which clarified the law of undue influence in relation to banks taking security from spouses. Trevor was the founder of Trevor Jenkin & Co where he managed the firm’s several regional offices across the UK for 5 years.