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Other Distinguished Alumni who are also Founder Members

 

Name Brief Profile (as of September 2024) Year of Graduation and College
Rt Hon Lord Graham Brady Member of the Education and Employment Select Committee from 1997-2001 and the Treasury Select Committee from 2007-2010. Graham has been appointed to the Sutton Trust's Board of Trustees in July 2024.

1989

St Aidan's
Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KBE KC Former Lord Chancellor. As Lord Chancellor, he was responsible for landmark reforms of Sentencing Law, Domestic Abuse Law and Divorce Law in England and Wales, and has experience both as a Bill Minister and as a backbencher in the development, scrutiny and passage of legislation through Parliament.

1990

Hatfield
Christiane Deniger A Director of Burford Capital's investment team. She previously held the position of Senior Case Assessor and Principal at Calunius Capital. 

2004

Trevelyan
Joel Donovan KC CEDR-accredited mediator at Cloisters, and a panel arbitrator under the MIB Untraced Drivers' Agreements, and the Personal Injury claims Arbitration Service (PIcARBS).

1986

St Aidan's
John Fellas Independent arbitrator and former partner and co-chair of the International Arbitration group at Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York.

1983

HildBede
Sir James Goss Judge of the High Court of England and Wales, assigned to the King's Bench Division.

1974

University (Castle)
Melanie Hall KC A member of the editorial board for The Tax Journal, a Trustee of Somerset House and co-founder of the charity The Circle with Annie Lennox. “Tax Silk of the Year” for both 2018 and 2019 and currently ranked as a ‘Star Individual’ in Chambers UK.

1981

St Mary's
Ed Harris

Global Head of Private Equity & Funds at Hogan Lovells.

1994

Hatfield
Dr Andy Hayward Associate Professor at Durham Law School, and Academic Fellow of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.

2006

St Cuthbert's
Toby Hooper KC Bencher (Governor) of Inner Temple, and former Circuit Judge.

1972

Grey
Richard Hough Partner at A&O Shearman. 

1988

HildBede
Sir Jonathan Jones Senior Consultant, Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations, Linklaters LLP. Previously Treasury Solicitor & Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department.

1984

St Chad's
Kapil Kirpalani Global Head of Compliance at Sequoia Capital.

2003

St Aidan's
Professor Charles Kotuby Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Center for International Legal Education at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

2000

Ustinov
Paul Landless Partner at Clifford Chance within the firm’s Global Financial Markets practice

1999 

HildBede
Christian Leathley  Co-Head of the Latin America Group, Co-Head of the Public International Law Group, as well as the US Head of International Arbitration.

1995

University (Castle)
Jin Liu Partner, Jun He, Shenzen office.

2010

Ustinov
James Major Partner at Clyde & Co.

1999

St John's
Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane The current President of the Family Division, and Head of Family Justice at the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.

1975

Collingwood
Emily Monastiriotis Partner and international head of Dispute Resolution at Simmons & Simmons. 

1995

St. John's
Emma Moody Partner at Womble Bond Dickinson, and head of the firm's Charities practice.

2001

HildeBede
Kyla Mullins Group General Counsel & Company Secretary at ITV Plc. 

1987

HildeBede
Tim O'Gorman General Counsel and Company Secretary of Halfords plc, and former professional cricketer.

1989

St Chad's
Andrea Proudlock Partner and head of Newcastle office of Hill Dickinson.

1995

HildBede
Hefin Rees KC An experienced silk practising at 3VB in commercial, banking, financial services, and commercial fraud mostly in the offshore jurisdictions of the BVI and Grand Cayman. He also sits as an international arbitrator.

1991

Van Mildert
John Steel KC An experienced advocate in all areas of planning, environmental, property and real estate law. University (Castle)
Jason Sugarman KC Practising Barrister specialising in white-collar commercial fraud cases.

1990

St Chad's
Sarah Swift Partner at Eversheds Sutherland.

1995

University (Castle)
Nigel Swycher Strategic Adviser for LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions, and former Slaughter and May partner.

1984

St Chad's
Maj Gen Alex Taylor General Counsel, British Army.

1992

Hatfield
Charles Whitefoord Partner in Firm's Corporate Group in London. Partner since 1997. From 2003 to 2008, he was head of Baker McKenzie's Global Private Equity Practice.

1987

University (Castle)

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