Professional Qualifications

2009 Legally qualified as a Solicitor (Former)

Certificates:

2008 Higher Courts Rights of Audience Written (Stage 1)

Advocacy (Stage 2) (Competent)

Final (Stage 3) Portfolio in progress, All Proceedings (Advocacy at House of Lords Level)

Assessed by the Bar Council as a competent Advocate (Standard of Barrister after of 12 months of pupillage)

2005 – 2006 Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Commendation
BPP Law School (Holborn)

2001 - 2004 LL.B Law (Hons), First Class
Graduated in top 1% of year


BPP Professional Education
Professional Courses
2008 – Present Certificates in Commercial Contracts, Planning Law & Data Protection Act 1998

Distinctions and Commendations in:
Business Law and Practice
Civil Litigation Distinction
Professional Conduct and Financial services (FSA rules, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, know your client legislation)
Business Accounts, 83%
Solicitors Accounts Distinction 94%


FSA and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance –Financial and Business Skills (CPD Professional Skills Course (PSC) and Examination) Certificate
Covered in detail –
• Money Laundering Regulations 2007
• Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
• Financial Investment - Gilts, Bonds, Shares, pension funds
• Data Protection Act 1998
PSC Course Options certificates taken: Flotations, Syndicated Loans, Bonds, Takeovers, Private Company Acquisitions,
Covered in detail –
• FSA Listing, Prospectus, Transparency and Disclosure rules
• Collective Investment Schemes
• Conduct of Business Sourcebook
• The Prudential Standards Block




• IT: HTML, IRIS Express Adobe Photoshop Ochresoft (Intelliworks), Dragon Naturally speaking 10 (voice recognition software), Bighand (dictation software), Meridian Solpak, Microsoft Office software including Excel & Word, Windows XP operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Crime Desktop, Lawtel, Westlaw, Current Legal Information, Halsbury Laws Direct Current, Lexis Nexis and the All England Direct Databases amongst many others.
• Expert in Search engine optimisation – Getting websites listed on the first page of Google, Yahoo and all search engines.

Experience

Qualified Solicitor 10 January 2009
(former)
April 2007 – Dec 2008 Trainee Solicitor

2000 (FSMA)
• Advice to Senior Partners and other Fee Earners on Money Laundering Regulations, compliance and the applicability of the FSMA regarding the provision of investment advice

• Commercial/Residential Property: Million Pounds worth of Sales/Assignments, Renewals, Sublets, negotiating lease terms, completing property and company searches and advising on results. Research and advice to Mortgage companies regarding transactions on compliance and conflicts.

• Litigation/Advocacy – Commercial/Civil. Case Management & Analysis Dealing with matters ranging from Employment Law and Disrepair to Company Defendant Personal Injury and Shareholder Agreements.
• 100% success record representing residential associations and private landlords at the County Courts

• Collective & Leasehold Enfranchisement
Handled own full caseload of Freehold purchases, Lease extensions, Deeds of Variation and Licences from initial instruction to completion
Majority of files kept during for the duration of the training contract, 20 months. Arranging company formation and administration.

July 2006 - April 2007 Paralegal (full-time)

• Money Laundering Compliance Conflict checks on Meridian Software carried out legal research, drafted letters and other Trainee Solicitor level work, providing advice to the senior partner in the areas of Private Acquisitions, Tax, Commercial Property, Bankruptcy and Company Law amongst others.

June 2004 – Sept 2005 Education & Welfare Officer Director (full-time)

• Responsible for 26,000 service users, marketed and managed with a team, an organisation with £0.5 million budget
• Interviewed service users and then advised on the relevant regulations
• Acted as negotiator, in disputes between the consumer body and the University
• Drafted several extensive documents (including a code of practice for the Education & Welfare department and a constitutional revision paper) and letters representing organisation views
• Managed several projects ranging from organising the collation of consumer feedback to arranging the work of Union employees

Feb 2005 - Aug 2005 European Union Law Lecturer (part-time)

• Explained the subject in a clear and concise manner and motivated the students

June 2003 - June 2004 Paralegal (Freelance)

• Firms' representative at London courts

Assignment History

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