Ashkhan Candey - Managing Partner & Head of Commercial Disputes & Arbitration

Ashkhan trained in the City at K & L Gates (previously known as Nicholson Graham & Jones). He established his legal practice at Tarlo Lyons which he left to found CANDEY LLP with a number of former Tarlo Lyons lawyers and staff. He acts primarily for entrepreneurs in the UK and overseas as well as multi-national corporations. With a track record of successive wins in the High Court he is always keen to secure early and commercial solutions to disputes where possible. As Managing Partner he leads an outstanding team at CANDEY LLP.

Contact - acandey@candeyllp.com

Nigel McEwen - Chairman

A leading industry figure and founding Partner of CANDEY LLP, Nigel was Managing Partner of Tarlo Lyons for 11 years & subsequently its Chairman for 2 years. Nigel led the team that won RBS Legal Business Most Enterprising Team of The Year Award 1999.
Contact - nmcewen@candeyllp.com

Matthew Tom - Partner, Head of Employment

Matthew is an experienced workplace law expert who acts for both employers and employees.  After Durham University he trained as a solicitor at Lane & Partners (now Bird & Bird) and has specialised in employment law since 1999.  A senior member of the Employment & Resourcing team at Tarlo Lyons prior to joining CANDEY LLP as a founding partner, many of Matthew's clients are in the technology, banking and recruitment sectors.  He advises on all aspects of employment law and has a particular interest in breach of contract claims, discrimination, TUPE, restrictive covenants and High Court employment injunctions.  Matthew is a practical and level headed advisor, trusted by his clients for his dedication to achieving swift and commercial outcomes where possible.
Contact - mtom@candeyllp.com

Andrew Dunn - Partner, Commercial Disputes & Arbitration

Andrew specialises in litigation, arbitration & insolvency. He studied at Newcastle University and trained at Penningtons, where he practised for a number of years. Andrew advises on contract, fraud and shareholder disputes and has acted in a number of LCIA & ICC arbitrations. With a special interest in preference claims, and advising entrepreneurs he is one of only a few lawyers to have won appeals against HMRC in ‘MTIC’ fraud cases.
Contact - adunn@candeyllp.com

Andrew Bretherton - Partner, Company & Commercial

After Oxford University Andrew qualified as a US Attorney (New York Bar) and as a solicitor at Slaughter and May in London before his appointment as a Partner at Fladgate LLP and Edwin Coe LLP. Andrew provides general commercial advice to entrepreneurs and companies with a specific interest in venture capital, private equity, mergers, acquisitions and takeovers, joint ventures, corporate governance and investment funds. He acts on stock exchange listings in London and overseas and was a member of the Top 10 Indian Corporate Finance Team 2008 and Enterprise Investment Scheme Association Legal Team Winner 2011. Recommended in the Legal 500 he is a contributor to Gore-Browne on Companies, the leading legal textbook.
Contact - abretherton@candeyllp.com

Stuart Nash - Partner, Head of Construction & Engineering

Stuart is a dual UK & US qualified Partner with 20 years’ experience (both as a lawyer in the US and UK) of multi-million pound construction and engineering disputes and construction procurement. On graduating from George Washington University Law School in Washington DC Stuart joined a specialist construction litigation firm before moving to Freshfields in London. Stuart was subsequently a Partner at McGrigors before joining the firm.
Contact - snash@candeyllp.com

George Gardiner - Consultant, Technology

Formerly a Partner in Tarlo Lyons' leading Technology practice George specialises in providing commercial legal protection and solutions to clients, ranging from SME companies through to large multi-national businesses. He is a pragmatic and commercially driven solicitor who has the expertise to advise on a full range of technology matters, from traditional software licensing and bespoke software development projects through to new media/e-commerce issues and cloud based projects. He has a deep technical understanding of the hardware platforms and network infrastructures required to support cloud-based computing and the provision of hosted services, together with the enabling technologies/software, such as virtualisation and the complex licensing and data security and protection issues associated with it). He has advised on heavyweight IT projects and together with the firm's commercial disputes and arbitration team George also advises on complex IT disputes in the High Court and before International Arbitrations. George continues to himself develop hardware systems and programme them, adding to his already considerable experience gained as a former IT director.
Contact - ggardiner@candeyllp.com

Jane Bowers - Solicitor, Commercial Disputes & Arbitration

Jane trained as a solicitor at Dechert LLP having studied English at Jesus College, Cambridge and at The College of Law, London, where she was awarded a distinction. As well as her career in law, Jane was a TV Producer for 5 years.

Contact - jbowers@candeyllp.com

Sarah Eneberi - Consultant, Commercial Property

Sarah Eneberi trained at Tarlo Lyons where she qualified, as a Solicitor, into the Commercial Property & Licensing Team. With over 11 years' experience of landlord and tenant, commercial acquisitions and large scale developments at Tarlo Lyons and Field Fisher Waterhouse she has a particular interest in the Hotel & Leisure sector.
Contact - seneberi@candeyllp.com

Louise Payne - Joint Practice Manager

Having worked with Ashkhan Candey for over 10 years Louise Payne was previously the Litigation Co-Ordinator at Tarlo Lyons. Client focused she manages the practice together with Julie Taylor.
Contact - lpayne@candeyllp.com

Julie Taylor - Joint Practice Manager

Previously the PA to the Managing Partner at Tarlo Lyons, where she worked for 12 years, Julie Taylor runs the practice together with Louise Payne.

Contact - jtaylor@candeyllp.com

Sandra Swan - Client Services Manager

With a wealth of legal administrative experience over 25 years at a number of law firms, including Tarlo Lyons, Sandra is dedicated to assisting clients achieve their objectives.

Contact - sswan@candeyllp.com

Judith Gelling - Head of Marketing & Press Office

Judith has more than 15 years’ experience in marketing and public relations for City law firms and Chambers. She was Business Development Manager at Dechert before joining Tarlo Lyons as Head of Marketing. She then moved to Hailsham Chambers as Head of Marketing before joining CANDEY LLP in August 2009.
Contact - jgelling@candeyllp.com