Senior Team

Paul Lockett

A founder partner of LLM. Paul has more than 25 years experience of providing a wide range of corporate services and advised clients on a wide range of corporate transactions. Paul is known for advising business entrepreneurs across a range of sectors and has assisted clients from the creation or acquisition of their business through expansion by acquisition, refinance or restructure resulting in sale, merger or other disposal. He has a keen interest in supporting and advising young entrepreneurs with their businesses.

Robert Loveday

Rob is a partner in the Corporate and Commercial Team at LLM. He has extensive experience of advising on a wide range of transactions predominantly for private companies, including the rail sector, acquisitions, mergers, management buy-outs and joint ventures.

Rob acts for a wide range of clients in sectors including financial services, professional services, manufacturing and property.

Terry McMahon

Terry is a Partner in the Commercial Property team and acts for a range of well established and entrepreneurial commercial property investors, developers, retailers, landlords and tenants. Terry advises on transactional matters such as buying, selling, mortgaging and leasing commercial property and provides practical, strategic and tailored advice on a wide range of issues which arise out of the ownership, management and leasing of commercial land and buildings.

Paul Humphreys

Paul joined LLM in 2014 from another Commercial Practice where he was the Head of the Litigation Team. Paul has over 30 years experience as a Commercial Litigator.

In the last twelve months Paul has concluded, after a four year battle ending in a ten day trial, with the successful and complete defence to a £15million claim brought against property development clients by a former investor.

He has also secured a six figure pay out in a solicitors negligence claim relating to a Landlord and Tenant dispute and, through mediation, acting for a regional accountancy practice, has secured agreement to a six figure reduction in a claim by a former partner.

Paul continues to work on a wide range of commercial contract disputes for small and medium sized businesses.

Andrew Mullen

Andrew is a dispute resolution lawyer with LLM. He has extensive experience dealing with a broad range of disputes. They involve breach of contract and warranty claims, shareholder disputes and general commercial litigation. He is also experienced in insolvency and property dispute including debt and asset recovery.

Susanne Helliwell

Susanne has more than 20 years experience in a wide range of commercial litigation matters and specialises in employment litigation work. She acts for a range of employers and senior employees and directors handling claims in both the High Court and County Court as well as the Employment Tribunal. She has successfully concluded many high value disputes for clients either by negotiation or at trial . Susanne also deals with employment agreements including service agreements , terms and conditions and policies and procedures.

Susanne is engaged by LLM on a consultancy basis.