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KP Law

Andrew Nugent Smith

MANAGING PARTNER

Andrew is the Managing Partner at KP Law. He takes primary responsibility for the success and growth of the firm in the UK. He is a seasoned commercial litigator with a deep understanding of group litigation and litigation finance.

Georgina Hayes

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Georgina is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of KP Law. An experienced director and consultant, with a background in Financial Services, Operations, IT, Risk and Compliance, she ensures the seamless day-to-day operations of our firm. 

Tom Harley

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Tom is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He has led finance teams to success and project managed the setup entities and offices across the country and has experiences in maturing and transforming finance teams to utilise information and support the business.

Kingsley Hayes

PARTNER AND HEAD OF DATA & PRIVACY LITIGATION

Kingsley is a partner and Head of Data and Privacy Litigation at our firm. One of the UK’s foremost data breach lawyers, he leads a passionate team that includes some of the most skilled data breach lawyers in England & Wales.

Duncan Hedar

PARTNER AND HEAD OF COMPETITION

Duncan is a partner and Head of Competition at KP Law. A barrister and solicitor-advocate, he has extensive experience acting for clients in high-value and business-critical litigation and arbitration. This includes before the English High Court.

Tom Longstaff

PARTNER AND HEAD OF PRODUCT LIABILITY

Tom is a partner and Head of Product Liability at KP Law. As an experienced barrister and qualified solicitor, Tom has appeared in the High Court in many complex and high value claims, as well as in appeals before the English appellate courts.

Emma Birch

PARTNER

Emma is a partner at KP Law with responsibility for some of the Firm’s most high-profile and high-value cases. She has significant experience in leading on large-scale complex claims across a broad range of sectors.

Hannah Wright Jones

PARTNER

Hannah is a partner at KP Law. She is also Head of our London office and a member of our Senior Management Team. She oversees the day-to-day conduct of various group actions spanning emissions cases and investment fraud and mis-selling claims.

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Lesley-Ann Ainsworth

LEGAL DIRECTOR

Lesley-Ann is a legal director at KP Law. She has significant experience in high-value disputes across a broad range of sectors, including complex cross-border litigation and international arbitration.

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Montse Skyner

LEGAL DIRECTOR

Montse is a legal director at KP Law. She has over 20 years of experience working on behalf of claimants and defendants and specialises in employers’ liability, public liability, and industrial disease claims.

Laura Bannon

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Laura is a senior associate. She works across the full range of the firm’s data breach cases. This includes helping professional athletes whose performance data has been misused.

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Lucy Burrows

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Lucy is a senior associate. She has extensive experience acting for claimants from a diverse client base and has had significant involvement in developing high-value and complex claims across the firm’s various departments.

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Carter Young

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Carter Young is a senior associate. She works across the full range of the firm’s various group and multi-claimant actions. She has significant experience in high-value disputes across a broad range of sectors. 

Andrew Denham

ASSOCIATE

Andrew is an associate. He has significant experience in data breach litigation including sensitive and high value cases and has also worked across multiple group action claims.

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Jade Duffield

ASSOCIATE

Jade is as an associate. She has significant experience in claimant-based group litigation against a range of financial services regulated firms, including pursuing claims via the FSCS.

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James Kelliher

ASSOCIATE

James is an associate. He has vast experience in data breach law, and his in-depth knowledge of GDPR compliance is instrumental as we carry out data breach investigations on behalf of our clients.

 

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Thiago Lopes

ASSOCIATE

Thiago is an associate. An experienced dual-qualified litigator (civil and common law systems), he has vast experience managing and dealing with a substantial number of financial mis-selling cases in all litigation tracks.

Ashar Malik

ASSOCIATE

Ashar is an associate at KP Law in the group actions team. Before joining our firm, he gained significant experience in financial services litigation, mainly acting on behalf of defendants on mis-selling claims, and in commercial litigation. 

Rachel Murray

ASSOCIATE

Rachel is an associate within the Product Liability department. Rachel has previously advised law firms on all aspects of risk and compliance, and has also acted for a range of litigation funders, administrators and insurers on a variety of audit and funding matters, both in the UK and internationally. 

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Peter Ribbins

ASSOCIATE

Peter is an associate at KP Law. He works on group claims involving financial mis-selling and misconduct, helping to secure justice and compensation for our clients. Prior to joining our firm, Peter had a six-year spell at Clyde & Co in Birmingham.

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Bill Singer

ASSOCIATE

Bill is an associate. In his career to date, he has focused solely on helping claimants secure access to justice. Bill takes great satisfaction in fighting unequal odds to achieve successful resolution via negotiated settlements.

Dayalan Srikantha

ASSOCIATE

Dayalan is an associate within the competition team at KP Law. He works on collective actions being brought in the Competition Appeal Tribunal and has significant experience working on high-profile abuse of dominance and cartel actions.

Gemma Whitby

ASSOCIATE

Gemma qualified as a solicitor in March 2014, and for most of her career she worked in the Defendant Fraud Department of a firm. Gemma started off as a fee earner, and then progressed into a leadership role where she was responsible for several teams and their performance.

Kiran Yap

ASSOCIATE

Kiran is an Associate at KP Law in the group actions team. Kiran specialises in complex and high-profile group actions and is currently working on the firm’s emissions cases being brought on behalf of consumers against various car manufacturers. 

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Anthony Hughes

COMMERCIAL OFFICER

Anthony is our firm’s Commercial Officer. Anthony has a proven track record in strategic business growth.

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David Owen

HEAD OF COSTS

David is Head of Costs. He deals with cost reporting and training and advises our senior partners and management team on all areas of costs and costs litigation & funding.

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Nick Power

HEAD OF IT

Nick heads up our IT department.

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Emma Rettig

HEAD OF HR

Emma is Head of HR. She ensures that the business attracts, retains, and develops the best talent in our industry. She has breadth and depth of experience across the entire People and HR lifecycle.

Alan Stevens

HEAD OF CHANGE & DATA

Alan is our Head of Change & Data. Alan has over 15 years’ experience in Change / Project Management, Operational Transformation & Software Delivery. He leads our Business Change, Data & Software Development functions and manages the technology we use to manage our claims.

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Afton Tully

CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER

Afton is our Client Services Manager.  Maximising staff performance and processes to boost efficiency and satisfaction, Afton is committed to ensuring ongoing improvements and the best possible results for our clients.

Sophie Wisdom

HEAD OF LEGAL RISK

Sophie is head of legal risk and has over 15 years experience as In-House Counsel for a National professional services firm, and has served as Executive Director for the board. Her leadership is defined by a strategic blend of legal acumen and a proven track record in managing complex and diverse service lines.

The word ‘partner’ is used to refer to a director of KP Law or an employee or person with equivalent standing and qualifications.