Her practice includes advising on commercial contracts, shareholder and banking disputes, international and cross border matters, debt recovery, tax disputes and a variety of other matters. Lauren has experience representing clients in both High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings. She enjoys getting to know her clients to find out what matters to them, so that she can provide tailored advice and practical solutions to support their needs and objectives.

Lauren joined the firm in May 2022 from another London law firm where she trained, and where she qualified in 2019. Prior to training as a solicitor, Lauren worked at the Financial Ombudsman Service, resolving disputes between consumers and financial businesses and gaining experience of retail banking disputes and financial mis-selling claims. Lauren studied law with Spanish at the University of Sheffield. Her degree included one year studying Spanish law at the University of Valencia. She is a member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association.

She has experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters and has advised on Employment Tribunal claims relating to unfair dismissal, discrimination, and whistleblowing. Sophie also advises UK-based and multinational employers on a host of day-to-day matters, including drafting and updating employment contracts and policies; advising on redundancy processes, performance management, TUPE, the enforceability of restrictive covenants, whistleblowing, discrimination issues, and subject access requests; and providing practical solutions to mitigate against the risk of claims arising from such issues.

As a member of the firm’s North America group, Sophie works closely with US and international companies on employment law and international expansion issues. She also provides training to clients on a variety of issues such as employment law updates, or refresher training on subjects such as sexual harassment and bullying. After studying law and criminology at university, Sophie joined the firm as a trainee in 2018 and qualified as a solicitor in 2020. She is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association. She is also the chair of the firm’s LGBTQIA+ committee and a member of the firm’s socioeconomic group.

Amid the evolving planning landscape, Josepha has advised on off-site biodiversity net gain unit purchases and related planning obligations, planning enforcement issues and ‘subject to planning’ purchase agreements. Her work on highways issues extends to public rights of way, town and village greens and compulsory purchase orders. Josepha works with a diverse client base, including landowners, land promoters, developers, statutory undertakers and local planning authorities on large mixed use schemes. Her experience spans high rise inner city redevelopment and residential-led town expansions and smaller high value development schemes across a breadth of sectors including housebuilding, hotels, retail, town regeneration projects and the care sector.

With a background in real estate law, Josepha is able to approach planning and development matters with a good understanding of the difficulties and considerations that may arise during a matter from a real estate perspective. This can include title constraints, conditional contracts and variations of covenants and easements that may be required to allow a development to proceed or deal with an objection to a compulsory purchase order. At all times, Josepha brings a pragmatic approach, drawing on her knowledge of planning law, her experience of the planning system and her understanding of her client’s goals and prerogatives for a project.

She also assists personal representatives in the administration of estates, including providing advice on ways to mitigate tax liabilities through post-death restructuring of the estate. Olivia has experience in advising a wide variety of clients, including high net worth clients, vulnerable and elderly clients, those with complex family relationships, and clients with business interests.

Olivia joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2018 as a trainee solicitor, and qualified as an associate in 2020 after completing a training contract at the firm over a two-year period. Prior to this, she graduated with a first-class honours degree in law and completed the LPC with distinction. She also worked as a paralegal at a family law firm, obtaining emergency injunctions for victims of domestic violence. She has been named as a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500.

She provides private client services to a range of different clients including administrators, charities, individuals and families. With extensive experience in estate administration for high net worth clients and a keen understanding of the complexities involved, Georgie is highly capable and can handle any challenges. She is committed to ensuring a smooth and efficient estate administration process is provided to her clients.

She is a member of STEP, the world’s leading organisation for private wealth professionals, and currently studying for a diploma. She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx). Georgie qualified as a legal executive in September 2023. She obtained her law degree at the University of West London, formerly Thames Valley University, and completed her CILEx studies at the University of Westminster.

Having gained experience in helping clients come to terms with life-changing injuries, Emily has developed her expertise in gynaecological injuries, orthopaedic injuries, delayed diagnosis of cancer claims and surgical claims. She has particular expertise in claims relating to the delay in diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome but her surgical cases have involved a wider variety of injuries including bowel injury, bladder injury, infertility, sepsis and psychological injury.

Emily has been noted by colleagues and clients to be hardworking and to have a comprehensive understanding of both her cases and her clients’ needs. Her clients have praised her for the support she offers throughout their claims and have commented on the difference the compensation received has made to rebuilding their lives following significant and traumatic injuries. She joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2017 from a leading regional law firm where she trained and qualified in 2014.

Laura has experience in claims relating to pressure sores and falls leading to injuries that have occurred in either a hospital or another care setting. In addition to managing her own case load, she assists senior team members with complex high value claims. She has a strong track record in surgical cases relating to ovarian torsion and negligence during cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) as well as cases where surgical negligence or physical injury has caused a psychiatric injury. Laura is also regularly instructed to assist and support bereaved families throughout the inquest process.

Training with a large regional firm, Laura began her legal career with two years in its general litigation team, before spending five years specialising in medical negligence and personal injury cases. She qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in April 2019 and joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in August 2019.