Our Commercial team

Partners, Consultants and Directors

Paul Brennan
Consultant
Paul heads our Energy and Environment team and works for clients in the energy and utilities sectors.
John Cole
Consultant
John heads the partnership law team and has experience of trading and distribution agreements.
John Conder
Consultant
John specialises in the procurement of capital projects and construction contracts and partnering.
Gayle Curry
Partner
Gayle is a Commercial lawyer with specialist health sector experience.
Justin Harrington
Partner
Justin specialises in complex IT, IP and data protection issues.
Peter Jones
Consultant
Peter is a commercial lawyer who heads the education team in Wales.
Emyr Lewis
Partner
Emyr advises on complex IT/IP matters and is a specialist in public and admin law.
Simon McCann
Partner
Simon leads our Procurement & Projects team, specialising in major public and private sector projects.
Paul Millar
Partner
Paul heads our Construction team, working on both contentious and non-contentious projects.
Alison Patten-Hall
Partner & Practice Area Leader
Alison is a commercial lawyer specialising in IP and IT matters. She heads our Corporate Commercial practice.
Joanna Rees
Partner
Joanna advises on the management of risk under construction and engineering contracts.
Christopher Williams
Partner
Chris advises on the negotiation and structuring of projects involving complex contracts.

Associates and other senior team members

Elisabeth Bell
Associate
Elisabeth is an Associate advising a wide range of public and private sector clients on IT and commercial law matters, including significant procurement and outsourcing projects.
Penri Desscan
Senior Associate
Penri Desscan is a commercial lawyer specialising in projects and PPP,  public and utilities procurement law and commercial contracts .
Rachel Gwilliam
Associate
Rachel specialises in construction and engineering law, dealing with contentious, non-contentious and professional negligence issues.
Iwan Jenkins
Senior Associate
Iwan is experienced in non-contentious and contentious construction and engineering work.
Mererid McDaid
Associate
Mererid advises on various commercial agreements and is a member of the firm's procurement team.
Jason Richards
Associate
Jason is a solicitor located in Morgan Cole’s Cardiff office.

Solicitors, Executives and other lawyers

Cathrine Bryant
Solicitor
David Dew
Solicitor
David is a commercial lawyer, specialising in intellectual property.
Edmund Forey
Solicitor
Edmund joined the Morgan Cole Competition Team in September 2009 as a newly qualified solicitor.
Kate Howell
Solicitor
Kate is a Solicitor in the Construction team.
Gareth Howells
Solicitor
Gareth recently completed his training contract with Morgan Cole and is now a solicitor in the firm's Commercial Team.
Rebeca Stamatakis
Solicitor
Rebeca is a Solicitor in the Commercial team and has experience in public/private projects, public procurement and commercial drafting.
Vrinda Theara
Solicitor
Vrinda has considerable non-contentious experience including, drafting and approving professional appointments, collateral; warranties and other construction documentation.