Dominic Holmes Email & Phone Number

Manchester, United Kingdom

Freelance lawyer available to work with businesses on short or long term assignments providing co-located or remote support and in-house legal services. Experienced in-house counsel gained from working in various industries including defence/aerospace, automotive and nuclear on domestic and international corporate and commercial projects and transactions.Summary:NuGeneration Limited - Head of Legal Feb 2016 to March 2019A start-up development company responsible for managing a NSIP new build nuclear power station in North West England. The project was an incorporated joint venture between Toshiba Corporation and Engie (formerly GDF Suez) with an estimated total project cost of aprx £18bn, employing (at its height) over 200 people in Manchester and Cumbria and managing a significant devolved professional services and engineering supply chain.Pinsent Masons (Manchester - Commercial) - Sept 2015 - Jan 2016Jaguar Land Rover Limited - Mar 2015 - Aug 2015AgustaWestland (now Leonardo) Helicopters UK - Mar 2013 - Sept 2015

Leadership role within Group Business Development leading an offset team responsible for supporting major export campaigns developing and promoting international investment and industrial programmes.Led performance of Group countertrade obligations in Sultanate of Oman, structuring and implementing capital inward investment and training projects.Managed Group Corporate Governance and Compliance policy, procedures and reporting related to countertrade across the Group.

Chief Counsel to the civil aircraft business comprising asset management, support & engineering services businesses with annual sales c.£100m pa and approximately 200 aircraft assets under management.Member of the Business Unit Executive Management Team.Led team of 7 lawyers located in 3 countries delivering the full range of legal services including transactions, regulatory, compliance and dispute resolution.

Sole Legal Counsel and member of the Executive Management team in the Johannesburg office. Leadership role in a multinational in-country team responsible for delivering one of the largest Countertrade (Indirect Offset) programmes in the world. Delivered FDI projects and economic activity in South Africa with a credited value in excess of $7.2bn over the life of the programme.Personally handled all legal issues, due diligence and documentation relating to 40 odd industrial projects and financial investments in the programme.

Exports Commercial lawyer in military aircraft business legal team including Acting Legal Director for 6 months.Handled the full range of legal support to various international collaboration and development programmes involving UK MOD and other European nations.Advised on and drafted aircraft export contracts and manufacturing agreements with countries such as South Africa, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, India, Australia and Indonesia.Handled ancillary site and industry issues related to running the UK’s largest military aircraft manufacturing site.

Associate in the insurance and commercial litigation department. Handled varied caseload of commercial litigation, professional indemnity and asset recovery/debt claims on behalf of Lloyd’s syndicates and insurance companies.