I am a Solicitor & Notary Public with particular experience in commercial contracts, intellectual assets, technology law and information law. I am dual qualified in both English and Scots law.I am employed as senior in-house legal counsel at Chivas Brothers.CHIVAS BROTHERS is a Scottish business with its head office in Glasgow & 1.6K staff across 32 UK sites. ■ Its award-winning portfolio features: - Chivas Regal (world’s first luxury whisky / No.1 Scotch whisky in China) - Ballantine’s (Europe’s No.1 Scotch whisky) - The Glenlivet (world’s No.2 single malt whisky) - Royal Salute (world’s only exclusively prestige Scotch range) - Beefeater (world’s most awarded premium gin) & Plymouth gin - Lochan Ora liqueur - Other highly acclaimed single malts (Aberlour, Longmorn, Scapa, Strathisla & Tormore) and blended Scotch (100 Pipers, Clan Campbell, Something Special, Passport, Queen Anne, Imperial, MacNairs, White Heather & Long John) ■ It is the Scotch whisky and premium gin business of PERNOD RICARD. Pernod Ricard is the world’s co-leader in wines and spirits with consolidated sales of € 8,558 million in 2014/15. ■ Created in 1975 by the merger of Ricard and Pernod, the Group has undergone sustained development, based on both organic growth and acquisitions: Seagram (2001), Allied Domecq (2005) and Vin&Sprit (2008). ■ It holds one of the most prestigious brand portfolios in the sector: (above); Absolut Vodka, Ricard pastis, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Kahlúa and Malibu liqueurs, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes, as well Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Estate, Campo Viejo, Graffigna and Kenwood wines. ■ It employs a workforce of approximately 18K people and operates through a decentralised organisation, with 6 “Brand Companies” (including Chivas Brothers) and 80 “Market Companies” established in each key market.