In-house corporate/commercial legal adviser in New Business team, advising various areas of the business including M2M and MVNO. Member of the Legal Business In-House Team of the Year 2013.Highlights include:- Smart Metering project: lead lawyer advising Telefónica on the terms of its £1.5bn Smart Metering contracts for the provision of communications services to the DCC. - Tesco Mobile: advising Telefónica UK in relation to its Tesco Mobile joint venture with Tesco. Led negotiations with Tesco, drafting/negotiating all key documents including the Shareholders’ Agreement, Articles of Association, Mobile Services Agreement and Distribution Services Agreement. - Wayra UK: advising Wayra UK (a Telefónica seed investment company) on its investment in a number of start-ups. Drafting/negotiating subscription agreement, shareholders’ agreements, articles of association and services agreements. Organising incorporation of companies and Companies House filings. Handling second round and follow-on investment decisions and subsequent negotiations.

In-house corporate/commercial legal adviser (assistant to General Counsel) in a multi-national steel and commodities trading and shipping company (Macsteel International U.K. Limited is the European regional hub and a subsidiary of Macsteel International Holdings B.V., a 50/50 joint venture between Macsteel Global B.V. and Arcelor Mittal South Africa Limited).

Including secondment to Eversheds' Paris office from January 2008 to October 2008.

Training Contract (September 2003 to September 2005): seats in Structured Finance, Litigation, Banking and Capital Markets (based in Paris office) and Corporate.Qualified into Corporate department in September 2005.