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I am a Partner in the Medical Negligence team in the Irwin Mitchell Birmingham office and I have worked for Irwin Mitchell since 2007. I am also the firm’s Training Principal and so am responsible for the development of all of the firm’s trainee solicitors. I act exclusively on behalf of Claimants in clinical negligence cases, helping people bring claims against NHS Trusts, GPs and private practitioners. I specialise in a range of medical law work including cases resulting in amputations, spinal cord injuries, brain injuries and cases leading to fatalities. I have represented a number of families at Inquests. I have a particular interest in obstetric/gynaecology cases and have represented many families where children have been left with significant disabilities and in need of lifelong private care due to injuries sustained at birth.

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Sara is the Senior Partner of the firm specialising in real estate projects.

She has over 20 years' experience in the real estate sector and has established herself as a trusted adviser to a range of private providers, local authorities and central government developers, advising them on complex public and private projects.

Specialising in development, regeneration, PPP projects, partnerships and joint ventures, Sara, is often called upon for her expertise in providing innovative structuring advice – helping her clients to navigate and deliver complex, and often high profile, real estate projects and regeneration schemes.

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Paul is a partner in the Asset, Trade and Export Credit department, where he principally deals with the financing of commercial aircraft and specialist export credit transactions. He acts for a range of clients including export credit agencies, commercial banks, operating lessors, airlines and borrowers. He has wide experience of the various structures used commonly to finance aircraft, including both US Exim and European ECA supported transactions.

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Gary is recognised and renowned for providing clear, comprehensive and tactical legal advice to both individuals and organisations both nationally and internationally.

Gary has been described as a formidable lawyer by the International press when advising an individual in one of the most high profile cases in decades.

Gary’s specialist legal portfolio means that he is often instructed to defend ultra high net worth individuals who have complex, multi-jurisdictional financial arrangements, CEOs, company members, lawyers and accountants together with public figures including royalty, politicians, celebrities and professional sports persons (football, cricket and rugby). Gary’s work by its nature, is very high profile and receives national and international press, Gary is acknowledged for his expertise in dealing with reputation issues and crisis management of individuals and companies.

Gary’s current instructions include advising an individual (in the UK )in the highest profile US investigation into trafficking young females worldwide. Gary’s current work also include insider trading cases, e-crime and internet offences, bribery and corruption in both the UK and internationally, health and safety and corporate manslaughter cases. Gary is also instructed as the principal solicitor in a quasi public enquiry to defend high ranking military personnel under investigation for war crimes arising from the Iraq War.

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Maya specialises in the care and treatment of prisoners across England and Wales, and has a particular interest in claims relating to the women’s prison estate and deaths in custody. She has expertise in claims relating to all areas of human rights and discrimination, access to healthcare and serious injury, and in judicial review proceedings. She also regularly represents bereaved families in inquest proceedings into deaths in custody arising from inadequate healthcare, suicide and violence.

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Gerard Saviola advises institutional and boutique sponsors of private investment funds including buyout funds, real estate funds, infrastructure funds and debt funds. He has experience in advising global and local fund sponsors across Europe and in emerging markets, including Africa, Asia, Russia and Eastern Europe.

In addition, Gerard advises on secondary transactions and spin-outs and advises institutional investors in structuring and negotiating their investments in private investment funds.

Gerard is the Africa Practice Leader for Funds.