Ed specialises in handling complex financial and regulatory disputes for financial institutions and has over 20 years’ experience of advising clients in this area. Ed also represents clients on corruption and civil fraud related matters, notably in the area of suspected corrupt payments.

Ed qualified as an English solicitor in 1997. Before joining the Simmons & Simmons financial markets litigation practice in October 2012, Ed worked at two leading international law firms in the City.

In March 2016, Ed was elected president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA), an association which represents the interests of over 2400 litigation solicitors in London. In that capacity, Ed has played a leading role for the profession on a number of significant Court reform initiatives by participating as the solicitor representative on judge-led working groups.