Commercial contract law conference

Stephen Cotton has been a regular speaker at Law Society and other professional conferences on contract law for over 25 years. He was a member of one of the Advisory Groups on the Scottish Law Commission’s Review of Contract Law issued on 29th March 2018.  For over 30 years, he has advised on a variety of B2B and B2C bespoke/standard form contracts. He also has extensive experience of procurement, sporting, sponsorship, creative rights and IT/IPR contracts. He was, from 2004-14, Chair of Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre.

Mhairi is a Legal Director specialising in providing IT, e-commerce and commercial contract advice to a range of UK and international clients. She has extensive experience working with clients in the financial services sector and on the supplier-side acts for a number of clients within the technology sector.  Mhairi also has specialist expertise in advising clients in the insurance sector on the procurement of WRAP platforms and the IT and e-commerce aspects of insurance distribution.

Douglas Blyth is a solicitor advocate and partner with Dentons UK and Middle East LLP, based in their Glasgow office. He is regularly instructed in connection with all manner of business related disputes, with a particular focus on corporate and contractual disputes, contentious insolvency, public procurement disputes and judicial review.

Cat is a partner at MBM Commercial LLP and heads up their Dispute Resolution Team. She is listed in the Legal 500 having a “leading voice” in financial claims, with a “ ‘never say die’ attitude, and is one of only 9 lawyers ranked in Chambers in Scotland for Banking Litigation where she is noted as having “a pragmatic and sensible approach”. She is the only solicitor to have won the prestigious title of “Solicitor of the Year” twice, at the Law Awards of Scotland in 2015 and 2012, sits on the Lord President’s Consultative Committee on Commercial Actions, is a member of the Independent Monitoring Panel of the Chartered Bankers Professional Standards Board and is the sole Scottish representative of the International Banking Litigation Network, an association of law firms across Europe who handle complex claims against banks. She is also a Writer to the Signet (WS) and has been appointed to the Council of the WS Society.

Jamie is an Associate in MBM’s Dispute Resolution Group, he has a wide-ranging commercial practice with particular specialisms in banking litigation, complex contractual disputes and insolvency.