Who We Are
ALIL was founded by a group of American-Qualified lawyers in London practising in a range of areas, including disputes, corporate/transactional and litigation finance.
It is run by a Steering Committee:
Paul Bonner Hughes
Paul is a Barrister at 3 Verulam buildings, specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration. Raised in Scotland and educated in the UK and US, he spent seven years practising litigation in New York City (initially with Davis Polk & Wardwell and laterally with Quinn Emanuel) before returning to the UK. He is dual-qualified in New York and England & Wales.
Michael Casey
Mike is a Partner at Wilson Sonsini. His practice focuses on representing clients in investigations, transactions, and regulatory matters related to economic sanctions, export controls, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption laws, and the CFIUS review process. Mike spent nearly a decade practicing in Washington, D.C. before relocating to London in 2017.
Kate Darracott
Kate is a Partner at CMS. Her practise focuses on corporate law with a particular expertise in cross-border capital markets transactions, including IPOs on both the UK and US public markets and private placements. She also advises US and UK corporate and investment banking clients on securities law compliance and disclosure questions, as well as on corporate governance matters. Her experience ranges across a variety of industries, including pharma and biotech, financial institutions, tech and software, renewable energy and industrials. Born and raised in Scotland, Kate spent 5 years practicing US capital markets in New York before returning to the UK. She is dual-qualified in New York and in England & Wales.
Tristan Bramble
Tristan is a Consulting Executive at Ashurst in London. His practice focuses on compliance & investigations. A former Registered Foreign Lawyer, England & Wales,Tristan maintains licenses in Washington, D.C. & New Jersey. Tristan relocated to London in April 2018, following over 7 years practice in Washington, D.C., including for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Andrea Tompkins
Andrea is a Partner in the Public Markets Group within the UK Corporate practice at Simmons & Simmons. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, she moved to London in 2009, after earning her JD from Georgetown University. She specialises in capital markets, including representing multi-national, and emerging-market issuers and managers/global coordinators in a wide range of high profile Rule 144A, Section 4(A), and Regulation S transactions. She is also Co-Chair of the Simmons & Simmons gender network, TNOC.
Wade Thomson
Wade is a partner at Jenner & Block where he is a member of the Management Committee and co-chair of the firm’s Business Litigation practice. He primarily focuses on commercial disputes in courts and arbitration, but also does investigation and compliance work. Wade initially moved to London in 2019 (impeccable timing!) and splits time between Jenner’s London office and the firm’s headquarters in Chicago.
Zachary Krug
Zack is a Director at SLF Capital Limited. A former litigator, he has extensive trial litigation experience, having represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of commercial disputes in state and federal courts in the United States, as well as in international proceedings.