Mary Gibbons

Mary Gibbons brings an unusual hands-on commercial background to her practice. After graduating from Smith College with a degree in Economics, she worked in a senior management capacity in JP Morgan in New York and in London where she was appointed Global Head of World Wide Syndicates. In 1985 following a short sabbatical and the birth of her son, she expanded her geographic base to Hong Kong where she ran her own corporate financial advisory firm, working with European companies, Hong Kong-based businesses, and Austral-Asian entities and their boards advising them on Far Eastern entry and exit strategies.

She returned to the UK in 1996 and obtained a Diploma in Law at City University, completed the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law and pupillage at 3 Verulam Buildings, the Chambers of Ali Malek QC. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1999.

Practice Profile:

Mary focuses on commercial work principally in the areas of banking, insurance and regulatory work. Her practice extends into the related fields of professional negligence and insolvency which often require consideration in parallel. Fraud, which the accountancy firm of BDO reports reached £920 million in the six months ended May 2011, is an area in which she has especial expertise utilizing in particular her banking experience and further training in accountancy.

Mary's advocacy experience is considerable. She has substantial experience in the domestic courts as well as in mediations where she frequently represents insurers. Her commercial awareness in these forums is particularly valued by her business clients.

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