Tasha

Legal professional with 7+ years' experience across M&A, banking and finance, employment and commercial matters, including Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) gained at Fried Frank as part of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) route to qualification as a solicitor of England and Wales. Additional experience gained at Travers Smith, Dentons, alongside in-house exposure at a renewable energy platform and hands-on responsibility at a Magic Circle-trained boutique advising founder-led and growth-stage businesses on M&A, corporate structure and commercial matters. Practice spans M&A, banking and finance, and commercial matters, complemented by Bar-level advocacy training and cross-border experience across UK, US and offshore jurisdictions.

Completing the SQE qualification pathway with QLTS School.

Trainee Solicitor - Farringford Legal

(2025-05 - 2026-05)

Joined a Magic Circle-trained boutique advising founder-led and growth-stage businesses on corporate structure, M&A and employment and commercial matters, taking ownership of live transactions while completing SQE qualification.

• Led buyer-side due diligence on share acquisitions for founder-led and growth-stage clients; produced findings reports and ran the seller-side enquiry process.
• Drafted Share Purchase Agreements, EMI option scheme documentation and ancillary deal documentation across live corporate transactions.
• Managed transaction processes on founder-led acquisitions and corporate matters through to completion, including direct client contact, drafting, negotiation support and coordination with counterparties and external advisers.
• Conducted legal research and authored client-facing regulatory analysis and articles across a range of corporate, commercial and emerging technology matters, including the EU AI Act and digital product compliance.

Corporate Paralegal (In-House) - Ethical Power

(2024-12 - 2025-04)

Embedded within the in-house legal team of a fast-growing renewable energy platform, supporting corporate, transactional and commercial matters across the business.

• Advised the CEO and Legal Director on commercial and legal considerations arising from live financing and corporate structuring decisions.
• Supported corporate structuring, governance and transaction execution processes, including financing documentation, due diligence coordination and virtual data room management.
• Conducted legal and regulatory analysis and translated complex legal considerations into commercially practical guidance for non-legal stakeholders.

Private Equity / M&A Paralegal - Fried Frank

(2022-10 - 2024-12)

Promoted from fixed-term contract to permanent role as sole paralegal within Fried Frank's M&A team.

• Ran transaction workstreams on cross-border M&A transactions through signing, completion and post-completion phases.
• Coordinated with clients, tax advisers, finance teams and US counsel on multi-million-pound transactions.
• Drafted and managed transaction documentation including corporate approvals, ancillary documents and completion deliverables.
• Supported due diligence, transaction management and execution processes across multiple concurrent matters within a fast-paced international deal team.

Finance Paralegal - Travers Smith

(2021-10 - 2022-10)

• Supported the finance team on acquisition finance, fund finance, restructuring and insolvency mandates across domestic and cross-border transactions.
• Drafted and reviewed transactional documentation and coordinated signing and completion processes across live mandates.

Litigation Paralegal - Keller Lenkner

(2020-10 - 2021-09)

• Managed case progression on complex litigation and large-scale claimant actions across a range of practice areas.
• Drafted submissions to ACAS and the High Court; conducted multi-jurisdictional legal research; managed disclosure and DSAR processes.

Banking & Finance Legal Analyst - Dentons

(2019-10 - 2020-10)

Initial 6-month fixed-term contract extended to support Dentons' Banking & Finance team across lending, restructuring, asset finance, trade finance, project finance, capital markets, securitisation and derivatives matters.

• Assisted with transaction document management, compilation and execution processes across cross-border finance matters and conducted cross-jurisdictional legal and regulatory research including review of LIBOR-related provisions within financing documentation during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Offshore Litigation Paralegal - Carey Olsen - Jersey

(2019-04 - 2019-10)

County Court Advocate - ELMS Legal - North-Eastern Circuit

(2018-10 - 2019-04)

Mini-Pupillage - New Park Court Chambers

(2016-01 - 2019-12)

Mini-Pupillage - Enterprise Chambers

(2016-01 - 2019-12)

Work Experience - 5RB Chambers

(2016-01 - 2019-12)

Work Experience - Bark & Co Solicitors

(2016-01 - 2019-12)

Work Experience - Fairway Group

(2016-01 - 2019-12)

SQE Qualification - Law - QLTS School (2025-01 - 2026-12)

BPTC - Legal Practice - Northumbria University (2017-01 - 2018-12)

LLB Law - Law - Lancaster University (2014-01 - 2017-12)