Conexus Law announces new team

Conexus Law, the specialist advisory firm that provides legal and commercial advice to clients who work in sectors where the built environment, technology, engineering and people converge, has announced a number of senior appointments that are joining founder, Ed Cooke.

Emma Cordiner specialises in Real Estate & Data Centre Leasing with over 15 years’ experience in the world of commercial real estate transactions, both in the UK and internationally. This includes acting for datacentre industry clients, advising during the negotiation and legal transaction phases of securing space in data centres to create global networks spanning multiple jurisdictions.

Husna Patel specialises in construction and engineering law with a strong legal background in transactional and advisory work. She has worked in-house at a global electrical equipment suppliers who frequently supply the technology and data centre sectors, and so has seen negotiations from both sides. Projects include commercial and residential property development, technology projects such as data centres, on- and off-shore wind farms, bio mass and bio fuel plants, and land remediation projects in the UK and internationally. She has particular expertise with engineering and international contracts, such as those based on FIDIC.

Marilyn Heward-Mills has over 20 years of employment law experience focusing on contentious and non-contentious matters. She started at the predecessor to WilmerHale in 1996 as a dual-qualified English and US lawyer. Marilyn is also a published fiction author and a qualified therapeutic counsellor.
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Philip Brown has over 15 years’ experience as a lawyer working in the technology sector. His clients include data centres, telecommunications providers, software developers and platform providers and their customers. He has put cloud and software platforms into some of the biggest global brands and advised on telecommunications systems arrangements within the nuclear sector and consumer-facing technology providers.

Commenting on the new team Ed Cooke, founder at Conexus Law, said:

“Conexus Law is founded on the belief that we can only deliver the best counsel if we have a strong understanding of the sectors’ challenges and the underlying technology and processes. Therefore, every member of the team has specific industry expertise and is a leader in their field. I am extremely proud of this amazing group of people and look forward to welcoming others as we continue to grow.”