George is counsel in the European Litigation Group. He joined Warner Cranston in May 2000 from Nabarro Nathanson, where he was a partner from 1995 and an assistant solicitor from 1990. He was articled at Breeze and Wyles and qualified in 1983. George then moved to be an in-house solicitor for the British Coal Corporation, where he stayed until 1990, dealing principally with litigious matters including personal injury and disease claims, employment, theft and corruption. When he joined Nabarro Nathanson, George continued to act for British Coal, including working as part of the team dealing with the privatisation. He advised other clients, both domestic and international, on a variety of engineering and construction, professional negligence, and commercial disputes for both claimants and defendants. He has represented clients in the High Court and before Arbitrators, and negotiated settlements of complex actions, acting for clients in mediations and taking matters to trial or final hearing in arbitration.
Since joining Reed Smith, George has continued to act on a wide variety of disputes both international and domestic including product liability disputes, fraud, shareholder disputes, allegations of corruption, negligence, breach of contract, misuse of confidential information, and disputes between joint venture partners, all of which has involved advising clients in many different industries including engineering and construction, life sciences, financial services, oil, e-commerce, computer software and hardware, advertising, armaments and transport.
George also counsels businesses on the impact of UK and U.S. legislation on corporate marketing, the appointment and need to control the activities of intermediaries, the impact of sanctions, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption laws as well as the effective use of codes of conduct and ethics.
He is a former Board member of, TRACE, a not-for-profit organisation created to provide business intermediaries with an opportunity to commit to an anti-corruption policy.
He provides training on anti-bribery legislation and is a frequent speaker on regulatory issues.
