Our Team

Subject to client needs, we may deploy a team comprising experts from complementary fields, including our specialist lawyers, advisers and expert technical consultants – to provide an unrivalled spectrum of experience to the client.

Paul Bratt | Director

The Director of Symmetry Law and a specialist environmental lawyer with almost 30 years' UK and international experience. Paul was formerly a partner and environment team leader at an international law firm and has strong links with the chemicals, waste and energy sectors.

Chambers and Partners Legal Directory have published the following endorsements from clients:

  • "Fantastic. Clients want him on their side."
  • "An extremely impressive and co-operative problem solver"
  • "Paul Bratt gets positive reviews from all sides for the superb quality of his work"

Victoria Joy

Formerly a Director in the environmental law team at an international law firm, Victoria has almost 30 years' experience of legal environmental issues and a background as a chartered mechanical engineer.

The Legal 500 Directory states that she has the ability to "turn exceptionally difficult law into no nonsense, practical recommendations"

Warren Berwick

Formerly the head of construction and a partner at an international law firm, Warren has significant experience of representing all tiers of the construction industry from developers through to sub-contractors. Warren is a skilled litigator and tactician with an ability to understand the key issues quickly. He knows how to steer his clients towards a solution, be it contentious or non-contentious.

Chambers and Partners Legal Directory describes Warren as: "technically top drawer","extremely thorough and very user friendly", "plain-talking and tells it how it is. His advice has always been sound".

Robert Jones

Formerly the Head of Tax and a partner at an international law firm, Robert is one of the UK’s leading tax experts, specialising in substantial corporate tax structuring, tax planning for corporate, real estate, energy, industrial development and regeneration transactions, contaminated land reliefs, landfill tax and environmental incentives such as ROCs, FiTs and RHI.

Chambers and Partners describe Robert as "right on the cutting edge" and that he is "acclaimed by clients for his commerciality and excellent ideas on tax mitigation"

Roger Clayson

Roger Clayson is one of the UK's most experienced nuclear sector lawyers. Voted in-house solicitor of the year in 2009, Roger was acting Head of Legal at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority at a key phase in its history which saw the parent body competitions for Sellafield, Dounreay, and the acquisition of Nirex.

Trevor Jones

We work closely with Dr Trevor Jones who has over 22 years’ experience in the assessment and management of environmental liabilities at a wide range of sites including nuclear, chemical, engineering and transportation facilities, power stations and landfills. He has provided technical and strategic advice to the issue holders at some of the most highly contaminated sites in the world. He has particular expertise in the management and disposal of radioactive and hazardous wastes from both the nuclear and non-nuclear sectors. He advised on permit issues associated with shale gas exploration and production and on the development of the UK strategy for the management of NORM wastes.

Stephen Tromans QC

We often work closely with Stephen who is simply one of best barristers available in the field of environmental and regulatory law. His services are sought by industry, Government and regulators alike. He appears in the UK courts and the European Court of Justice. Stephen is an author of respected works on the Environment Acts and Contaminated Land, and has recently written an update of his book “ Nuclear Law”.

Chambers and Partners describes him as "virtually in a league of his own"

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