Advisory Board

Elaine Hutton - Head of Legal at Apple Inc

Elaine is the Head of Legal at Apple and was the first Europe-based solicitor for the company. Elaine advised Apple on the expansion of its retail stores across Europe.

Elaine trained and qualified as a solicitor at Clifford Chance, and has also worked in-house at Channel 4 and Goldman Sachs. Elaine was also the Legal & Business Affairs Vice President at Fremantle Media - one of the largest international creators and producers of entertainment brands in the world. Fremantle Media is a truly global TV company and one of the largest international creators and producers of entertainment brands in the world. These include The X Factor and American Idol.

Jeremy Tobias-Tarsh – Commercial Director of Practical Law Company

 

Jeremy Tobias-Tarsh is the commercial director of Practical Law Company (“PLC”). PLC is the leading provider of legal know-how, transactional analysis and market intelligence for lawyers. PLC provide the high-value, practical know-how that lawyers need daily. This includes written analysis of current legal developments, practice notes (legal situations lawyers face and how the law treats them), standard draft documents, and checklists for managing actions. The services cover a range of legal areas such as commercial, corporate, arbitration, competition, construction, employment, finance, pensions, tax, and so on. PLC work closely with law firms and in-house law departments, to provide innovative and practical solutions in know-how, technology and practice development. 

 

Jeremy trained and qualified as a corporate lawyer at Clifford Chance in 1995. In 1999, Jeremy joined Paul Hastings corporate department. Jeremy is also the co-founder of Totallylegal.com. Jeremy joined Practical Law Company in 2002. He became a director of the company in 2004 and has also undertaken the role of head of professional support services.

 

Jeremy has provided Ultimate Law Guide with a great deal of mentoring advice, encouragement and pastoral support from our inception; Jeremy also assists with the management of Ultimate Law Guides growth strategy and future direction.

 

Tony Williams - Principal of Jomati Consultants

Tony Williams has more than thirty years’ experience in the legal profession, occupying senior management positions as well as direct client handling and fee earning. Tony Williams is a principal of Jomati Consultants which is a UK based legal consulting business. He specialises in advising law firms on a range of strategic issues including a firm’s strategic focus, partner review and remuneration issues. He also advises a range of primarily US and UK based firms on merger related issues including preparation, market research, deal facilitation and post merger integration. Before establishing Jomati Consultants Tony spent almost 20 years at Clifford Chance where he was elected worldwide managing partner in 1997 and prior to his managing partner role he was a corporate partner in London, Hong Kong and the managing partner of the firm’s Moscow office.

Tony assists with Ultimate Law Guide’s charity – AimHigher Foundation. Our mentoring and training project helps to widen access to the legal profession, increase social mobility and help talented students from under-privileged backgrounds fulfil their promise and go on to forge fulfilling and worthwhile legal careers. Our Aim Higher charity will be launched later this year.