Managing Director
Gemma Adam
Qualified: 2008Managing Director and SolicitorAs the managing director of Edward Connor Solicitors, Gemma is responsible for strategy, compliance, and staff management.
Charities
Caroline Eade
Qualified: 2003Head of CharitiesCaroline leads our Charities team which specialises in Christian organisations and churches, on charity law and regulation, including governance and constitutional matters.
Mary Drew
Qualified: 2004Partner (Charities)Mary is a Partner in the Charities Team. She specialises in advising Christian organisations on charity law matters.
Liz Bowes-Smith
Qualified: 1991Charity Senior AssociateAs an Associate at Edward Connor Solicitors, Liz advises churches and Christian organisations primarily on governance issues.
Lynn Cadman
Senior Associate (Charity Advisor)Lynn is part of the Charities team and specialises in advising churches and Christian organisations on their governance and constitutional matters, particularly focusing on helping churches become CIOs.
Rosie Hopkins
Qualified: 1998Charity AssociateRosie is part of the Charities team and specialises in advising churches and Christian organisations on their governance and constitutional matters, particularly focusing on helping churches become CIOs.
Lynda Wilson
Qualified 1997Charity Senior AssociateLynda is a Senior Associate solicitor in the Charities team. She specialises in advising churches and Christian organisations on charity law matters, including advice on governance and constitutional issues.
Juliette Shelley
Qualified: 2003Charity SolicitorJuliette is a solicitor in the Charities team, which specialises in advising churches and Christian organisations on governance and constitutional matters.
Katherine Coxon
Qualified: 2004Charity SolicitorKatherine is a solicitor in the Charities team, which specialises in advising churches and Christian organisations on governance and constitutional matters.
Amy Hall
Qualified: 2016Charity SolicitorAmy is a solicitor in the Charities Team, which specialises in advising churches and Christian organisations on governance and constitutional matters, trustee duties and how churches can become Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs).
Lily Brewster
Charity ParalegalLily joined ECS (known then as FIEC Practical Services) in 2017 to act as the Research and Advice Coordinator. She now acts as the paralegal for the Charities team which specialises in advising churches and Christian organisations on their governance and constitutional matters.
Employment & HR
Mark Jones
Qualified: 1996Solicitor and Head of EmploymentMark advises Christian organisations and churches on all aspects of employment law, including discrimination, data protection and human rights issues.
Mark Bainbridge
Qualified: 1997Partner (Employment)Mark has been recognised for his ‘dedicated’, ‘meticulous’, and ‘strategic’ approach to cases, and has successfully advised and represented many clients in complex and difficult discrimination claims.
Gemma Herrick
Qualified: 2009Associate (Employment)Gemma is part of the Employment Team, advising churches and Christian organisations on all aspects of employment law and HR issues.
Property
Steve Wright
Qualified: 2003Head of PropertySteve joined the property team in 2024. He is excited to help churches and charities make the most of their properties and buildings, as bases for their ministries and places to welcome in, train up and send out.
Paul Tollerton
Qualified: 2004Partner (Property)Paul advises churches and Christian organisation on all aspects of property law.
Thomas Welch
Qualified: 2017Senior Associate (Property)Thomas is a Senior Associate on our Property team.
Ganine Eshun
Conveyancing ExecutiveGanine Eshun has recently re-joined ECS. She is an Advanced Paralegal of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and a Conveyancing Executive in the Property team, mainly dealing with residential conveyancing.
Legal support
Debs Hunt
Legal Support Team ManagerDebs is our Legal Support Team Manager. Her role involves leading the Support Team as well as finding creative solutions to the support needs of other staff.
Ele Hawkins
Legal Team Support SpecialistEle is part of the Legal Support team and also helps with Comms work.
Nush Oree
Legal Team Support SpecialistNush is part of the legal support team, primarily assisting the charity and employment teams.
Heather Paris
Senior Legal SecretaryHeather is part of the team which is responsible for supporting our legal teams with administrative and practical tasks.
Finance
Jane Hoxley
Finance and Administration OfficerJane is part of the team responsible for our finances.
Operations
Lindsey Davies
Head of CommunicationsLindsey is responsible for delivering our communication strategy, facilitating both internal and external communications to increase our effectiveness.
Amanda Bothwell
Office AdministratorAmanda is part of the administration team providing general support on office administration to staff and managers.
Rowan Gosnal-Tyler
Operations and Compliance ManagerRowan is responsible for managing the operations of the legal office, the legal administration, and compliance.
Esther Coekin
Data Analyst, IT and Finance OfficerEsther has a varied role which includes data analysis, IT support and working as part of the finance team.