This must have given him a taste for the old world because he complemented his university education in Michigan with a stint at Cambridge before becoming dual qualified in U.S. and English law. He s also a pioneer of sorts, starting out as BHD s first London hire as long ago as 1992. The company now has 25 lawyers in the UK a mere outpost in an empire consisting of another 800 scattered around the US home base. His career has seen him take both UK and US startups to IPO, experience which makes him an attractive advisor for startups hoping to bridge the frightening Atlantic divide. His fifth floor office is an interesting mixture of the functional and the spontaneous.
Papers sit in small, impromptu piles.
An intriguing oil painting of a jungle scene hangs on the wall. To one side of his desk sits a copy of the PC Week, US Edition, which he jokes about having FedExed over from the US by special delivery. It feeds his curiosity about and fascination with the high-tech world. This could be due to his background or it could just be his personality. Stateside, lawyer jokes are one of the most popular genres going.