Trevor is a Senior Lecturer in international finance law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London and leads our LLM international finance law pathway. He was previously a lecturer at the School of Law, University of Leeds and a Teaching Fellow at University College London. Trevor is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

For many years Trevor was a partner of the international law firm, Linklaters, specialising in international finance law. He spent time based in the London, Hong Kong and Singapore offices of the firm.

Trevor's research focus is the field of international finance and corporate law, and the lawyers and law firms that practice in this sector. Trevor's PhD, undertaken at University College London, explored the legal aspects of the financing of international private equity-backed leveraged buyouts and he has published extensively in the area of international finance law, corporate law and the legal ethics of lawyers who work in international law firms.

Trevor is the articles editor of the academic journal, Legal Ethics, and regularly presents papers at domestic and international conferences on financial and corporate law and legal profession topics. Trevor frequently contributes to important public debates. For example, he was interviewed by the FCA, and IOSCO, as part of an investigation into market transparency in the private equity and leveraged finance sectors. Trevor has also been interviewed for and cited in multiple articles in national newspapers and financial industry news outlets, including, ‘The Powerful City Lawyer at the Centre of a Private Equity Storm’ (Bloomberg, February 2023) and ‘London Lawfare: How Lawyers Helped Russia’s Super Rich’ (Financial Times, May 2022). Trevor has also written, and been interviewed for and cited in, multiple articles in the legal services industry-focussed press, for example, ‘Buying to Sell’ (about private equity-focussed lawyers and law firms) The Law Society Gazette, August 2023); and ‘Ethically Dysfunctional: The Problem with Designation in Leveraged Finance’ (a sole-authored opinion piece, The Lawyer, October 2022).

Trevor currently has capacity to take on PhD supervisions. 

Research interests 

• Financial law and transactions
• Corporate law and transactions
• Mergers and acquisitions law contracts and structures, including public takeovers and leveraged buyouts
• Corporate legal profession and practice
• Legal ethics

Teaching interests 

• Financial law and transactions
• Corporate law and transactions
• Legal ethics and legal practice

Selected publications 

2024 “Are There Causes and Clients Lawyers Should Not Represent?”, Legal Ethics special issue, co-edited with Tamara Butter (forthcoming)

2024 “Navigating Conflicts of Interest in European Restructurings”, Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Financial Law (forthcoming)

2024 “Understanding the Nuances of Big Law Ethics: The Specialty Specific Approach”, in The Research Handbook on the Sociology of Legal Ethics, Elgar (forthcoming)

2023 “The Pendulum Swing in Leveraged Finance Loan Terms: The Role of Designation”, The Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, J.I.B.L.R. 2023, 38 (2), 45-50. Available in Westlaw UK

2022 “Agency over Technocracy – “How Lawyer Archetypes Infect Regulatory Approaches: The FCA Example, Legal Ethics 

2022 “Ethically Dysfunctional – The Problem with Designation in Leveraged Finance", The Lawyer

2021 “PCP v Barclays: The Dirty Work of Lawyering", Lawyer Watch

2020 “Conferring with poachers – Bank GCs excluded from Senior Managers Regime after entirely predictable lobbying", Legal Business 

2019 “A Response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s Consultation Paper CP19/4 on the Senior Manager and Certification Regime”, SSRN Scholarly Paper ID 3368896

2019 “In-House Lawyers and Non-Executive Directors: A Discussion About Best Practice”, SSRN Scholarly Paper ID 3410929