Meet the Team

Sally Addis – Director

Sally Addis is a versatile business lawyer with a City of London corporate finance training. She has more than 23 years of experience in corporate, commercial and IT law.

A graduate of the University of Sussex, Sally started her legal career in London working for top city law firm Herbert Smith Freehills. During her time there she advised many blue chip companies on large and small transactions.

She then moved as an Associate to Deacons, a leading international firm in Hong Kong SAR. She worked for a variety of companies in various stages of their development and in many different jurisdictions, including China. She is qualified to advise on English and Hong Kong law.

On her return to London in 2000, Sally headed up the legal department at Investment Property Databank Limited (IPD), recently sold to MSCI.

Sally set up Addis Law in 2011. Addis Law currently acts for a wide range of clients, from companies listed in the USA and Japan to start ups, charities and private individuals.

Sally lives in Oxford and is married with 3 children. She is the Vice Chair of governors at a large local secondary school and likes to travel when time permits.

Lisa Guppy – Solicitor

Lisa was originally admitted as a lawyer in Australia and practised for over 8 years in Brisbane and Sydney in top commercial law firms, with extensive experience in property and commercial matters. In 2002, she moved to London and worked in one of the City’s top legal firms, specialising in banking and property.

Lisa has been working with Addis Law for over 3 years, with a varied commercial practice involving mergers, acquisitions, IP licensing, shareholder’s agreements, distribution agreements… in fact all manner of arrangements which can be reached between or with companies. Lisa’s strengths are commercial advice, working to time pressures and deadlines and communication with the client.

To achieve a work life balance Lisa enjoys yoga, baking and is a governor at a teacher training school.

Sukhpreet Bhinder – Solicitor

Sukhpreet Bhinder is an experienced commercial lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in both contentious and non-contentious corporate and commercial law.

Sukhpreet obtained her law degree from Cambridge University. She did her training in London with city law firm Theodore Goddard, now Addleshaw Goddard. During her early career Sukhpreet advised a range of businesses on commercial disputes.

She then moved to Eversheds where she worked for over 10 years. She specialised in international corporate and commercial litigation and dispute resolution, working for clients in all sectors of business and government, but particularly for banks and financial institutions. Alongside the dispute resolution practice, Sukhpreet was also involved in advising on commercial contracts and finance contracts.

Sukhpreet has been a consultant with AddisLaw for over 2 years, focusing now on a general commercial practice for a wide range of clients.

Felicity Decker – Solicitor

Felicity is a business solicitor who is qualified in the UK and Australia.  She has worked in the private sector, for a utility company and for a university. She has also worked as a tax adviser in a Big 5 accountancy practice. Felicity’s commercial skills will add breadth and depth to our growing team.

Jane Innes – Solicitor

Jane Innes is a tax lawyer with over 20 years of experience in advising businesses on tax issues. Having started her professional life as a barrister, she trained in tax at a big 4 Accountancy firm and has advised at a leading technology specialist firm as well as practiced as a partner at a large London firm.

Jane has extensive experience in advising businesses from start up, through growth and expansion, right through to preparing for and executing  an exit from a business.  She regularly advises on the tax matters which arise on achieving tax efficient investment, the holding, buying and selling of property, incentivising employees (including share scheme arrangements) and planning and implementing sales and purchases of businesses.  She also assists in more bespoke tax matters.  She advises on all business taxes, including VAT, Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Land Tax.

Outside work Jane travels extensively, often to follow Scotland play football and rugby.