Hannah Bignell

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT HANNAH BIGNELL

I moved to VWV in August 2022 in the role of a Corporate Solicitor in the Corporate & Charities team and I am particularly focused on the educations sector. I qualified as a Corporate Solicitor at Fieldfisher LLP in September 2020. I mainly worked on M&A transactions, mainstream private company work and employee ownership transitions. I am currently a Trustee on the board of the Matthew Hackney Foundation. I was an Executive Committee member for the Junior Lawyers Division for England & Wales for 2 years (2019 to 2021). In my role, I focused on understanding and improving the mental wellbeing of junior lawyers. I also led a fundraising 30 Day Challenge to raise funds for Refuge UK and we were able to raise over £8,500 in 2021. During my Training Contract I sat in Finance (Securitisaton and Financial Regulation), Employment and Corporate. I have really enjoyed my training contract so far, in particular my seats in Employment and Corporate departments. I have completed the LPC LLM at University of Law in Moorgate with a distinction. I have enjoyed working in practice as a paralegal at JP Morgan and Macfarlanes and have gained an insight into Financial Services Regulation over the last few years. Studying Law at Kent has enhanced my passion and my drive towards have a legal career. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Kent and in particular have had amazing opportunities through the Law School and through the Kent Law Clinic and Kent Law Campaign. Main achievement at Kent – I was honoured in being awarded the University of Kent Chancellor’s Award 2013 for “outstanding engagement in a University Initiative.” Interests- Started learning acoustic guitar in June 2018- Junior Lawyers Division, I enjoy being an Executive Committee Member and hope I can help junior lawyers cope with any mental issues they are facing and give students good advice on how to apply for Training Contracts- Reading Scheme at Fieldfisher- LawCare and MQ Transforming Mental Health- Swimming- Eton Open Water Swim - swam 3k and raised over for Prostate Cancer UK and the Kent Law Campaign.