Siona Spillett is experienced in cross-border litigation, with a focus on the life sciences and media sectors. She works alongside clients to find commercial solutions to a broad range of disputes, including complex contractual arrangements and product liability matters.
In Life Sciences, she regularly advises pharmaceutical, medical device and medical equipment manufacturers on defending product liability claims (including consumer mass actions) and complex contractual disputes connected with R&D, procurement and cross-border supply chains. For media clients, she has advised on a wide range of corporate disputes including breach of warranty claims, as well as defamation claims, technology and licensing disputes, including those impacted by OFCOM regulation.
In her broader commercial practice, she regularly advises on complex contractual disputes and has secured freezing injunctions (including worldwide) over assets across Europe and Asia, as well as representing international clients in the Commercial Court. She has also been instructed on both international and domestic arbitration under the UNCITRAL and LCIA rules.
Siona regularly speaks on conflict of law issues, including for the Law Society of England & Wales and at Birmingham University. She previously spent two terms at the Court of Appeal as the Judicial Assistant to the Master of the Rolls and, whilst in practice, achieved a distinction in a Masters degree in commercial law.
