Kelly Diolatzi
Kelly studied in Greece, where she obtained her LLB, before moving to Italy to pursue an LLM at Bocconi University. She has gained experience across legal, banking, and consulting environments and is fluent in English, Italian and Greek.
Jonatan Arnö
Jonatan attained a LL.M. at Uppsala University in 2019, after also having been an exchange student of politics and international security at UCL. He initially worked at a criminal defense law firm, before doing a clerkship at Solna district court and eventually becoming a public prosecutor, coming to specialize in major crimes as well as […]
Hortense Prost
Hortense completed a BSc in Economics and Management at Université Paris Dauphine before moving to the UK to complete the GDL and LPC at the University of Law in Manchester. She then joined Goldman Sachs as a contractor within a risk and regulatory team in London, where she gained experience assessing risk in trading agreements.
Sophie Selley
Sophie is a Senior Vice President in Vale’s London office, focusing on Warranty & Indemnity insurance. She returns to Vale after previously working with the firm as a junior underwriter. Sophie most recently spent 2.5 years in Hong Kong with AIG, where she underwrote W&I transactions across the Asia-Pacific region. Her experience spans a broad […]
William Jay
William is a qualified solicitor with a background in M&A. He obtained an LLB from the London School of Economics, followed by an LLM in International Finance from King’s College London. Will trained at Morrison & Foerster, where he went on to work as an associate in the firm’s London M&A team for two years. […]
Jasmine Vaughan
Jasmine is an Analyst on the W&I team. Jasmine attained a BSc in Psychology at Loughborough University before moving on to complete an MA in Law at the University of Law. During her time as an undergraduate, she gained experience in HR and Marketing, specializing in immigration, at K2 Corporate Mobility. Jasmine also completed a […]
Nayil Choudhury
Nayil is an Analyst on the W&I team. He has a background in digital marketing, where he completed campaigns for Monday.com and RedBull UK. He has experience as a Legal advisor and assistant for start-ups in tech and worked as a business and growth associate at a rapidly growing start-up. Nayil attained a LLB in Law […]
Emma Fitzpatrick
Emma was previously a Legal Director at Clyde & Co specialising in coverage issues and disputes relating to W&I, D&O liability and financial institutions notifications and claims, as well as advising on insurance policy wordings. Emma qualified as a lawyer at Australian firm Clayton Utz and later spent 12 months on secondment at AIG managing […]
Phoebe King-Holford
Phoebe joined from Real Chemistry (London) where she focussed on financial data analysis and accounting processes within the pharmaceutical market. Before Real Chemistry, Phoebe was a Legal Consultant for a construction company (Hampshire) involved in an ongoing land dispute. Phoebe studied at Cardiff University, where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Law and was […]
Björn Oswaldson
Björn joined VALE from Liberty Global Transaction Solutions where he spent two years as a W&I underwriter focusing on Nordic deals. Prior to his time at Liberty, Björn was an associate at Roschier, Attorneys Ltd (Stockholm) and another major Swedish law firm where he focused on private M&A and real estate transactions. Björn studied law […]