James Knight - Managing Partner

James qualified as a solicitor in 1992 with city firm Trowers & Hamilins. He spent the next 7 years working as a commercial solicitor in Hong Kong before returning to the UK in 1999. At this point James set up his own law consultancy service helping small and medium sized companies receive a legal service that was more commercially-focused, personalised and affordable than was available through many conventional firms. Popularity for this service developed exponentially so that in 2002, James founded Lawyers Direct (original name of Keystone Law) to manage client demand and recruit additional, suitably qualified solicitors.

Charles Stringer - Commercial Director

Charles was previously Head of Sales at BBC Technology. Prior to that he was responsible for launching BBC Resources' new consultancy operation. Charles has an MBA and a wealth of commercial experience of international sales and marketing across the whole marketing mix in both technology and professional services. He has been working with Keystone as a Commercial Director since its inception in 2002 and now heads up the firm's finance and IT functions.

William Robins - Partner

William joined Keystone Law from the city firm, Berwin Leighton Paisner. Prior to joining the firm, he spent 7 years as a corporate lawyer undertaking mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, capital raisings and general corporate work. In addition to his legal work with Keystone clients, William is responsible for client care and for coordinating Keystone’s many practice areas to provide clients with a seamless service.