Robert Ivens

Robert qualified as a solicitor in 1983, spending most of his legal career at Marks & Spencer.

As Head of Legal, he was responsible for all legal advice provided to the M&S Group worldwide during a period that included two failed bids by Philip Green and a seven year battle with Interflora over the use of Google adwords. He retired from M&S in 2016 and is currently working as a consultant with Peerpoint (Allen & Overy) on interim assignments.”