Alun Jones is Managing Partner of Hugh James, taking the helm in January 2011. He is also chair of the firm’s board of management.
In his role as Managing Partner, Alun is responsible for formulating and implementing the firm’s business strategy and day-to-day operations.
Alun was integral to the development of our volume-based wealth management services, which we provide to major UK high street financial services brands. He continues to manage relationships with our business clients, work partners and introducers and has considerable experience of developing outsourced workflow systems with robust audit, supervision and reporting structures for financial sector clients.
Alun has been at the forefront of developing new methods of delivering legal services and remains integral to the development of innovative and lean operating models at Hugh James. He has designed and implemented highly-engineered technical systems for handling large volumes of instructions, resulting in new business and major contracts with top financial services sector companies.
Alun was also responsible for developing and launching a state-of-the-art, integrated online legal services portal for Hugh James and for developing sophisticated management information and extranet reporting facilities for the firm’s clients.
Work History
Alun joined Hugh James in 1992 as a trainee solicitor. He qualified in 1994 before advancing with Hugh James through Associate, Salaried Partner (1999) and Equity Partner (2003).
Alun was head of the Hugh James corporate and banking division between 2007 and 2010, and was responsible for the implementation of the strategic and operational functions of our business related teams during this period.
Alun is a fluent Welsh speaker.