Guy Leigh's documented training combined undergraduate and law degrees from Pennsylvania with a Cambridge diploma in international law. His professional life developed in England, where he was admitted to the bar in 1974 and later practised in London.
Guy Leigh's documented American education includes a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from institutions in Pennsylvania. The Juris Doctor is the professional law degree awarded by American law schools and forms the academic basis for legal practice in the United States.
His Cambridge qualification is a diploma in international law. The University of Cambridge's Postgraduate Diploma in International Law is awarded by the Degree Committee of the Faculty of Law to members who meet its requirements, and the diploma requires a thesis approved by the committee on a subject within law or international law.
Guy Leigh was admitted to the bar in England in 1974. He is documented as a partner of Theodore Goddard, a London law firm.
Theodore Goddard was founded in 1902 by John Theodore Goddard, a solicitor who began practice in London at the age of 24. By 1946 the firm had eight partners. Its history includes high-profile clients from the worlds of politics, music and entertainment, among them John Profumo and the Rolling Stones.
On 1 May 2003 the firm merged with Addleshaw Booth & Co to form Addleshaw Goddard, a London-headquartered international firm.
