John Toomey

Background

Toomey's professional life was centred on London. He studied for his law degree there and later practised in England, where the City of London has long been a major centre of the legal profession.

Education

Toomey earned a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of London. The university received its royal charter in 1836 and grew into a federal institution whose member colleges and external students earned its degrees.

He was admitted to the bar in England in 1971, completing the step that qualified him to practise law in that country. His legal education thus combined university study with professional admission in England.

Career

Toomey qualified as a lawyer in England in 1971 and became a partner at Rowe & Maw, a London law firm established in 1895. The firm merged with the American firm Mayer, Brown & Platt in 2002 to form Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, a development that followed his period at the firm.

He later moved from Rowe & Maw to Devonshires, a London firm, where he joined the commercial property department as a consultant. Commercial property work concerns the acquisition, letting and development of business premises, an area of practice that connects law with real estate transactions.

References

• Law Gazette A Law Gazette 'Moving on' notice reporting that the London firm Devonshires added John Toomey as a consultant to its commercial property department from Rowe & Maw.