Barry led the West Midlands commercial litigation team of Harvey Ingram for the last five years prior to the merger with Shakespeares. Previously he worked at Gateley in Birmingham and trained at Hill Dickinson, spending time in both the London and Liverpool offices.

He graduated from Cardiff University with an LLB and Bristol University with a LLM (Masters Degree in Competition Law). He also attended The College of Law, Chester to complete his LPC.