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Name:  John Wilson

Position: Partner/Head of Corporate/Commercial
Specialism: Acquisitions, disposals, general commercial and corporate and intellectual property
Commercial, Corporate
Intellectual Property & Information Technology
Year qualified: 1988

Career

John trained with a leading commercial firm in Newcastle Upon Tyne where he remained for a year post-qualification.  He then relocated to Cumbria in 1989 and quickly became a partner and head of commercial in a large newly formed (by a merger) Cumbrian practice.  After the firm de-merged John then left Cumbria to work in a niche commercial legal practice in the north-west where he was a partner between 1993 and 1996.  For a mixture of business and professional reasons John returned to Cumbria in late 1996 becoming a partner in Burnetts in Carlisle before deciding to set up Baines Wilson at the beginning of 1999.

Key areas of Specialisation

John specialises in the major areas of corporate/commercial practice.  He has 15 years of 'hands-on' commercial experience acting for businesses across virtually all industry sectors.  John's clients and experiences vary from dealing with family companies to some of the largest companies in the world.

John has seen businesses through from start-up to multi-million pound disposals on many occasions.  Acquisitions and disposals constitute key areas of his practice as do commercial agreements of all sorts.  John also acts for banks and financial institutions on acquisitions and other corporate transactions.  In addition John practices intellectual property work and also handles sport and entertainment work.

Personal

John is married and has three young children.  John is a keen fisherman and is interested in virtually all sports.

Contact Details

Tel: 01228 552600
Fax: 01228 549560

Email: jsrw@baineswilson.co.uk

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