Corporate

Effective, professional and responsive.

Our approach

We are a vibrant and highly successful corporate practice with a very strong reputation for quality and effective transaction handling which extends well beyond our region. This reputation has been the principal building block of our practice. Our aim is to handle complex legal issues in a pragmatic, professional, cost-effective and client friendly manner. We also pride ourselves on our dedication and speed of response.

Our corporate lawyers

All our corporate lawyers have the essential characteristics to conduct corporate work, namely leading edge expertise, commercial pragmatism, and excellent inter-personal skills.

We never underestimate the importance of transaction management. Our team is very experienced and highly motivated.

Areas of expertise

Business / Company Acquisitions and Disposals
Own Share Purchases, Redemptions and Re-structures
Funding and Banking
Corporate Finance and Venture Capital
Shareholders' Agreements and Joint Ventures
Partnerships including LLPs
Company Law and Company Secretarial Function
Company Formations and Start-ups
Share Issues
Public Takeovers

Andrew Hill

Partner - Head of Corporate

a.hill@baineswilson.co.uk

Andrew Hill has specialised in advising PLCs and owner managed businesses on corporate matters across many business sectors for over 15 years with particular expertise in the areas of acquisitions and disposals.

John Wilson

Consultant - Commercial

j.wilson@baineswilson.co.uk

John Wilson specialises in the major areas of corporate and commercial law. He has over 25 years of ‘hands on’ experience with organisations and businesses from a wide range of industry sectors.

Kate Parker

Associate - Corporate

k.parker@baineswilson.co.uk

Kate Parker is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer and has advised on a wide variety of transactions, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and corporate finance transactions.

All Round Skills

We handle all kinds of acquisitions and disposals and work closely on transactional work with colleagues in our property, employment, intellectual property and information technology teams, enabling us to offer all round advice on corporate matters. Our corporate clients are derived from the whole commercial spectrum and vary from multinationals to family owned companies and include major financial institutions.

The team is known for being an established presence in the Cumbrian Corporate market. They have an excellent quality of service - always punctual, friendly, approachable, and they don't leave you in any doubt in whatever matter you're dealing with.