James Dent is a Partner in the Corporate & Commercial department who advises on a range of corporate transactions including company sales and acquisitions, reorganisations and demergers, and EMI schemes.
James also advises on Shareholders’, Partnership and LLP Agreements, as well as a broad range of commercial contracts.
James works with businesses and their owners to understand their needs and to help them achieve their goals by giving clear, concise commercial advice.
James is a Recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 legal industry guide.
Work highlights include:
- Advised owner-managers on the successful sale of their engineering business, delivering within a tight timeframe to meet strategic and commercial objectives.
- Acted on the acquisition of a manufacturing business from administrators, providing pragmatic and timely advice to ensure a smooth operational transition and continuity for customers.
- Advised a shareholder on a multi-million-pound exit from the company, supporting a clean separation in as tax efficient manner as possible.
- Advised on a multi-million-pound joint venture to launch a new production facility, creating an agreement to coordinate technical and commercial input from both parties to establish the new business.
- Acted for the purchasers in the acquisition of a pharmacy business, managing an accelerated process to meet the client’s target completion date.
- Provided ongoing commercial and data protection advice to a Pharmacovigilance company, including drafting and negotiating contracts with large corporates and public sector organisations.
