Straight-talking business advice
Vaughan Jones, Head of Corporate
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Corporate
"The team is highly motivated, hardworking and extremely professional" - Legal 500, 2020
Our aim is to deliver practical advice that adds value to your business by being pro-active, innovative and responsive to market conditions.
Burnetts' Corporate team "are a strong regional practice and do very well in Carlisle and the surrounding areas." Clients quote - "Everything was done professionally, promptly and to my complete satisfaction with the right result achieved." - Chambers 2020
We advise on a wide variety of commercial issues including:
- Mergers, acquisitions and disposals
- Funding agreements and banking arrangements
- Joint venture and shareholder agreements
- LLP's and partnerships
- Business restructuring advice
- Private equity, venture capital and management buy-outs
- Commercial contracts
- Intellectual Property, IT and Technology
- Data Protection
- Regulatory (such as Competition Law and state aid/directors' duties)
More In This Section
- Overview
- Mergers, Acquisitions and Disposals
- Business Restructuring Advice
- Commercial Contracts
- Corporate Governance
- Data Protection and Freedom of Information
- Funding Agreements for Business
- Intellectual Property, IT and Technology
- Joint Ventures and Shareholder Agreements
- LLPs and Partnerships
- Private Equity
- Regulatory Advice
- State Aid
Get In Touch
Want to know more about Corporate? Contact us to find out more.
Vaughan Jones
Partnership Chair and Head of Corporate
Vaughan Jones is Burnetts' Partnership Chair and Head of Corporate team
Caroline Swift
Senior Associate
Caroline is a Senior Associate in Burnetts' Corporate, Banking and Property Finance team
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