Lawyers in England

Adam Keeble

Managing Partner

DKLM Solicitors

Adam Keen

Adam is a Partner in Michelmores’ Corporate team based in our Cheltenham and Bristol offices. He advises on a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, disposals, MBOs and private equity/venture capital investments with a particular focus on acting for private equity backed buy-and-build platforms. His clients span all sectors, but he has developed a particular sector specialism acting for clients in the financial services and insurance markets alongside extensive experience in renewable energy. He is noted by clients as being pragmatic and commercial, and always spend the time to fully understand their needs and objectives, allowing a fully integrated approach to working together. Recent experience Advising BGF on investment in cutting edge tech firm Kubus Advising ecological consultancy Avian Ecology on sale to Origin Enterprises Advising Vigo Software on sale to Kerridge Commercial Systems Advising H2 Equity Partners on the acquisition of Impulse Embedded Limited Advising insurance advisory business Partners& on quadruple transaction success Advising Upholstery2u on investment by Middleton Enterprises

Michelmores LLP

Adam Kelvey

Associate Adam Kelvey handles patents in the engineering, materials and consumer products fields

Reddie & Grose LLP

Adam Kendall

Bevan Brittan LLP

Adam Kendall

Bevan Brittan LLP

Adam Leszczynski

Adam is a corporate senior associate based in the Thames Valley office. Adam has experience in a range of transactions including acquisitions, disposals, venture and growth capital investment, private equity investment, reorganisations, shareholder investments, private to public re-registrations of companies, share buy backs, conducting legal due diligence as well as general corporate governance. Adam has experience working with investors, management teams and companies, particularly in the manufacturing, tech, media and communications sectors. Adam’s recent experience includes: assisting with the £221 million sale of smart locker technology and field service solutions company Bybox to private equity backer Francisco Partners; assisting with the acquisition of Wax Digital, an independent Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business by a private equity house; advising LDC on its £16 million investment into national hair salon operator, Rush Hair; advising Downing Ventures and Gresham House Ventures on its combined £8 million investment into Funding Xchange, a FinTech company offering its customers instant access to personalised quotes for business funding; advising Downing Ventures and Foresight Group on its investment into Masters of Pie, a virtual reality and augmented reality software company; advising NVM Private Equity on its £3.1 million investment into Clarilis Limited, a provider of automated solutions software for the legal industry; advising NVM Private Equity on its £2.2 million investment into Mo, a recognition, employee reward and ideas platform; advising NVM Private Equity on its £2 million investment into Duke & Dexter, an award-winning footwear manufacturer; advising Treetops Nurseries on its expansion through a number of acquisitions of other nursery sites; advising the shareholders of Xtrac, a world leader in the design and manufacturer of high performance transmissions for the motorsport and automotive industry, in a buyout deal with Inflexion Private Equity; advising the shareholders of Phabrix Limited, a manufacturer of video and audio broadcast test and measurement instruments, in their exit and sale of shares to Leader Electronics; advising on a company re-registration from private to public limited status, including the UK’s first re-registration of a private Community Interest Company to a Community Interest Public Limited Company; advising company directors in relation to a proposed public offer of investment; and principal advisor on the acquisition of a specialist case management company providing rehabilitation services to clients with severe and complex injuries.

Shoosmiths LLP

Adam Lynch

Adam is a partner and head of our corporate practice. He has a broad range of experience and expertise advising on all aspects of corporate law, with a focus on domestic and cross-border M&A and corporate finance (including venture capital and private equity deals). Adam advises a variety of clients, including public companies listed on the London Stock Exchange’s main and AIM markets, private companies, partnerships, and entrepreneurs. His practice spans a number of industry sectors including hospitality and leisure, technology, corporate real estate, healthcare and financial services.

Wedlake Bell LLP

Adam Mathewson

Adam acts for all groups including developers, housing associations, public bodies, contractors, sub-contractors and construction professionals. Adam specialises in construction dispute resolution representing parties in adjudication, mediation, arbitration, expert determination and litigation.

Devonshires Solicitors LLP

Adam McGiveron

Adam is a partner in the corporate team and is based in the Birmingham office. With more than 20 years’ experience in advising on all types of transactional work, he acts on a variety of M&A deals, private equity transactions, corporate reorganisations and shareholder arrangements. His clients include many entrepreneurs and directors of mid-market businesses for whom he can provide both a strategic overview and tactical advice. He is also recognised for offering specialist support to companies that are going through a legal process for the first time.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Adam McKenna

Adam advises private equity-backed portfolio businesses on all aspects of their growth and investment strategies, with particular expertise in bolt-on acquisitions and the execution of buy-and-build programmes. He has significant experience supporting businesses in the technology, financial services and education sectors. As a key member of the transactional and integration team, Adam works closely with major client businesses backed by August Equity, Livingbridge, Epiris, ICG and BGF. He regularly advises companies at every stage of their lifecycle – from start-ups seeking SEIS/EIS funding and angel investment, through to established portfolio businesses pursuing M&A opportunities. Accolades Team winners of the Regional Legal Adviser of the Year at the Real Deals Private Equity Awards in 2020 and 2024

Foot Anstey

Adam McRae-Taylor

Adam specialises in employment and education law and advise on issues such as unfair dismissal, discrimination cases, safeguarding, parent contracts and data protection issues including in relation to the GDPR. His approach is to work with schools and charities to ensure that they are managing their staff fairly and lawfully, as a happy workforce. This not only helps an organisation thrive and grow, but also prevents managers from being distracted by disputes. Where contentious issues do arise, he is experienced in employment tribunal litigation and I regularly advise on employment claims such as unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and discrimination. He trained and qualified in employment law with a Magic Circle firm in London. Before joining the Schools & Charities Team at Moore Barlow LLP, he spent two years working in-house for a charity which gave him an invaluable perspective on how to provide practical advice on the issues charities commonly face.

Stone King LLP

Adam Miller

Adam heads up Seddons Real Estate Finance Team, advising on all aspects of short term and development property funding. Well known in the short term lending industry, Adam is respected for his pragmatic and commercial advice and understanding of the needs and demands of his clients’ businesses. With over 20 years’ experience, Adam has built up strong relationships with and represents many of the industry’s leading lenders. His team advises a number of institutional lenders and specialist property lending syndicates. Recent experience: Acting for a receiver appointed by an investment bank in relation to the sale of commercial real estate portfolio; securitisation of £4m commercial property development facility, including taking security from parties in several jurisdictions; restructuring UK investment bank’s real estate lending group; acquisition of £8.Sm property in W1 for developer client proposing to implement existing permission for conversion into residential flats.

Seddons GSC LLP

Adam Murdoch

Adam is an experienced employment law Partner, and advises businesses and individuals throughout the UK on a full range of employment and related issues.

Doyle Clayton

Adam Murphy

Adam is an Associate in our litigation team. A commercial litigator and media lawyer, he has experience across a broad range of contentious commercial work, including contractual and tortious claims, reputation management instructions and company and shareholder disputes. Adam advises on media-related issues and crisis response, including defamation, data and privacy and harassment, with extensive experience in confidential and sensitive media disputes involving journalists, publishers, broadcasters and digital content creators. He acts for a range of clients across a variety of commercial sectors including media, sport, manufacturing and supply chain, charity, healthcare, hospitality, aviation and retail.

Brabners LLP

Adam Perry

Adam is a property law specialist with many years’ experience advising on a wide spectrum of property-related matters including development, investment, finance, and landlord and tenant matters. Many of his clients are established owners, users and/or developers of commercial property to whom he provides a broad range of advice. He also has considerable experience in managing significant projects centred around acquisitions, disposals, lettings, property management and funding.

Keystone Law

Adam Reed

Partner

Walker Morris LLP

Adam Rose

Adam is a Commercial Partner in the Corporate department, with over 25 years' experience, specialising in advising clients on IT and commercial contracts, including franchising, agency, distribution and terms of business. He advises clients across a number of sectors, but in particular, those in real estate, publishing and broadcasting, financial services and retail and leisure, including hotels and restaurants. Adam is an expert in data protection and freedom of information law, where he advises corporates and individuals on all aspects of the law. Adam is the International Development Partner at Mishcon de Reya. His primary objective is to ensure the firm consistently delivers the best advice to its clients and to gain the trust of clients and lawyers from around the world. He works closely with the partners appointed as leaders for each international region to closely monitor the overseas service the Firm provides, the expansion of its client-base and how it is delivering against its strategy.

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Adam Shaw

Senior Associate Solicitor

TV Edwards Solicitors LLP

Adam Skelland

Adam is an experienced solicitor who specialises in defendant credit hire. He joined Weightmans in 2016, following a seven year stint at another leading law firm. Adam has extensive experience in defending personal injury and credit hire claims, claims for credit hire from companies, with particular knowledge and experience in claims for replacement taxis. Adam’s noteworthy cases are Lubhaya v Stanley a case involving estoppel and acceptance of zero offers, and Ali v Bayliss surrounding the correct assessment of damages where the claimant is a taxi company or an individual who operates a fleet of vehicles.

Weightmans LLP

Adam Smith

Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Adam Sturt

Partner

Fieldfisher

Adam Tudor

Partner specialising in media and reputation management as well as commercial dispute resolution. Noteworthy cases include: representing Kate and Gerry McCann – securing for them an unprecedented four front-page apologies from national newspapers together with damages of £550,000; representing numerous individuals falsely linked with terrorist plots (obtaining numerous broadcast and printed apologies and damages totalling over £700,000); representing Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) in numerous successful libel complaints. Other clients include various national governments and heads of state, political figures and multinational corporations.

Carter-Ruck

Adam Walford

Adam Walford advises household name restaurants and retailers on their real estate occupancy needs, growth strategies and asset management needs. He leads the Investment, Landlord and Tenant team and is head of the Retail & Leisure group. He is a solicitor specialising in commercial real estate, particularly in acquisition and disposal work for the restaurant and retail sectors. Adam has an extensive and varied client base, including restaurant owners, occupiers, investors, and developers. He acts for global brands and quoted companies, as well as, household names like Carluccio’s, Pizza Hut, Patty&Bun, and Tortilla. He also supports some of the most exciting new brands in the sector. This breadth of experience is unusual. He lives and breathes the restaurant business, working closely with the wider sector team to benefit shared clients with a wealth of insight. Whether a client is buying a chain of 200 outlets, developing a brand new concept, branching out from a first success, or simply reviewing their staff contracts, he aims to be their first port of call.

Howard Kennedy LLP

Adam Watson

Partner

Freeths LLP