About
Walker Morris LLP is a commercial law firm that provides tailored, long term, strategic advice to multinational companies and public and private companies around the world. Our diverse collection of lawyers and professionals carry an entrepreneurial spirit and work incredibly hard to help clients forge their own paths and achieve greater success. - OUR SERVICES Our corporate group advises on UK and multi-jurisdictional private and public acquisitions. For the majority of our clients we have long lasting and imbedded relationships which allows us to be aligned with the strategic rationale of the transaction at hand. The size of our corporate group, along with the nature of the transactions we work on, allows us to navigate our clients through UK and overseas market practices and ensure that transactions are run in the most efficient manner and align with our clients’ goals. Our Corporate lawyers are familiar with all aspects of corporate law and regulation affecting public and private companies, private equity and venture capital sponsors, management teams and their respective advisers. We also work closely with our specialist tax team and merger control/national security team to ensure transactions are structured appropriately. Our finance team has the knowledge, experience and expert legal skills, as well as the business judgment, to enable even the most complex of financing deals to be completed smoothly and safely for our clients. We act on local, national and international financings and on each type of transaction, we’re able to spot and overcome issues before they become problems and the strength and size of our team means we can deliver these solutions on time and within budget. Our Team of lawyers have specialist expertise in corporate financings, acquisition and leveraged finance, property finance (both investment and development), asset based finance and restructuring work covering the full range of corporate funding requirements.All of the partners in our team are recognised as leaders in their own fields. Our litigation & dispute resolution team is one of the largest and most successful outside London, offering specialist legal services in litigation, international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. We help our clients to avoid disputes becoming litigious wherever we can. Right from the very start we‘ll work with you to develop a clear strategy, as well as identifying and analysing any risk.Our role is to optimise any pressure points and find opportunities to resolve the dispute. We make decisions based on the outcome you need and we don’t lose sight of cost.Our clients are in every industry sector, ranging from multinational corporations and major financial institutions through to SMEs and high-profile individuals. We regularly advise on potentially contentious aspects of major corporate and financial transactions, and with an increasingly global client base, our international arbitration practice is growing rapidly. Our real estate group is a close-knit team of over 40 lawyers who believe in real teamwork. We have one of the strongest specialist real estate groups in the country and have an enviable reputation for delivering focused legal advice. Our knowledge of real estate law, built through decades of business cycles, combined with our day-to-day involvement with the market, means we can identify important issues and provide advice of the highest quality. Our depth of experience ensures we provide you with the expertise you need to achieve your goals. We represent all of the various parties involved in real estate transactions including: sellers, buyers, developers, investors, partners, lenders, borrowers, landlords and tenants and our clients rank among the top players in the industry. Our commercial group is one of the largest commercial law teams outside London and we’re proud of our unique blend of technical and commercial skills. Everyone in our team has spent time working in-house either in permanent roles or on secondment and we put this frontline experience to good use, helping our clients to minimise their risk of disputes while also maximising their chances of success. Our team operates at the nexus where law meets business.We know your business relies upon its contracts: with suppliers, customers, distributors, agents, partners, service and logistics providers. We want to help you get those contracts right and we’ll find a way that works for you – whether that’s a lengthy negotiated legal text, or something much shorter – we’re built to be flexible and we’ll work with you to find the approach that most suits your needs. We have market leading experience in the food and drink sector, pharma, football, manufacturing and logistics and we pride ourselves on adding value by appreciating the commercial risks and drivers of a situation, while our market knowledge ensures we avoid unnecessary negotiations. - RECRUITMENT At Walker Morris we believe in doing things differently. We strive to elevate our clients to greater success and we need the right team to do that. If you join us, we’ll take the time to get to know you and we’ll let you take the lead. Have an idea? Go and make it happen. Want to forge your own path? Visit www.walkermorris.co.uk/join-us ### Staffing Figures - 57 Number of UK partners - 300 Number of other UK fee-earners
Office locations
Leeds
Leeds
Walker Morris LLP 33 Wellington Street Leeds LS1 4DL Yorkshire
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Adam Reed
Partner · Real Estate
Alison Ogley
Partner - Planning & Environment · Planning & Environment
Andrew Northage
Partner · Regulatory & Compliance
Andrew Rayment
Partner · Employment
Austin Judson
Partner · Real Estate
Ben Sheppard
Partner · Energy & Natural Resources
Cameron Baloyi Rigby
Partner · Real Estate
Chris Slater
Partner · Planning & Environment
Chris Woodthorpe
Partner · Real Estate
Daniel O’Gorman
Partner · Corporate / M&A
David Smedley
Partner and Head of Litigation and Employment · Employment
Debbie Jackson
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Duncan Lole
Partner · Banking & Finance
Gawain Moore
Partner · Banking & Finance
George Bacon
Partner · Real Estate
Gwendoline Davies
Partner and Head of Commercial Dispute Resolution · Litigation
James Crayton
Partner and Head of Commercial · Commercial
Jane Weaver
Partner · Real Estate
Jeanette Burgess
Partner and Head of Regulatory & Compliance · Regulatory & Compliance
Jeremy Moore
Partner · Real Estate
Jo Ratcliffe
Partner and Head of Pensions · Pensions
Jo Stephenson
Partner - Corporate Department · Corporate / M&A
John Hamer
Partner and Head of Corporate · Corporate / M&A
Jules Harbage
Partner · Construction & Engineering
Karl Anders
Partner · Real Estate
Liz Graham
Partner · Pensions
Louise Power
Partner · Banking & Finance
Malcolm Simpson
Partner · Litigation
Mark Byrne
Partner · Real Estate
Martin McKeague
Partner · Real Estate
Martin Scott
Partner and Head of Construction & Engineering · Construction & Engineering
Michael Taylor
Partner and Head of Banking & Finance · Banking & Finance
Nick Cannon
Consultant · Real Estate
Nick Lees
Partner · Litigation
Nick McQueen
Partner · Litigation
Oliver Duke
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Paul Hargreaves
Partner - Construction & Engineering · Construction & Engineering
Peter Considine
Consultant · Banking & Finance
Richard Naish
Partners and Head of Food & Drink · Corporate / M&A
Richard Sagar
Partner · Planning & Environment
Richard Sandford
Partner · Litigation
Sally Mewies
Partner and Head of Technology Group · Technology
Sarah Ward
Partner · Competition
Simon Clark
Partner · Restructuring & Insolvency
Steve Nixon
Partner - Real Estate Group · Real Estate
Stuart Ponting
Partner · Regulatory & Compliance
Tom Peel
Partner · Construction & Engineering
Will Cousins
Partner · Real Estate