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Ashtons Legal Offices
THE LONG BARN
Fornham Business Court, Fornham St Martin
BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK
IP31 1SL
England
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Geoff Hazlewood
Work Department
Corporate & Commercial
Position
Partner
Career
Trained and qualified with Memery Crystal. Qualified September 2000. Returned to Suffolk in 2003 and worked for Birketts until 2006, had a brief stint in London with boutique firm Fortune Law before joining Ashton Graham (now Ashtons Legal) in 2007. Became partner in AG 2010.
Geoff is a partner and Head of the Corporate & Commercial team. He specialises in:
- Company Acquisitions
- Banking
- Corporate Finance
- General Commercial.
He acts for clients in a number of sectors including retail, engineering, recruitment, manufacturing, professional services, agriculture and finance.
Languages
English
Education
Schooled at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham. Read history at UEA, graduating 1995. Took a year out then did conversion course (completed 1997) and LPC (1998)
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
(Leading individuals)The five-partner corporate and commercial practice at Ashtons Legal works across the firm’s office network, with Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds being key hubs of activity. In Ipswich, practice head Geoff Hazlewood handles corporate transactions and care home matters, and Paul Whittingham has a niche practice advising independent veterinary practices. Senior associate Craig Fiddaman stands out for his work on share and asset transactions, restructuring, corporate governance and commercial agreements. The team is noted as being ‘extremely responsive, commercially savvy and pragmatic in its approach’.
East Anglia > Finance > Banking and finance
At Ashtons Legal, the team ‘quickly gets to the crux of issues and provides pragmatic solutions’. ‘Experienced, professional, approachable and commercial‘ practice head Ron Clare in Bury St Edmunds manages the firm’s panel relationships, among them HSBC UK and Clydesdale Bank, as well as handling high-value secured lending transactions. He acted for Handelsbanken in the refinancing of one of its investor customers with a portfolio exceeding £11m. Ipswich-based corporate partner Geoff Hazlewood frequently acts for the firm’s panel bank clients. Agriculture specialist Jeanette Dennis in Cambridge acts for many regional banks and farmers in finance transactions. The firm hired senior associate Greg McCurday in Norwich from Birketts LLP to handle real estate finance matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia East Anglia > Corporate and commercial
- Leading individuals East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Banking and finance East Anglia > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Transport and shipping
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia