Jonathan Gatward

Corporate

Jonathan is the head of the Corporate and Sport departments.

Jonathan is primarily a transactional lawyer advising clients on the full range of corporate transactions including acquisitions, disposals, mergers, reorganisations and joint ventures, working closely with colleagues in other departments – tax, employment and property. He acts mainly for private companies but of all sizes, including start-ups, family offices and entrepreneurs, many of whom are active internationally.

Jonathan's clients operate across a range of business sectors, but he has a particular interest in businesses whose branding and intellectual property rights are key assets, including publishing and fashion.

For recent transactions included advising on the acquisition of a mass market non-fiction publisher and also an erotic romance publishing house, and the sale of a high profile digital picture library.

Jonathan also has an expertise in partnership law, including LLPs and LPs, and advises on all aspects of their set up and structuring, management and mergers and disposals. His clients include professional practices, other business partnerships and investors.

Jonathan acts on a wide range of sports matters. Highlights over the year have included acting for IIAA on the distribution of its health living/nutritional range of supplements and continuing to act for DNAFit in the rolling out of its DNA based exercise and dietary plans in Europe. His client base and work is varied, as above.  It also features David Cameron's personal trainer, and a number of well-known athletes acting as sporting brand ambassadors for the DNAFit brand. He has vast experience advising on image rights, and more recently, social media issues.