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Farrer & Co Offices
66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LH
England
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Marie Bates
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Marie advises on a broad range of corporate matters and commercial transactions for a variety of clients (including companies, individuals and partnerships). She specialises in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other corporate investments (including private equity backed investments) and reorganisations. Marie also advises on general corporate requirements for companies, with a particular focus on corporate governance. She has experience in Asia, having spent two years in Hong Kong at her previous firm and six months on secondment to a Japanese firm as a trainee.
Career
Marie joined Farrer & Co in 2015. Prior to that she was at Slaughter and May (2005 – 2015) where she was a trainee then a corporate associate before becoming a professional support lawyer in 2013.
Education
University of York; College of Law, London; BPP Law School, London.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration