Machins Solicitors LLP

Partner

Max qualified as a solicitor in 1990.  He joined Machins in November 2021 as a partner in the Company Commercial team following a diverse career working in private practice for small and large city law firms and as general counsel in the Insurance industry.

At his previous firm he was a business corporate, commercial and employment law partner focusing on sales and purchases of private companies and businesses, advice to investors taking shares in private companies, corporate and asset finance, shareholder partnership and LLP agreements, joint venture arrangements, agency and distribution agreements, IT contracts, terms and conditions and general commercial contracts.

Over the course of his career, Max has also been head of company and commercial law at a boutique law firm in Islington as well as heading up the company commercial and employment law team at a 12 partner London law firm advising SMEs on their business needs.

He was a partner for 10 years at a niche commercial law practice specialising predominantly in the insurance sector. This included numerous high profile eight to ten figure transactions working with magic circle and silver circle law firms and a number of pre-eminent US law firms.  He has also been general counsel for Swire/EW Blanch Insurance responsible for legal, secretarial and regulatory matters and leading various acquisitions and disposals including the acquisition of a major City based Lloyd’s insurance broker.