Colin Rodrigues > Hawkins Hatton Corporate Lawyers Limited > Dudley, England > Lawyer Profile
Hawkins Hatton Corporate Lawyers Limited Offices
CASTLE COURT
2 CASTLEGATE WAY
DUDLEY
DY1 4RH
England
Colin Rodrigues
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Corporate partner with Hawkins Hatton, heading up the firm’s corporate team. Involved with the running, marketing and development of the department and corporate clients. The work consists mainly of private equity work for management teams, as well as disposals for SME shareholders and a broad range of day to day corporate work including restructuring of mid-sized companies and related tax issues. Recent experience includes dealing with multimillion-pound businesses in the fields of hotel and leisure, aerospace, and manufacturing. Client base includes regional, national, European and Anglo-American companies.
Career
Trained Dunham Brindley & Linn; qualified 1994; William Hatton (later merged with Weightmans) 1994-95; partner Manby & Steward 1995-2000; partner Needham & James 2000-05; partner Hawkins Hatton 2005 to date. Publications of note: authored article on considerations for mergers ‘Matches made in heaven’ (The Law Gazette March 2008) and was consulted for the article ‘Feeling the crunch’ (The Law Gazette April 2008).
Education
Wulfrun College, Wolverhampton; University of Wolverhampton (1991 LLB Hons); College of Law, Chester (1992 Law Society finals).
Leisure
Squash, golf, cricket, cooking, travel and art.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Finance > Banking and finance
Hawkins Hatton Corporate Lawyers Limited supports clients with transactions in a wide range of sectors, including agricultural, health care, leisure and commercial real estate. The firm handles acquisitions, refinances and restructures. Colin Rodrigues
, in Dudley, leads the firm’s practice, advising large, national commercial banks on their transactions.
West Midlands > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the West Midlands
(Hall of Fame)Based out of Dudley and headed by the ‘courteous and supportive’ Colin Rodrigues, the Hawkins Hatton Corporate Lawyers Limited practice has extensive expertise across the manufacturing, healthcare and engineering sectors, demonstrating a specific focus on management buyouts and corporate reorganisations. Rodrigues is the firm’s founding partner, boasting a substantial national SME client base undertaking high value corporate transactions, ranging from M&A to share sales.
West Midlands > Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the West Midlands
Hawkins Hatton Corporate Lawyers Limited maintains a dedicated real estate team that continues to grow its clientele, with companies approaching it from across the West Midlands. The firm advises on acquisitions, lease management and adverse possession. Colin Rodrigues, a Dudley-based lawyer, is the practice head and advises clients in the care, manufacturing, automotive, waste and education sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame West Midlands > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the West Midlands West Midlands > Corporate and commercial
- Banking and finance West Midlands > Finance
- Commercial property: elsewhere in the West Midlands West Midlands > Real estate