Business Services

Lydia specialises in governance, academy projects, mergers and restructures together with general commercial advice to our education clients. Lydia has a strong reputation with the team’s clients as a trusted advisor and  a key member of the Education team.

Lydia’s background as a corporate and commercial lawyer with considerable experience of transactional work means she is well placed to advise our clients on collaborative working and projects. Lydia has extensive experience with conversions and academy projects, leading particularly on academy transfers and complex rebrokered projects. Lydia has supported various academy trusts on high profile rebrokered transfers from the early stages of undertaking due diligence to negotiating and finalising the terms of the commercial transfer agreements. Lydia has supported clients on the nuances of rebrokered transfers both from a legal and practical perspective. Lydia also advised on the first wave of sixth form college academisation projects including leading on specific advice relating to consultation requirements under the legislative framework. In addition to advising within the academies sector, Lydia also supports on school collaborations and partnerships, including advising on the School Company Regulations and incorporating school companies or preparing service level agreements for support and collaborative arrangements between schools together with advising on trading companies and assisting with the documentation to support  academy trusts with any commercial trading arrangements.

Lydia also takes a keen interest in supporting and advising clients on governance matters and is building key relationships with senior leaders and boards as their trusted advisor on governance, in addition to preparing governance documentation to support clients with their arrangements as the academies sector matures.

Irwin Mitchell Solicitors – 2009 - 2012 BPE Solicitors – 2007 - 2009 Heatons Solicitors – 2004 - 2007

Solicitor - admitted April 2006 LPC LLB