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Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby

Adamson Jones, part of Gateley Legal

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Maintaing its busy corporate and commercial practice, Gateley Legal specialises in private equity, M&A, Employee Ownership Trusts, as well as joint ventures, refinancings and general corporate advisory. The team is led by Beth Mather, ‘an excellent technical lawyer’ in M&A, buyouts and disposals, with a focus on private equity, with the support of corporate finance partner Mark Rutherford and head of corporate Victoria Elliott.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Down to earth and commercial team with a focus on client delivery. Always available and supportive with a wide network that they are happy to share.'
  • 'Beth Mather is our main point of contact. She is hard working and very client focused. Willing to go the extra mile and an excellent technical lawyer.'
  • 'Breadth and depth of knowledge, specialist expertise and contact base coupled with a relationship-driven practical and commercial approach.'
  • 'Partners have a clear, open and "keep it simple" approach to advice - making highly complex issues understandable.'
  • 'Mark Rutherford is especially strong in giving very clear concise advice but in a practical "real world" manner which gets to the crux of issues very quickly - also very responsive and hard working, building great relationships.'

Key clients

  • LDC
  • BGF
  • Palatine
  • Connection Capital LLP
  • Foresight
  • Troy (UK) Limited
  • United Tooling Solutions Limited
  • Peppermint Technology Holdings Limited
  • Premier Paper Group Limited
  • Aquavista Watersides Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised Mode Solution on the acquisition of Cambridgeshire-based managed services provider EACS.
  • Advised buyer United Tooling Solutions in the acquisition of three separate entities; Nuts & Bolts Limited, Mettex Fasteners Limited & Fastfix Bristol Limited.
  • Acting for management on the debt and vendor-funded management buyout of Moore Large & Co.

Lawyers

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Mark Rutherford

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Mark heads the firm’s Corporate team in Nottingham. He specialises in corporate finance including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, management buy-outs and company disposal transactions. He is one of the leading lawyers in his field in the East Midlands and has an extensive client base of owner-managed/ owner-led businesses and larger companies including many with an international dimension. Mark has been nominated for the East Midlands Insider Dealmaker of the Year Award several times.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Beth Mather

Other key lawyers

Mark Rutherford, Victoria Elliott

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