Ferbrache & Farrell LLP

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Corporate clients, family offices and HNWIs instruct Ferbrache & Farrell LLP to advise them on M&A, advisory and regulatory matters, with the team regularly working alongside the firm’s property and dispute resolution departments to deliver cross-practice assistance. Funds and asset management specialist Gavin Farrell leads the team. Helen McGeoch handles M&A, joint ventures and shareholder agreements. Senior associate Stuart Nash, who joined the firm from AFR Advocates in January 2022, advises on the property aspects of corporate transactions.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Responsive, knowledgeable and willing to work in a different way.'

  • 'A small team that does the same corporate and banking work as the larger competitors.'

  • ‘Helen McGeogh has always been very knowledgeable and responsive.’

  • 'Superlative reaction times and pragmatic advice.'

  • 'The team offers extremely good value for money corporate legal services, often at short notice. Turnaround times are excellent.'

  • 'Partner availability is very good - Gavin Farrell goes the extra mile for his clients. The team is reliable, hard-working and extremely helpful. As a small team, they are very flexible in their offering and are not tied to policies and processes in the same way that larger firms are.'

  • 'Gavin Farrell is an invaluable partner to go to for advice. Helpful, constructive advice. Demonstrates a deep understanding of commercial realities as well as the law.'

  • 'Gavin Farrell's detailed knowledge of the intricacies of Guernsey law helped steer our business on the right course to delivering a major restructuring of our business on time.'

Key clients

  • HitecVision
  • Fort Group
  • Norvestor
  • Irish Breeze LLP
  • Tarian Trust
  • Internet Fusion Group Limited

Work highlights

  • Assisted activist shareholders with a change of investment policy and changes to the board of an LSE-listed entity.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Gavin Farrell
Advocate and Partner

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Gavin Farrell

Other key lawyers

Helen McGeoch, Stuart Nash