TLT is routinely instructed by a litany of corporates across a myriad of sectors including leisure, food, drink, retail and consumer goods. Financial services expertise is a defining characteristic of the practice group, advising some of the UK’s main clearing banks as well as various international banks. The team is jointly led by Ian Roberts, who is noted for his private equity and venture capital experience, and Pauline Cowie who covers the full range of commercial arrangements. Stuart Campbell handles matters related to contract law, outsourcing and commercial procurement arrangements for financial services clients. Victoria Zivkovic has joined from Irwin Mitchell.

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Key clients

  • K3 Capital group plc
  • Boohoo Group plc
  • Tern Capital
  • SpaMedica Limited
  • In The Style Fashion
  • Michael Bright
  • Barburrito Group Limited and management
  • Business Growth Fund
  • The Sovereign Group Limited
  • Tay River Holdings
  • Shreholder of Better Energy Limited
  • Vivup
  • Shareholders of Infrastructure Gateway
  • Coleman Capital
  • Dark Matter Commerce
  • BGF
  • Foresight Group
  • Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
  • Government Legal Department
  • WH Smith PLC
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Metropolitan Police
  • Yorkshire Building Society
  • Checkout.com
  • Imperial Brands PLC
  • Greene King Limited
  • Iceland PLC
  • Pets at Home
  • Kingfisher PLC
  • LuLulemon

Work highlights

  • Acted for the shareholders of Project Better Energy on the sale of their shares to a new company backed by Freshstream Investment Partners LLP.
  • Instructed to draft a template international franchise agreement for a FTSE 100 client.
  • Advised the shareholders of Tay River Holdings Ltd and its related companies on the sale of Tay River Holdings to US headquartered global insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher’s specialist underwriting subsidiary Pen Underwriting.

Lawyers

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Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ian Roberts, Pauline Cowie

Other key lawyers

Elizabeth Delaney, Pauline Cowie, Stuart Campbell, Andrew Clare