B P Collins LLP is known for being ‘proactive and extremely responsive’ and provides the full range of corporate and commercial advice to a range of clients, spanning high net worth individuals, SMEs and major listed companies. Alex Zachary heads the team and is a key name for clients in the waste management, renewables, technology, chemical supplies, and healthcare sectors. David Smellie is an important contact for sales and acquisitions, shareholders agreements and investments, whilst experienced practitioner Simon Deans is a specialist in the technology sector. Business and share sales and acquisitions, joint ventures and shareholders’ agreements are the focus areas of Beth Miel.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team at B P Collins are proactive and extremely responsive in their advice. They provided a first class service throughout all the team involved.’

  • ‘We worked with Alex Alex Zachary and his commercial team and the advice given was both valuable and instrumental in arriving at a successful deal for our client.’

  • ‘A delight to work alongside on a transaction. It felt like both we (acting for the buyer) and B P Collins (acting for the seller) were both fully focussed on delivering a fair and appropriate deal for our respective clients.’

  • ‘Alex Zachary is super pragmatic and very collaborative.’

  • ‘The team guided us through the sale process and were on hand for any queries any time of the day. They were commercial and listened to our concerns, and also stayed within a budget that we had agreed.’

Key clients

  • Biffa Waste Services Ltd
  • Mark and Patricia Player
  • Shareholders of Modus Utilities Limited
  • Rico Logistics Ltd
  • 2K Polymer Systems Limited
  • TRUMPF Financial Services GmbH
  • The Amtico Company Ltd
  • UK Parking Control Limited
  • Fidelis Marketing Limited
  • Summerleaze group of companies

Work highlights

  • Advising Summerleaze Limited on its sale of Andigestion Limited, a business which recycles food waste into green energy using an anaerobic digestion process, to Severn Trent Green Power Limited.
  • Advising shareholders of Modus Utilities, a multi-utility specialist that provides services across the UK energy sector, including for large-scale solar farms and battery storage facilities, on the sale of the company to OCU Group Limited.
  • Advised Mark and Patricia Player in the sale of the entire issued share capital of Greens (Lincoln Road) Limited to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).

Lawyers

Leading associates
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Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alex Zachary

Other key lawyers

David Smellie, Simon Deans, Beth Miel