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Napthens LLP

7 WINCKLEY SQUARE, PRESTON, PR1 3JD, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 01772 888444
Fax:
Fax 01772 257805
DX:
714572 PRESTON 14
Web:
www.napthens.co.uk
Email:

Keith Melling

Tel:
Work +44 1772 904318
Email:
Napthens LLP

Work Department

Corporate.

Position

Keith Melling heads up the Napthens’ corporate team and handles a wide range of corporate and commercial work, including company and business acquisitions and disposals; equity fundraisings and investments; mergers; re-organisations and restructurings; joint ventures and start-ups; debt financings; purchases out of insolvency; and partnership and LLP work. He has particular experience in the transport, automotive and manufacturing industries, as well as having advised on deals in the leisure and financial services sectors. He acts for a range of clients, including public companies, owner-managed businesses, banks and financial institutions, individual shareholders, venture capitalists, and management teams.

Career

Previously worked at Addleshaw Goddard in Manchester for ten years, acting for clients such as United Utilities and PZ Cussons; since been involved in some of the region’s most high-profile deals, including the MBO of Taylor Patterson and the sale of the Vantage motor dealership group; partner Napthens 2009.

Education

Hutton Grammar School; Durham University.

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