Univ Prof Dr Ken Lewins > Foot Anstey > Exeter, England > Lawyer Profile
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Univ Prof Dr Ken Lewins
Work Department
Entrepreneurial Private Companies | Corporate | Energy & Infrastructure
Position
Working across sectors and using his wide transactional experience Ken provides advisory support with clear, commercial and pragmatic advice to businesses and founders on shareholder arrangements, investments, restructurings, UK and cross border joint ventures, along with acquisitions, buy and build strategies and buyouts (acting on sell and buy-side and share and business deals, including auction processes).
Developing close relationships, Ken uses his breadth of experience to support our clients’ strategic growth and ambitions, delivering deals across all types of M&A transactions, understanding his client’s way of working to help shape their approach and tailoring their transaction processes to minimise risk and deliver on strategic growth agendas.
Ken leads on the firm’s geographic profile and approach to working with communities in Bristol, Plymouth and the Westcountry, leading the firm’s presence and engagement with businesses and community initiatives in the region. He works to build recognition for our approach, providing business-focused and solution-driven support that truly adds value.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
The team at Foot Anstey handles M&A, private equity mandates and investments, and is supported by a robust commercial practice, advising on the contractual, technology, data and IP aspects of transactions. Alexandra Hammond, who is noted for her expertise in the consumer and retails sectors, jointly spearheads the practice’s commercial offering alongside Ashley Avery, who clients trust ‘implicitly’ to handle a broad range of commercial matters. Splitting his time between the firm’s Bristol and Plymouth offices, Ken Lewins leads the corporate practice, and Karl Bradford advises on joint ventures and structured corporate transactions.
South West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
Foot Anstey is praised for its highly regarded private equity expertise, and the firm deals with high-value M&A, private equity mandates, and investments, with clients ranging from global businesses to private equity houses. Matthew Stoate heads up the corporate department and is a key name in the firm’s private equity team. Chris Worrell leads the firm’s business group, Duncan Sykes heads up the entrepreneurial private company team, and Ken Lewins is a key name for corporate energy work. Emma Earp and Sam Elworthy are recent arrivals to the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall South West > Corporate and commercial
- Corporate and commercial: Bristol South West > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Commercial property: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Employment > Employment: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Commercial property: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Real estate > Construction
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Local government
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Real estate > Environment
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Social housing