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Daniel Sutherland

Daniel Sutherland

Work Department

Corporate / professional services

Position

Partner

Career

Daniel heads our corporate team and leads Fox Williams’ highly regarded professional services group. He specialises in advising businesses in the professional services sector, with a focus on the formation and running of limited liability partnerships, partnerships and mergers & acquisitions.

Daniel also advises individuals and teams of professionals on issues relating to their partnership, such as their recruitment, retirement and treatment while a partner or member. His focus and expertise means he offers clients insight into best and market practice, as well as an ability to analyse and advise on complex partnership and LLP structures.

Daniel has particular expertise in providing legal and regulatory advice to foreign law firms which either have an English branch or affiliate, or are seeking to establish one. He has been at the cutting edge of advising legal services firms, with recent experience including advising on the establishment of ABS structures for major US law firms, either converting to ABS or seeking to open offices in London, advising on the English regulatory and European law aspects of the establishment of law firms in European member states, advising a Gibraltar general partnership on its proposed conversion to LLP and advising US and UK law firms and members on substantial cross-border acquisitions.

Daniel has written for numerous publications in connection with partnership and LLPs matters and since 2015 has been elected as a member of the committee of the Association of Partnership Practitioners.

Trained Fox Williams LLP; qualified 2006; partner 2014.

Memberships

Committee member of the Association of Partnership Practitioners.

Education

University of Exeter.

Mentions

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