Peter James > Gardner Leader LLP > Swindon, England > Lawyer Profile

Gardner Leader LLP
HARDWICK HOUSE
PROSPECT PLACE
SWINDON
SN1 3LJ
England

Work Department

Corporate Commercial

Position

Peter is a Partner in the Corporate Commercial Team

Peter has considerable experience regarding the commercialisation of IP (copyrights, databases, patents and trademarks), as well as broad commercial and IT law skills and knowledge gained over 37 years of legal practice.

Work Highlights

  • Advising a celebrity chef on product endorsement and licensing his brand.
  • Representing a veterinary pharma company  during an inquiry into the veterinary medicines market
  • Advising a client regarding a long term commercial agreement with Morrisons supermarkets.

Lawyer Rankings

South West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire

Gardner Leader LLP, based in Swindon, provides advice to a wide range of both domestic and multinational corporations on their transactions in the South West. Praised for its ‘specific and detailed experience’, corporate and commercial mandates are handled by two distinct teams, which work closely together on transactions. Philip Humphreys oversees both teams and is regularly engaged to act on share and asset deals on behalf of vendors. The corporate department is headed by Joe Lewis, while Peter James leads on commercial work. Jeff Jenkins retired in June 2022 and Belinda Walters left for Moore Barlow in October of the same year.

South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40

Gardner Leader LLP‘s Thames Valley offering in this space is headed up by Philip Humphreys who leads the business team, and focuses his practice on high-value mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts and reorganisations – frequently those with an international element. Experienced lawyer Peter James is the key name on the commercial team which covers commercial contracts and business law, including IT, IP and data protection issues.