Andrew Curwen > Gorvins Solicitors > Stockport, England > Lawyer Profile
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DALE HOUSE
TIVIOT DALE
STOCKPORT
SK1 1TA
England
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Andrew Curwen
Work Department
Corporate & Commercial
Position
Andrew is Head of the Corporate – Commercial practice at Gorvins Solicitors. He has been named as one of the Legal 500’s leading lawyers for 2022/2023. Noted as excellent to deal with and a no-nonsense approach which has proved very persuasive in debates with the other side on transactions. Andrew advises clients ranging from institutions to owner-managed businesses. He specialises in corporate transactions; advising on acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, MBOs and MBI’s, venture capital and debt finance. Andrew regularly secures some of the departments high profile deals and has an enviable list of long-standing clients.
Career
Trained Cobbetts 1992 and qualified at the firm in 1994. Associate Solicitor 1994 – 2000. Partner 2000-2003. Partner at Rowe Cohen 2003 – 2007. Joined Gorvins as a Partner in 2007 and is currently Senior Partner.
Education
Lancaster Royal Grammar School (1980 – 1987); Durham University BA(Hons) in Georgraphy 1987 – 1990; CPE at College of Law and Law Society Finals in 1992.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West
(Leading partners)Gorvins Solicitors draws considerable praise from clients for its ‘amazingly friendly and knowledgeable’ team. The practice handles a wide range of matters from acquisitions, MBOs, and disposals to outsourcing, e-commerce and agency arrangements. Andrew Curwen oversees the practice alongside Christian Mancier; Curwen advises clients across the media and publishing sectors, while Mancier acts for owner-managed businesses and family-owned businesses in the SME sector. They are supported by Paul Lupton who regularly advises on complex demergers, and senior associate Rowan Uren, who focuses on transactional work including share and asset acquisitions, MBOs, corporate re-organisations and joint ventures.
North West > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
Gorvins Solicitors‘ Stockport based group often handles the IP aspects of commercial mandates. Andrew Curwen leads the firm’s corporate and M&A team, assisting clients with a wide variety of transactional issues. Guy Lightowler is a seasoned litigator who routinely acts in cases concerning copyright, trade mark, and unregistered design right infringements. Christian Mancier is a key name for corporate transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West North West > Corporate and commercial
- Leading partners North West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West
- Intellectual property North West > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Employment > Employment: employee/union firms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Employment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud