Jonathan Hambleton > Freeths LLP > Milton Keynes, England > Lawyer Profile
Freeths LLP Offices
ROUTECO OFFICE PARK
DAVY AVENUE, KNOWLHILL
MILTON KEYNES
MK5 8HJ
England
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Jonathan Hambleton
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Jonathan heads Freeths’ corporate team in Milton Keynes where he has gained a reputation for his commercial and client focused approach to transactions. His expertise covers M&As, MBOs, joint ventures and corporate restructuring as well as banking and finance. His team has handled some highly complex and substantial deals, providing expert input on funding and structuring of transactions.
Career
Jonathan trained at Slaughter and May where he gained significant corporate law experience, before joining Kimbells and becoming a partner in 1996. When the firm merged with Freeths at the end of 2011, he became managing partner of the Milton Keynes office.
Education
Rossall School, Fleetwood; Mansfield College, Oxford (1986 MA Geography); College of Law, Lancaster Gate (1988 CPE and Law Finals).
Leisure
Rugby, hill walking, property development, estate management, family.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
(Hall of Fame)Freeths LLP houses a team of ‘very experienced‘ practitioners who regularly advise SMEs and large companies in the automotive, drinks, and leisure sectors on private equity transactions and refinancings. Jonathan Hambleton
heads up the practice with his longstanding expertise in corporate restructurings and MBOs in the hospitality sector. Gary Smith is a private company sales specialist, and director Natalie Drought provides an ‘excellent service‘ when advising restaurant chains and hotels on both solvent and insolvent M&A matters. Director James Cowell exhibits ‘exceptional dedication and drive‘ when handling transactions in the healthcare and pharmacy sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx South East > Corporate and commercial
- Hall of Fame South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery