Leon Arnold > Freeths LLP > Oxford, England > Lawyer Profile

Freeths LLP
Spires House
5700 Oxford Business Park South
OXFORD
OX4 2RW
England

Work Department

Corporate and commercial.

Position

Leon is head of the corporate team and has over 20 years’ experience of advising the corporate sector. Recent projects include: Advising the selling shareholders of Two Circles Limited on their disposal to WPP group; advising the Würth Group on its UK acquisitions and disposals; advising the selling shareholders of JGA Limited in its sale to Jensen Hughes, Inc; advising the selling shareholders on the sale of Moo Ltd (trading as Preloved) to the Hut Group PLC; advising the management team in the buy-out of the Bath printing business of Communisis PLC and subsequent acquisitions for the newly formed Integrity Print Limited; advising exiting shareholders on the sale of Sleek to Walgreens Boots Alliance; and advising on the acquisition by Santova Limited (South Africa) of Tradeway North West Limited and Tradeway (Shipping) Limited.

Career

Joined Henmans Freeth in 2013 as Head of Corporate. Prior to that worked at Thomas Eggar, Nabarro and Olswang.

Education

University of Warwick – LLB

Lawyer Rankings

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

The team at Freeths LLP retains its status as one of the leading Thames Valley corporate and commercial practices. Co-head of team Leon Arnold leads on the corporate side, while fellow co-head and ‘absolute diamond’ Rebecca Howlett  is vastly experienced on commercial matters, including negotiating contracts and the commercialisation of intellectual property. Having carved out a niche representing agricultural and agrifood companies, Tom Walker maintains his impressive corporate practice which emphasises joint ventures, corporate governance and shareholder matters. Malin Svanberg Larsson comes recommended as ‘very commercially savvy and practical’ and runs a broad M&A practice with a focus on private equity.