Dean Drew > Lester Aldridge LLP > Bournemouth, England > Lawyer Profile

Lester Aldridge LLP
RUSSELL HOUSE
OXFORD ROAD
BOURNEMOUTH
BH8 8EX
England

Work Department

Corporate & Commercial

Position

Dean is a corporate partner with over 20 years’ experience at national and regional law firms in the UK, during which time he has also held key business leadership roles.

His principal areas of expertise include mergers & acquisitions, disposals (private sale and auction), equity investment and fund raisings, group company restructuring, reorganisations and demergers, joint ventures and shareholders’ agreements, commercial agreements and UK Companies Act compliance.

Dean provides specialist advice to clients on the process and approach to closing successful mergers & acquisitions and other transactions. Over recent years he has won awards for his work on complex and high-value acquisitions and fund raisings.

His work is mainly in the technology, automotive and real estate sectors where he is able to provide deal-related sector insight to clients based on wide-ranging experience.

Lawyer Rankings

South West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall

Lester Aldridge LLP is particularly noted for its corporate and commercial work in the technology, social media and e-sports industries, as well as manufacturing. Based in Bournemouth, the practice is headed by Grant Esterhuizen, who is dual qualified in England and Wales and South Africa. Splitting his time between the firm’s Southampton and Bournemouth offices, Dean Drew has particular experience advising companies in the technology sector, in addition to counting a number of social media influencers among his clients. Associate Danielle Slater is a go-to contact for SMEs and is well versed on matters such as share buybacks, corporate governance and commercial contracts.