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’s corporate department notably advises on corporate M&A, debt issues and equity fundraisings, while the commercial department handles commercial agreements. The group acts for a varied roster of clients, particularly companies in the real estate, technology, social media and AI spaces. Grant Esterhuizen heads up the corporate M&A team and the wider commercial practice and is praised for his ‘professionalism, legal expertise and insight‘. Dean Drew specialises in M&A, private equity work and early-stage funding issues, while Susan Cowan handles corporate restructurings and M&A. Danielle Slater is the key name at associate level.