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Carter Bond Solicitors Offices
1 Bradburys Court
Lyon Road
Harrow
HA1 2BY
England
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Reena Popat
Work Department
Managing Director
Position
Carter Bond Solicitors – Managing Partner
- Shortlisted by the Law Society Excellence Awards 2018.
- Nominated Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the inaugural London Asian Business Awards 2017.
- Acted for Indian Pharmaceutical company in £multi-million acquisition of UK pharmaceutical company.
- Advising shareholders on the sale of a group of pharmacies initially set up via an EIS structure.
- Acted for Indian cinema company in acquisition of majority stake in UK cinema chain.
- Advised a number of international brand name Japanese companies on various matters, including restructuring, acquisitions and a variety of commercial agreement.
- Advising a non-UK listed purchaser on a £3m acquisition of a global manufacturing company.
- Advising management teams on equity participation, warranties and disclosures on £3m+ deals.
- Sale of a distribution business to 100+ employees with associated loan and security documentation.
- Establishing a contractual joint venture operating in UK, China and Mexico.
- Acts for Administrators/Liquidators and buyers in numerous sales and purchases of businesses out of Administration/Liquidation.
Career
Founder and Managing Partner of Carter Bond Solicitors, Reena Popat has 15 years of corporate commercial experience and has worked on a variety of significant M&A transactions, both UK and cross-border. She has built long-term relationships with clients including private companies, investment funds and management teams, and has helped with their joint venture strategies and ongoing corporate advice.
Recent work examples include:
- Instructed by Valary Hotels Ltd on two acquisitions to purchase Hilton hotels in Warwick and Leicester.
- Multiple pharmacy share purchases and acquisitions of pharmacies and associated premises / property freeholds for group pharmacy companies, with values ranging from £160,000 to over £3 million.
- Sole UK counsel for the multi-million-pound sale of Pulse Power and Measurement Limited to BAE Systems.
- De-enveloping of an offshore company structure with a share for share swap.
Reena joined Spearing Waite Solicitors as a trainee solicitor in July 2005. She qualified in 2007 and joined Ashfords as a corporate solicitor, as well as the Head of India Desk. While there, her work included multi-million-pound deals, such as a US$19m offshore yacht purchase, £11m share acquisition of a UK cinema chain by an Indian-based corporate via UK NewCo and £9m share acquisition of a UK pharmaceutical company by an Indian-based corporate via UK NewCo.
Reena founded Carter Bond Solicitors in August 2014, and went on to create Carter Bond Wills & Probate in 2017.
Languages
English, Hindi and Gujarati
Memberships
Law Society and Hexagon Legal Network (Co-founder)
Education
LLB (Hons), University of Central England, Birmingham (1999–2003); LPC (with Commendation), College of Law, Birmingham (2003-2004).
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Public sector > Public sector
Carter Bond Solicitors‘s healthcare department is jointly steered by Harrow-based Reena Popat and Kate Beech; Beech splits her time between Sheffield and Harrow, and is noted for her specialism in the sale and acquisition of dental practices, pharmacies, care homes and GP practices. Popat has expertise in international transactions, and focuses on pharmacy and dental acquisitions, refinancing work and disposals, and Hammad Naveed‘s practice covers regulatory, corporate structuring and commercial contract advice.
South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
(Firms to watch)Carter Bond Solicitors acts for public and private sector primary care organisations and children’s nurseries and handles M&A matters concerning pharmacies and care homes. The team is led by Reena Popat from Harrow; she has expertise in cross-border corporate transactions.
South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
(Firms to watch)Led by Reena Popat, the Harrow-based team at Carter Bond Solicitors has broad experience spanning lease renewals and assignments, land acquisitions for development, and deed variations to remedy historic lease issues.