Greg Gibson > Mills & Reeve LLP > Norwich, England > Lawyer Profile

Mills & Reeve LLP
1 St James Court
WHITEFRIARS
NORWICH
NR3 1RU
England

Work Department

Commercial services.

Position

Partner in the commercial services group, advising on commercial contracts, outsourcing, competition law, media and entertainment and sport. Clients include Aviva plc, the Financial Services Authority, Group Lotus and Warner Bros.

Career

Trainee solicitor Allen & Overy 1994-96; solicitor 1996-99; in-house lawyer United News & Media plc 1999-2001; in-house lawyer Warner Bros 2001-02; solicitor Mills & Reeve 2002-05; partner 2005 .

Languages

French, Spanish, Portuguese.

Education

Hayes School; University of Durham (1991 BA Joint Hons French and Spanish); College of Law, Guildford (1993 CPE; 1994 Diploma in Legal Practice).

Leisure

Reading, cinema, and kite-buggying.

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich

(Leading individuals)

Greg GibsonMills & Reeve LLP

The five-partner corporate and commercial practice at Mills & Reeve LLP in Norwich ‘stands out through its professionalism, quality of advice, commercial acumen and pragmatic approach’. It handles regional, national and cross-border corporate matters. The lead partners are the ‘extremely knowledgeable and ultra-responsive‘ Natalie Wade, who frequently handles strategic acquisitions of health assets, and Greg Gibson, who is national lead of the government sector group. Key names to note include firm-wide head of corporate James Hunter who is experienced in acting for owners and acquirers of mid-market businesses; head of the firm’s national food and agribusiness sector group Craig Hodgson; M&A and funds specialist Matthew Short; and principal associate Christina O’Brien who handles private equity and healthcare transactions.