Beyond Corporate Law > Manchester, England > Firm Profile

Beyond Corporate Law
2ND FLOOR, COMMERCIAL WHARF
MANCHESTER
M15 4PZ
England

Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester Tier 4

The work at Beyond Corporate Law includes general M&A, private equity, management buyouts, joint ventures, shareholder agreements and employee ownership schemes. Jim Truscott co-heads the practice and has a particular focus on advising entrepreneurial clients and management teams. Other co-head James Corlett specialises in advising on supply chain agreements and has expertise in the fashion and technology sectors.

Practice head(s):

Jim Truscott; James Corlett

Other key lawyers:

Mark Lupton

Testimonials

‘Good all-round legal advice, flexible, rapid turnaround. Relevant expertise from a variety of specialties available.’

‘Mark Lupton has excellent account management. Good all-round legal advice and overall business advice.’

‘High degree of partner involvement.’

‘Very personable team that will put in the long hours when required.’

‘Excellent knowledge on all matters regarding corporate law.’

‘Nimble and quick to act on matters. Great retail expertise and consumer facing knowledge.’

‘James Corlett has provided great practical and commercial advice. Natalia Shvart has provided guidance to junior members and franchising support.’

‘My main contact is James Cortlett. He is knowledgeable, prompt to respond, and very personable to work with.’

Key clients

Shawston Group

Inprova Group

Afraz Investments

Shawston Group

New Care Holdings

Nutri Advanced

Benchmark Capital

Work highlights

  • Advised management on the terms of a large private equity-backed management buy-out.
  • Advised Shawston on a wholesale restructuring spanning equity, group structure and management incentivisation.

Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester Tier 5

Beyond Corporate Law‘s specialist corporate and commercial practice has noteworthy experience in advising on high-value joint venture arrangements and acquisitions of key developments in Manchester. In addition, it frequently assists its clients in leasing negotiation and arrangement cases. Hannah Al-Shaghana, who has a strong client portfolio, is described as ‘quite simply first-rate’. Development specialist James Flynn leads the team. Owen McKenna is experienced in the remit of transactional real estate cases.

Practice head(s):

James Flynn

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘Beyond Corporate offer a personalised and extremely commercial approach, with easy access to senior lawyers across a broad-range of disciplines. All their lawyers are personable, approachable individuals whose expertise punches well above their size of firm. It truly is an exceptional boutique practice which is unusual outside of London.’

‘Hannah Al-Shaghana is quite simply first-rate. She is technically excellent but always combines that knowledge with exceptional commerciality. She is thorough, diligent and always available to chat through different approaches to issues.’

‘The team is always available when needed.’

Key clients

Gino D’Acampo Hotels & Leisure Ltd

Isterco Associates Limited

Castlefield Estates Limited

Property Alliance Group

Motel One (UK) Limited

New Care

James Hall and Company Limited (SPAR supermarkets)

Supreme Imports Limited

Hurstwood Holdings Limited

Pringle Executive Homes Limited

Errigal Developments Limited/Owen McLaughlin

McGoff Group

Cert Property

Capital & Centric

Rise Homes

Logik Developments

Sykes Seafood Limited

Mandelbrot Holdings Limited

Novo Property Group

Work highlights

  • Advised Sykes Seafood Limited on the leasehold acquisition of a 167,000 sq. ft. logistics/manufacturing facility.
  • Acted for Motel One on two new hotel developments in Bridewell and Blackfriars, London, which will provide circa 405 bedrooms in total, with a capital value of over £100m.
  • Acting for Gino D’Acampo Hotels & Leisure Ltd on relevant matters.

Employment Tier 6

Beyond Corporate Law has bolstered its capacity for a full-service offering through the arrival of employment specialist Adam Pavey from Bevan Brittan LLP in December 2022, a lawyer who brings a wealth of experience in litigation, senior executive disputes and HR consulting. He joins the ‘excellent’ Anthony Dempsey as joint head of the team, who possesses ‘deep expertise in employment law‘ and is regularly sought by his corporate colleagues to advise on issues arising from mergers, acquisitions and workforce movements. Lucy Flynn is also active on a wide range of practice matters, particularly HR support, assisting with the drafting of contracts, service agreements and disciplinary protocols.

Practice head(s):

Anthony Dempsey; Adam Pavey

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘A hands-on, practical firm with highly knowledgeable and experienced people. Beyond understand commercial practicalities and provide focused advice and solutions.’

‘The Beyond team definitely go beyond in terms of service and accessibility to their staff.’

‘Working with Beyond Corporate has been a joy. There is a “never too much trouble” attitude and every question asked gets a carefully considered answer.’

‘Dealing with Lucy Flynn has been a lovely experience. As a manager who is always looking to learn, she helped me through one or two really difficult times. Always providing advice in warm and compassionate way. Having to deal with disciplinary matters can be challenging but working with Lucy made the experience far easier. I would recommend her to anyone.’

Key clients

AO.Com

Benchmark Capital

CorpAcq

Expert Logistics

First Recruitment

Gladman Developments Limited

Maltacourt Global Logistics

Morson Group

Pimberley

Supportive Care (UK) Limited

Supreme plc

Brilliant Planet Limited

The Ethikos Group

Koerber Supply Chain UK Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised on employee incentive arrangements including the implementation of a 2022 LTIP and the planning and co-ordination of a multiple exercise of existing share options and sale of shares by employees.
  • Advised on the inception of its pioneering technology created by researchers at Newcastle University, including advice on the licensing, IP, and employment issues arising in establishing the business.
  • Acted in an employment tribunal claim of race discrimination, successfully having the claim dismissed for want of prosecution.