Jonathan Gatward > Payne Hicks Beach LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Payne Hicks Beach LLP Offices
10 NEW SQUARE
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QG
England
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Jonathan Gatward
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Jonathan is the head of the Corporate and Sport departments.
Jonathan is primarily a transactional lawyer advising clients on the full range of corporate transactions including acquisitions, disposals, mergers, reorganisations and joint ventures, working closely with colleagues in other departments – tax, employment and property. He acts mainly for private companies but of all sizes, including start-ups, family offices and entrepreneurs, many of whom are active internationally.
Jonathan’s clients operate across a range of business sectors, but he has a particular interest in businesses whose branding and intellectual property rights are key assets, including publishing and fashion.
For recent transactions included advising on the acquisition of a mass market non-fiction publisher and also an erotic romance publishing house, and the sale of a high profile digital picture library.
Jonathan also has an expertise in partnership law, including LLPs and LPs, and advises on all aspects of their set up and structuring, management and mergers and disposals. His clients include professional practices, other business partnerships and investors.
Jonathan acts on a wide range of sports matters. Highlights over the year have included acting for IIAA on the distribution of its health living/nutritional range of supplements and continuing to act for DNAFit in the rolling out of its DNA based exercise and dietary plans in Europe. His client base and work is varied, as above. It also features David Cameron’s personal trainer, and a number of well-known athletes acting as sporting brand ambassadors for the DNAFit brand. He has vast experience advising on image rights, and more recently, social media issues.
Career
Qualified 1996, joined Payne Hicks Beach 1997, partner 2005.
Memberships
Jonathan is a member of the Association of Partnership Practitioners and an associate member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
The corporate team at Payne Hicks Beach LLP boasts an impressive client base, as a result of its deep experience handling a range of transactions including M&A, private equity investments, and joint ventures. The practice is capable of handling domestic and cross-border matters and has expertise in a wide range of sectors such as financial services, technology, and professional services, as well as publishing, manufacturing, and real estate. Co-leading the team are Jonathan Gatward and Howard Taylor, both of whom are adept in advising on M&A transactions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, and corporate reorganisations. Gatward has a particular focus on IP-rich businesses such as those in the publishing, fashion, and technology sectors, while Taylor concentrates on a range of sectors including financial services, food and beverages, and manufacturing. Cross-border M&A specialist Max Baird-Smith has extensive experience leading on multijurisdictional transactions for ultra-high net worth individuals and privately-owned businesses, while Isobel Symonds is noted for her aptitude in acquisitions and disposals, reorganisations, and shareholder arrangements.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Bringing specialist knowledge in sports litigation and arbitration, primarily in the football, motorsports and boxing spheres, Payne Hicks Beach LLP is described as an ‘impressive boutique practice’. Former partner Mark Gay has transitioned to a consultancy role, boasting experience in High Court sports proceedings, while Jonathan Gatward routinely advises on image rights issues. Dominic Crossley is a privacy and media law expert, Hanna Basha is knowledgeable on crisis management matters, and Nick Grant is also noted as key.
Lawyer Rankings
- M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m London > Corporate and commercial
- Sport London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Employment > Senior executives
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Employers