Daniel Billson > Prettys Solicitors LLP > Ipswich, England > Lawyer Profile

Prettys Solicitors LLP
6th Floor
St Vincent House
1 Cutler Street
IP1 1UQ
England

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial

Position

Partner

Career

Dan was promoted to Partner in April 2022.  Dan is an ambitious individual who has risen swiftly up the ranks at Prettys since starting with the firm as a trainee in September 2010. Dan is recommended as a Next Generation Partner in the Legal 500 2024 edition.

Dan regularly leads on multi-million pound business sales/ acquisitions and works closely with a number of clients providing regular commercial advice to the likes of Clearsprings Ready Homes, the DPO Centre and Itsu Grocery.  Many of the contracts upon which Dan works on/ advises are of substantial value, sensitivity and importance to his clients and involve negotiations with lawyers and companies around the world.

In September 2022, he was recognised at the Insider Media Central and East Dealmakers Awards 2022 by being shortlisted for “Deal of the Year (below £10m)” for his work acting on the sale of John Catt Educational to Hachette UK.

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia

(Next Generation Partners)

Daniel Billson – Prettys Solicitors LLP

The corporate and commercial practice at Prettys Solicitors LLP in Ipswich is ‘never afraid of going the extra mile to meet the client needs‘. Clients praise it for ‘providing a comprehensive service that is unmatched‘. Practice head and senior partner Ian Waine has a loyal following among business clients in Suffolk, and up-and-coming partner Daniel Billson impresses with his ‘incredible knowledge and impeccable project management‘.  The practice also calls on head of data protection services Emma Loveday-Hill, and corporate partner Sarah Lewis, who frequently acts for well known brands based in the region, as well as entrepreneurs, family-owned businesses, and both franchisors and franchisees.

East Anglia > Transport > Transport and shipping

Prettys Solicitors LLP in Ipswich has a multi-disciplinary team that advises key clients in the transport sector on a range of corporate, commercial, employment, data protection and property matters. Senior partner Ian Waine leads the practice, in which employment partner Matthew Cole and corporate partner Daniel Billson are the main practitioners. Corporate partner Sarah Lewis and property specialist Rebecca Cleal also play key roles in the practice. Cleal recently assisted Maritime Transport Ltd with the acquisition of freehold land in Essex, which involved the complex negotiation of existing commercial lease conditions.