Tim Jenkins > Charles Russell Speechlys LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
ONE LONDON SQUARE, CROSS LANES
GUILDFORD
SURREY
GU1 1UN
England

Work Department

Healthcare; corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic alliances.

Position

Tim is a corporate partner with over 25 years of experience in advising a wide range of clients on corporate and commercial matters.

Tim heads the corporate group in our Guildford office and has particular expertise in advising clients on the sale and purchase of family owned businesses, pharmacy and veterinary practices. His work also includes advising on joint ventures, partnerships, shareholder agreements, demergers and restructuring, management buy-outs and the distressed sale/purchase of businesses.

Tim is admitted to practice in England and Wales.

Experience

  • Acting for Avicenna Group on a range of transactions including their acquisition of Dudley Taylor Pharmacy Group (operating 57 pharmacies across Yorkshire, the Midlands, the south of England and Wales) and their acquisition of Sheppards Pharmacy Group (operating 34 pharmacies across Wales)
  • Acting for the shareholders of Pharma-Z Ltd on the sale of the company (operating a group of 6 pharmacies across East Anglia) to Bestway National Chemists Ltd
  • Acting for X-Pharm Limited on its acquisition of 7 West Midlands based pharmacies from West Midlands Co-Operative Chemist Group
  • Acting for the owners of veterinary practice operator Eastcott Ltd on the sale of the company to Linnaeus Veterinary Group
  • Acting for the partners of Acorn House Veterinary Hospital on its sale to The Royal Veterinary College
  • Acting for owners of Rainbow Equine Hospital on the sale of the company to VetPartners Limited
  • Acting for the owners of Cinder Hill Equine Hospital Ltd on the sale of the company to CVS (UK) Limited.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP excels in corporate and M&A transaction work particularly in the pharmacy and dental industries. Based in Guildford, the team’s growing client roster features international and local businesses, private equity companies and high-net-worth individuals across an expanding list of sectors including the technology, education and sports industries. Practice head and M&A specialist Tim Jenkins, who also heads up the firm’s retail healthcare transactions team, assists clients with joint ventures, shareholder agreements and business sales, while Geoffrey Sparks handles commercial work relating to information technology and outsourcing issues. Helen Wong left the firm in April 2022 to join Setfords Solicitors, and Jonathan Steele left in May 2023 for Stevens & Bolton LLP.