John Davies > Thrings LLP > Swindon, England > Lawyer Profile
Thrings LLP Offices

6 DRAKES MEADOW
PENNY LANE
SWINDON
SN3 3LL
England
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John Davies

Work Department
Corporate Commercial team.
Position
Head of Corporate. John specialises in business and company acquisitions, disposals, MBO’s, MBI’s, restructure and refinance. He also acts for a number of banks on structured finance solutions for businesses. John is also one of the firm’s client relationship partners and assists clients with strategic, commercial advice often negotiating complex agreements and joint ventures. He works closely with the in-house legal teams of a number of universally recognised businesses providing support where necessary. John has won Client Partner of the Year at the prestigious Lawyers Awards and Deal of the Year at the Insider Awards.
Career
Trained Thrings; qualified 2000; assistant Thrings 2000-02; associate 2002-03; partner 2003 to date.
Memberships
Founding council member of the Swindon Chamber of Commerce; Founder board member of the local strategic economic partnership; Founding board member of Switch on to Swindon; the Law Society.
Education
Christ College, Brecon; University of Wales, Swansea (BSc Joint Hons Economy; PG Dip in US foreign policy); University of the West of England (PG Dip Law and LPC).
Leisure
Family, sport, travel, countryside.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
Active across both corporate and commercial work, Thrings LLP also draws on its banking and finance expertise to advise lenders and investors across a diverse set of transactions and agreements. John Davies heads up the corporate offering with experience that includes acting on PE-backed transactions, while Kate Westbrook oversees the commercial arm of the practice and focuses on tech and FMCG clients.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Construction
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation