Adrian Ballam > Ward Hadaway LLP > Newcastle upon Tyne, England > Lawyer Profile

Ward Hadaway LLP
SANDGATE HOUSE
102 QUAYSIDE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 3DX
England

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

Adrian advises a range of local, national and international clients in many sectors on a broad spectrum of corporate work, including:

  • acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and reorganisations/demergers;
  • forms of private equity and debt financing, in respect of transactions;
  • equity capital markets;
  • governance and contractual matters; and
  • company formation and administration.

In addition to mainstream corporate work, Adrian has in recent years developed a specialism advising on family investment companies / wealth planning, working in conjunction with colleagues in the private client team.

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire

Assisting owner-managed businesses with corporate transactions, private equity investments and management buy-outs are notable areas of activity for the team at Ward Hadaway LLP. Key contacts at the firm’s Leeds office include Jonathan Pollard, a ‘very pragmatic yet thorough lawyer’, who is praised for his skill at handling internal reorganisation; and Adrian Ballam, who is noted for his grasp of the ‘legal, financial and HR aspects’ of complicated transactions.