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

SANDGATE HOUSE
102 QUAYSIDE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 3DX
England
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Adrian Ballam
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.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Newcastle
- Real estate > Commercial property: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Public sector > Health
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Planning and environment
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Family