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Mr Adam Dowdney
Work Department
Corporate & Commercial
Position
Adam, partner and head of the Reading office, specialises in corporate finance work, including mergers and acquisitions, MBOs/MBIs, private equity transactions (acting for management and investment entities), restructurings, joint ventures, shareholder agreements and general company law. Adam works on large, high-profile and complex transactions across numerous business sectors. Clients range from SMEs to multi-nationals and listed companies. Recent deal highlights include acting for the shareholders of Resourcing Solutions Limited on the disposal to Matchtech PLC, advising the management team of Sabio Limited on the £50 million MBO backed by Lyceum Capital Partners and advising the UK subsidiary of the Celli Group on its acquisition of Angram Limited.
Career
Adam trained and qualified at Linklaters in 1995, before joining Charles Russell in London. Adam then moved to the Thames Valley market, joining Clarkslegal as a partner in 2004. He has also worked as a corporate finance partner for Pitmans and Shoosmiths in Reading. Adam joined IBB in April 2016.
Education
Exeter University, Guildford College of Law (LLB Hons)
Personal
Adam lives just outside Newbury and enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf and tennis. Adam is a member of the MCC.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
(Hall of Fame)The predominantly Uxbridge-based practice at IBB Law has ‘excellent knowledge‘ spanning share option schemes, succession planning issues, and commercial supply agreements. Harriet Jones co-heads the practice alongside Adam Dowdney
; Jones assists clients with acquisitions and disposals, and shareholders’ agreements in joint ventures, while Dowdney handles private equity transactions for investment and management entities. Sonia Jordan works out of the Reading and Uxbridge offices, contributing her expertise in corporate restructurings and turnarounds. Ami Bhatt left the practice to join Shoosmiths LLP in November 2022, and Andrew Hayward joined the team in January 2023 through the firm’s merger with Owen White Limited.
South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
Two lawyers jointly head up the ‘highly experienced team’ at IBB Law: Adam Dowdney who specialises in all aspects of corporate work and has been focusing on expanding the Thames Valley corporate offering, alongside Harriet Jones who provides commercial advice to businesses in the western Thames Valley.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx South East > Corporate and commercial
- Hall of Fame South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40 South East > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery