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Jim Tully

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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Jim is a Consultant in the Corporate team with Slater Heelis.

He has a leading reputation in the North West private equity market, having built and led over 15 years the market-leading practice at Addleshaw Goddard; at Slater Heelis his focus is now more on acting for individual entrepreneurs, management teams and investee companies.

Previously at the Co-op, as well as his Director of Legal role, he had a commercial role as an Executive of the £10 billion food business. He specialises in advising family owned businesses, particularly those going through the generations, and, as well as advising on M+A/ corporate transactions, has a particular expertise advising all clients on governance.

Jim now has a plural career, including his roles as Chairman of the family-owned brewers JW Lees, non-exec director of MGF Limited and as a trustee of various charities.

Career

Solicitor / Trainee at CMA UK, 1991 – 1996; Legal Manager at BAE Systems, 1996 – 1999; Partner at Addleshaw Goddard, 1999 – 2014; Director of Legal and General Counsel Retail at the Co-op, 2014 – 2019; Consultant at Slater Heelis, 2019 – Present