Praised as ‘highly competent, professional and creative’, the corporate team at Aaron & Partners LLP is a key port of call for national and international corporates, as well as owner managed businesses, with a focus on the tech, renewable energy and care sectors. The team handles a range of work including company restructures, mergers, acquisitions, and equity and debt investments. Steering the practice is the ’reliable and knowledgeable’ Stuart Scott-Goldstone, who assists on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with a focus on corporate finance transactions and corporate reorganisations and restructurings. Elsewhere in the team, the ‘fantastic’ Jamie Hawley has experience in advising owner-managed businesses across many sectors on a wide range of corporate matters, while Jennifer Harrison is noted for her experience in drafting shareholders’ agreements, partnership agreements and investment documents.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Overall Aaron & Partners have provided a continously strong performance and never given us any reason to look elsewhere. We have worked over mulitple offices in several legal areas and dealt with a whole range of their staff each of whom brings something to the table and we appreciate their counsel.’

  • ‘I have been working with Stuart Scott-Goldstone for a number of years now and find him to be consistently reliable and knowledgeable and with the introduction of Matthew Roberts into his team this year the team are even more responsive.'

  • ‘Jamie Hawley and his team were so friendly and helpful.'

  • 'Jamie Hawley is fantastic.'

  • ‘Aaron & Partners are highly competent, professional and creative, with a broad range of services and competencies.’

  • ‘Stuart Scott-Goldstone has been a valued partner for years, across multiple businesses. He's helped me navigate investment rounds, equity arrangements, IP licensing and company restructuring. Sometimes in the most pressured of circumstances. Stuart's advice has always been sound, pragmatic and creative and he's never failed to provide a solution.'

Key clients

  • Sicut Enterprises Ltd
  • Abbey School Limited
  • UK Caravans Direct Ltd
  • Blaumar Capital
  • C & C Catering Equipment
  • Compass Financial (UK) Ltd
  • Thomas Plant Ltd
  • Foresight Group

Work highlights

Advised Direct Special Metals Group Ltd in relation to a complex £25.5m debt and equity investment.
Advised Electric DB Ltdon the equity investment by Spark Capital, a US based venture capital fund.
Advising the shareholders of C & C Catering Equipment Limited on the sale of a majority shareholding in the company to Bunzl plc including a complex pre-completion demerger.

Lawyers

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Practice head

Stuart Scott-Goldstone

Other key lawyers

Jennifer Harrison, Jamie Hawley