Blandy & Blandy LLP covers a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, with expertise in M&A, joint ventures, and restructurings. Debbie Brett, who has more than 25 years’ experience in the practice area, leads the department. Peter Woolley joined the team from Moorcrofts LLP in July 2024, and is praised for his ‘huge experience of commercial matters’. Emma Ford is a key name in the team, and advises on a range of corporate transactions.
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Testimonials
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‘Emma Ford and Peter Woolley are strong communicators and incredibly responsive to all parties.'
‘Commercially focused and very easy to contact.’
‘Experience dealing with sector specific issues.’
'Having dealt with many legal firms in the past, Blandy and Blandy treat me as a person first and a client second. I originally thought this was down to my main contact, but this was the same when dealing with different departments and people.'
'The advice I have received is sensible and laser focused on what is important, and then time is taken to explain why.'
'Peter Woolley has huge experience of commercial matters relating to business transfers of all types.'
Key clients
- Reading Transport Limited
- Skellerup Agri Holdings Limited
- V J Tech Limited
- Operational Research in Health (Holdings) Limited
- Revium Group Limited
- The Glass and Glazing Federation
- Perfetti Van Melle UK
- Box Technologies Limited
- Print IQ Europe Limited
- Winchester Wines Group
- Higgs Group
- Engineering Services Partnership (ESP) Ltd
Work highlights
Advised Winchester Wines EOT Limited on the sale of Winchester Wines Group Limited to The Heritage Wine Company.
Advised Higgs Group on the sale of The Henley Standard and various other newspaper and magazine titles to Baylis Media.
Advised the selling shareholders of Engineering Partnership Services Limited, a Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP) Engineering services company, in relation to the sale of the entire issued share capital to Contollo Group.
Practice head
Debbie Brett
Other key lawyers
Emma Ford; Peter Woolley