GA Solicitors’ corporate and company commercial team is a key name in the market for SMEs and owner-managed businesses as well as local banks, and is seeing an increase in work in the healthcare sectors. James Peterson heads up the practice and is active on M&A mandates and restructurings, while commercial specialist Tony Cusack stands out for his healthcare sector expertise.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team have a real speciality in the OMB sector of corporate law.’

  • ‘James Peterson and the team all are extremely responsive when it comes to responding to enquiries and make a real effort to turn a business engagement into a close working relationship.’

Key clients

  • Duralock (UK) Limited
  • Hope Barton Owners Association
  • Morris Engineering Limited
  • Taxi Services (Plymouth) Limited
  • Responsible Lending Group
  • CTS Transport Limited
  • Bideford Medical Centre
  • Gavin Jones Consultancy
  • WH Joce & Sons
  • LCK Leisure Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised the Responsible Lending Group on its sale to the Royal London.
  • Advised Morris Engineering Limited on a Master Terms Agreement and a Purchase Agreement that it was renewing with an international company.
  • Advised Bideford Medical Centre on various matters regarding the partnership and its restructure to modernise the group.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

James Peterson

Other key lawyers

Tony Cusack