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Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses

About

Provided by GA Solicitors

GA's experienced corporate team is specifically known for its work with SME/owner-managed businesses, particularly dealing with sales, mergers, acquisitions and reconstructions.


Types of work handled

  • Partnership and LLP agreements
  • Shareholder agreements
  • Company formations and articles of association
  • General commercial agreements
  • Joint ventures
  • Business mergers and acquisitions
  • Advice to directors, shareholders, partners and sole traders
  • Insolvency


Key clients

  • NatWest Bank
  • The Gerrick Rose Animal Trust
  • ITEC Group UK
  • Harrier LLC
  • Custom Surfaces UK Limited
  • Peninsula Finance PLC
  • Muirhead Finance Limited


Specialist sectors

  • ​Healthcare

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses - South West

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

GA Solicitors is a well-reputed firm that advises SMEs and banking clients throughout the South West on a variety of corporate matters. The team routinely handles joint ventures, mergers, sales and management buyouts, among other transactions. It has recognised expertise in representing clients in the healthcare sector and demonstrates further expertise in business restructures and advising financially distressed businesses.

Work Highlights

  • GA Solicitors advised TSD Group on a complete restructure of the group to create three distinct groups across the UK, France and US.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Clearly each department is individually very experienced.

Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses respondent
UK

We appreciated the firm's quick turnaround timescales and thinking of solutions.

Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses respondent
UK

The firm provides good value, rapid turnaround, detailed knowledge and are local.

Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses respondent
UK

Notable Practitioners

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James Peterson
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James Peterson
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Band 1
James Peterson is the head of the corporate team at GA Solicitors. He has a broad range of experience in a variety of corporate and commercial matters.

James is very strong in all areas of commercial M&A work, providing a rapid, on-budget and professional service.

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Tony Cusack
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Tony Cusack
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Band 2

Tony Cusack handles a wide range of corporate and M&A transactions and has extensive experience in the healthcare sector acting for professional practices, such as GPs.

Tony is superb at making what is a stressful time for myself and clients seamless in delivering in set timescales.

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James Peterson
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James Peterson
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Tony Cusack
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Tony Cusack
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Members

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James Peterson

James Peterson

Head of Department

Industries

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Banking

Charities and not for profit

Commercial and professional services

Construction and materials

Energy

Financial services

Food and drink

Healthcare

Industrial engineering

Private clients/individuals

Real estate finance

Retail