Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses
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Lester Aldridge LLP
UK 2026
Rankings
Leading firm in UK 2026
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Top figures
48
Partners
3
Offices
358
Company Size
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Contributions and articles
19 Articles, Press releases, highlights
Overview
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Lester Aldridge is a full-service UK law firm advising businesses, institutions and individuals on complex regional, national and international matters. Recognised for its strength in health & social care, marine, real estate and private wealth, the firm supports housebuilders, financial institutions, technology businesses and charities through a collaborative, partner-led approach delivering strategic, commercially focused solutions.
Industry sectors (7)
- Health & Social Care
- Housebuilders & Residential Development
- Ports, Harbours & Marinas
- Technology & AI
- Charities & Non-Profit
- Banks & Financial Institutions
- Private Wealth
Capabilities (15)
- Health & Social Care regulatory and advisory
- Marine, shipping and logistics
- Real estate and residential conveyancing
- Corporate transactions and M&A
- Dispute resolution and commercial litigation
- Employment and HR advisory
- Technology and commercial contracts
- Charities and non-profit law
- Private wealth, wills and estate planning
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Regulatory and business crime
- International private client services
- Personal injury and medical negligence
- Family
- Planning, infrastructure and environment
Clients (15)
- Care South
- NatWest
- Lloyds Bank plc
- Santander Bank plc
- Lush Limited
- Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Europe GmbH
- Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP
- Azets
- BDO LLP
- PKF Littlejohn
- McCarthy & Stone Retirement Lifestyles Ltd
- Big Yellow Self Storage Ltd
- Bargate Homes
- HC-One
- West Midlands Employers
Key people
Provided by Lester Aldridge LLP
Tom Alder
Managing Partner
Grant Esterhuizen
Chair
Work & experience
Provided by Lester Aldridge LLP
Lester Aldridge delivers sector-led advice across health & social care, marine, real estate, private wealth and financial services. The firm advises housebuilders, ports and marine operators, banks, technology businesses and charities on transactions, regulatory matters and disputes, including cross-border work. Its partner-led approach combines deep sector expertise with practical, commercially focused solutions.
Notable work
Provided by Lester Aldridge LLP
Sale of Graham Care portfolio to Hartford Care
2025CompletedSouthampton/Bournemouth
Advised on multi-site sale of regulated care homes, delivering a complex cross-discipline healthcare transaction.
CoralPoint merger with Brinckmann Group
2026CompletedSouthampton/Bournemouth
Advised on a cross-border merger in the renewable energy sector, supporting a complex international transaction.
Angel v Black Horse Court of Appeal litigation
2026OngoingBournemouth
Acting in a landmark Court of Appeal case on motor finance claims, shaping mass consumer litigation and FCA redress.
Ranked Offices at Lester Aldridge LLP
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Ranked Departments at Lester Aldridge LLP (11)
Ranked Individuals at Lester Aldridge LLP (22)
South West
Grant Esterhuizen
Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses
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Kevin Barnett
Head of Employment
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Chris Evans
Litigation
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David Healy
Head of Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
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Karen Watts
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
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Professional Negligence: Mainly Claimant
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Mark Benham
Real Estate
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Kate Stewart
Real Estate Litigation
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The South
Liz Oaten
Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant
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Estella Newbold-Brown
Family/Matrimonial
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Planning & Environment
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Planning & Environment
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Tom Alder
Planning & Environment
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Matthew Barrow
Real Estate
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Roger Woolley
Real Estate
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Bethan Dodd
Real Estate
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Restructuring/Insolvency
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Rebecca Walker
Restructuring/Insolvency
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UK-wide
Lisa Watson-Cook
Charities
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Laura Guntrip
Healthcare: Regulatory
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Alice Thursfield
Healthcare: Regulatory
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Linda Jacques
Transport: Logistics
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Top figures
48
Partners
3
Offices
358
Company Size
Content provided by Lester Aldridge LLP
Articles, Highlights and Press Releases
19 items provided by Lester Aldridge LLP
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