I have 20 years experience as a business lawyer and joined QualitySolicitors Oliver & Co in September 2009 to create and head up the firm's new Commercial department. Now firmly established, the department under my leadership is expanding to meet the need for legal services of its rapidly increasing client base.

My involvement with clients focuses on acquisitions, management buy-outs and buy-ins, joint ventures, group restructuring and corporate governance, protection and exploitation of intellectual property, contractual frameworks (including franchising and distribution networks) and employment.

I am always looking to provide added value to the businesses for which I act and adopt a practical and pragmatic approach to clients' commercial problems. My reputation is for working in partnership with my clients over many years to assist them in the growth and evolution of their business.

Throughout my career as a Solicitor, advising businesses from start-ups to PLCs, I have specialised in corporate and commercial matters and have developed expertise and experience across a wide range of business sectors, principally:

• Construction
• Transport
• Retail
• Manufacturing
• Care for Children and the Elderly
• Healthcare
• Charities
• Schools
• Social Housing
• Financial and Professional Services
• ICT