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Arran Brooker

Senior Associate Corporate and Commercial
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 2387

Biography

Arran joined us from Gannons Solicitors in October 2019 as an Associate in our Corporate and Commercial department.

Year qualified

Solicitor, 2015

Experience

o    Assisted on the sale of the entire issued share capital of a leading data provider for smart contracts and blockchain applications to one of its competitors for circa £15m.

o    Assisted on a three cornered demerger of a property maintenance business following a dispute between the current shareholders of the company, which included share-for-share exchanges, dividends-in-specie and a capital reduction.

o    Advised on the sale of certain of the issued share capital of a healthcare solutions provider to a competitor for circa £6m. The deal involved completion accounts, consideration shares and an earn-out mechanism.

o    Advised on the sale of the entire issued share capital of three public houses in Central London for circa £4m. The deal involved completion accounts and deferred consideration.

o    Assisted on the management buy-out of an IT recruitment solutions provider that employs more than 150 direct employees and onsite contractors for circa £3m. The deal involved deferred consideration by way of a secured loan note.

o    Advised the founders of an online platform company, which enables its customers to discover, compare and book catering, on investment into the company by current and new investors for circa £1.7m.

 

Specialist areas

o    Mergers and acquisitions, corporate advisory, commercial contracts, corporate restructuring, employee share incentives.

 

Clients

o    Limited companies, limited liability partnerships, owner managed businesses, high net worth individuals and investors in a variety of sectors including hospitality and property.

 

Qualifications

o    GDL – College of Law (now the University of Law), Guildford

o    LPC – College of Law (now the University of Law), Guildford