The Deal Lawyer by John Andrews

In this episode John speaks to Leon Gorman of Think Acquisition. Leon speaks about how he helps business owners in the property sector to exit their business. He can also help buyers acquire businesses by finding target property businesses to acquire.

Buy a Business | Think Acquisition

In this episode John has been speaking to Rish who is the business setup advisor at Inzone in UAE. 

Rish has explained to John that the Dubai Government is committed to Dubai becoming the epicentre of trade. When you listen to the podcast, Rish also explains how to setup a business in UAE.

When you listen to the podcast, Rish explains that you don't need to be a big organisation to setup a company in Dubai and the process is quick and inexpensive.

In this episode John talks to Julian Becker from Trade Mark Enforcement services. Julian explains how he has helped with 40,000 enforcements and how he uses the US law to take fake products off the internet.

Following the Autumn Statement last year, John has been speaking to David Evans from Sedulo about what the changes mean to the M&A market.

In this podcast, John has been speaking to Kate Burt of HiveRisk about the risks that should be considered when involved in a law firm M&A deal or management buy out.

Kate talks about how to manage risk including considering AML and cyber security risks and she also talks about her journey from personal injury lawyer to running her own business.

In this podcast, John Andrews speaks to specialist intellectual property lawyer Lakmal Walawage about how ip transfers during an M&A deal. They also talk about the value of IP and how important it is to understand the value and to audit your IP.

The Government will deliver its first autumn statement on 30th October but what can businesses expect?

The mergers and acquisitions market has been busy, because there is a fear that capital gains tax will be increased.

In this podcast John talks to David Evans from Sedulo about the autumn statement and capital gains tax.

Specialist employment lawyer Laura Wharton talks to the Deal Lawyer about what happens to employees in a deal.

When buying or selling a business, the employees should be considered. In this podcast, Laura explains, employment lawyers should be brought in at an early stage to plan. Often Laura is brought in two years before a business is sold.

In the podcast, Laura highlights some things that those buying or selling a business should think about. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-wharton-she-her-059a3123/?originalSubdomain=uk 

June is the month when we celebrate employee ownership day.

What is an employee ownership trust and why is it a popular method to exit a business? JMW's Deal Lawyer John Andrews talks to corporate lawyer and employee ownership trust specialist Sara Bluston.

https://www.jmw.co.uk/people/sara-bluston

Often in M&A deals property is involved. It is important to seek specialist advice about how to best manage the property aspect of the transaction.

In this podcast, John has been speaking to Maisie Ayres, Masie is a property litigator and warns of some of the pitfalls.