gunnercooke Corporate & Commercial Partner Simon Williams has expanded and strengthened his team with the hire of a new Partner, Chris Williams.
Simon runs his Chester-based practice at international law firm gunnercooke, a challenger law firm operating a fee-share model, with his team acting on £400m worth of transactions in the past two years.
Chris, who has worked for over 30 years in the field, has developed an in-depth knowledge of corporate and commercial law. He specialises in M&A and private equity transactions. gunnercooke welcomes Chris from international law firm Kennedys where he was based in Manchester.
The appointment of Chris has further strengthened Simon’s offering and shows the growth and development of the team’s practice. The practice has continually grown since Simon joined nearly two years ago, with the team acting for various national and international brands.
In the past two years the team has acted on circa £400m worth of transactions, including advising a tech company in relation to a share sale in excess of £250m to an American buyer, a multimillion pound raise for a block chain company and various investments on behalf of a venture capital client.
Simon commented: “I’m so excited to welcome Chris to our team. He has a deep understanding of M&A and private equity transactions and will be a welcome addition to our growing practice. I’m looking forward to working alongside Chris to offer our clients an enhanced service.”
Chris added: “I’m delighted to be joining the team of experienced partners at gunnercooke and to be working alongside leading legal experts. I’m looking forward to working within the creative fee sharing model, which allows me to focus on being more personal in the way that I work with clients.”
gunnercooke is a full-service commercial professional services firm, founded to change the way legal services are delivered to clients and how lawyers balance their lives. The firm’s innovative model sees over 300 partners becoming trusted advisers to their clients, providing certainty of price and delivering the best quality advice. The firm has 12 offices across the UK, Germany and US.
