Hay & Kilner Solicitors has one of the leading Company Commercial teams in Newcastle upon Tyne. Our team of specialist lawyers advises businesses of all sizes and at all stages of development. We offer strength in depth, enabling us to provide prompt advice from an appropriately experienced solicitor, irrespective of the complexity of your requirements.

The team advises on all aspects of corporate and commercial work, including:

Business transactions

• Acquisitions and disposals of companies and businesses
• Management buyouts
• Mergers, joint ventures and collaboration agreements
• Group reorganisations
• Flotations

Commercial agreements

• Shareholder and share option agreements
• Partnership and LLP agreements
• Manufacturing and supply contracts
• Distribution and agency agreements
• Terms and conditions of business

E-Commerce and online trading

• Advising on on-line contracting and data protection issues
• Advising on domain name registration, transfers and disputes

Charities

• Reorganisations
• Mergers and takeovers
• Trustees' powers and responsibilities

Other areas covered

• Data protection issues
• Competition, trade and regulatory issues
• Pensions
• Franchising
• New company formations

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Key Contacts:

Nick James
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Jonathan Waters
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Mark Adams
Partner
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Hay & Kilner's Company Commercial team is recommended in the following independently researched guides to the legal profession:

The Legal 500 Guide 2009:
"Professional and efficient‘, Hay & Kilner boasts some impressive clients in the health sector, including Park Lane Healthcare. Clients value the ‘excellent service‘ provided by Mark Adams and Jonathan Waters, and head of department Nick James is recommended for his ‘very good service at all times‘. Recent deals include a multimillion-pound MBO, advising the seller."

Chambers Guide 2009:
"Hay & Kilner attracts clients who appreciate its friendly and attentive service. The group has won a raft of new clients who are drawn by the quality of advice and strength of the lawyers, who "always treat clients as individuals, and with respect."...The Healthcare sector has been a good source of work for Jonathan Waters. "Efficient, diligent and commercially minded," he receives praise for his "ability to prioritise his clients' needs effectively." Nick James enjoys an extremely visible regional profile for his representation of owner-managed businesses".

Chambers Guide 2008:
"This compact corporate offering has 'a definite commercial outlook', report peers. The firm's client base has continued to provide a steady stream of M&A work as well as commercial agreements, the latter primarily in the form of instructions from owner-managed businesses. The healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors continue to be traditional specialisms for the firm, and the group's performance remained buoyant throughout the year with the addition of new corporate clients. Nick James is considered: "a lawyer who really knows what he's doing. His forte is owner-managed businesses."

The Legal 500 Guide 2008:
"Nick James, team leader at Hay & Kilner, had a buoyant year with the addition of further new corporate clients. The firm's mature client base has continued to provide a steady stream of M&A work in addition to commercial agreement work. ‘Our experience has been very positive' is a typical client comment. Healthcare sector clients are an important source of work. Jonathan Waters is also recommended."

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