Tony’s practice focuses on the needs of HNW individuals, family-owned companies and family offices nationally and internationally. This encompasses advising on property, private wealth, the acquisition and disposal of companies in manufacturing, retail, hotels and leisure, professional services for lawyers, accountants and medical professionals in which Tony has many years of experience and an able team to support him.
Clients are from different sectors including the professions, banking and financial services, medical, the arts, entertainment sports from the UK, US, Gulf, India and Europe.
Relevant experience
Transactions and projects on which Tony has advised include:
- Advising on the purchase, sale, and merger of more than 40 law accountancy and other professional practices (both share and asset transactions).
- Advising on multiple de-enveloping of properties in the UK owned by offshore companies.
- Advising a UK company on cross border agreements in relation to televised sporting events in the Middle East.
- Advising German manufacturing company on the formation and structure of UK subsidiaries.
- Advising a UK design and build company in relation to contracts for fit out of multiple fashion stores in Germany following breach of contract by Italian supply company.
- Forming strategic professional alliance with Belgian law firm with expertise in contesting EU sanctions in Europe particularly relevant to manufacturing companies in Germany.
- Advising high profile US international family on relocation and substantial property acquisitions in UK.
- Advising a family company on redistribution and restructuring of £60m property portfolio in the UK.
- Advising a Middle Eastern family on acquiring residential and commercial real estate in the UK and EU, together with business interests and acquisition and operation of sporting facilities in the UK.
- Advising an overseas family-owned fashion group on a share purchase from Private Equity of London luxury brand in retail, design and manufacturing with flagship store in London.
- Advising a high-profile US based international family on reliction to the UK and several substantial property acquisitions.
- Advising on the asset sale of a well-known restaurant and nightclub in London by a Middle Eastern group.
- Advising a family office for more than 10 years on acquisition of commercial and residential property in the UK in corporate wrappers, and on multiple business investments and share acquisitions in telecoms, hotels and leisure.
- Acting for a UK investor in relation to financial investments made in offshore corporate structures in Cyprus and resulting regulatory issues with proceedings in both Cyprus and the UK.
- Advising family members on estates of deceased, non-domiciled individuals with substantial assets in different jurisdictions including in one case assets in Switzerland exceeding of £60m contesting the will in the Swiss courts.
- Acting for a Kuwaiti owned jersey company in dispute with two major Swiss banks on corporate forex trades in London and Switzerland and pursuing remedies through the courts in Switzerland.
- Advising on the sale, merger and amalgamation of various private dental practices in London and restructuring LLPs and companies.
- Advising a US tech group on set up of oncology diagnostic and treatment centres in the UK, and subsequent share sale to major healthcare provider.
- Advising a deadlock company on directors’ duties and related matters in shareholder disputes and IP rights in the EU following departure of a director and shareholder to a competitor.