SMEs

"Working as a freelance business consultancy we are occasionally required to support our clients with specialist legal knowledge and skills to deliver the optimum outcome for large and demanding projects. One such project required the preparation of a multi-million pound IT provision contract with deferred funding. We selected Nigel to facilitate the establishment of a contract which fully embraced our client’s requirements and provided the protection required whilst being acceptable to the IT vendor. The contract was by its very nature complex requiring several iterations. Nigel’s approach was comprehensive; he not only highlighted issues but took time to explain them in a simple, understandable manner and provided considered alternative approaches enabling effective solutions to be agreed which were then competently legally drafted.

We have also used Nigel’s services to assist with our more complex engagement contracts, covering all aspects of engagement including IR35 compliance. This has been dealt with in a similar professional manner enabling the parties to move forward with the project at the earliest opportunity"

"I was tasked with a major strategic shift for my business to re-position our systems and services to assure continuous development and maintenance of one of our core systems, whilst ensuring we met all usual highly rigorous internal IT systems standards. My solution was to engineer a transaction that created an opportunity to realize the value of our internal structure and reframe it to ensure long-term business foundations and cost-efficient structure.

We hired Nigel as a consultant to guide and deliver this transaction, ensuring the sales agreement (M&A) and the ensuing 5-year “leaseback” Outsourcing agreement (MSA) satisfied and protected the bank’s business and legal interests.  Given Citi’s vast organizational structure, Nigel was instrumental in helping to bring together a large number of internal stakeholders’ with differing views and opinions. He also saved us money by interfacing with an external law firm to secure the deal.  Nigel demonstrated very strong knowledge and expertise in the area of M&A and Outsourcing. I’m happy to say that with Nigel’s broad experience, skills and legal expertise, the transaction was successfully closed - costs were reduced and our strategic objectives were achieved!"

"Nigel and I worked together on many corporate and commercial transactions for a range of clients from SME’s to global corporates. While I engaged with bidders in the market, Nigel led in every other aspect of the deals. Each transaction was unique and always required sound post deal operational solutions. This is where Nigel’s skills were so valuable - leveraging his extensive legal experience in designing and negotiating commercial contracts,

Nigel is highly pragmatic. A ‘hands on’ lawyer, focused on getting the commercial result but - for what were relatively small corporate transactions - in a practical, cost effective way. He also effectively managed external lawyers where specific overseas advice was needed.

Whilst never losing sight of the objective, Nigel always maintains a highly personable and collaborative approach. To complete his personal skills, he proved to be rigorous, hard-working and demonstrated unquestioned integrity – all of these were essential to delivering and executing the deals on which we collaborated."