Patrick Billyeald

Partner @gunnercooke

Nottingham, GB

gunnercooke is the fastest growing corporate law firm in the UK and is making its mark globally with offices in the US, Germany, CEE,Austria, Scotland and England. We are a teamof more than 600 professionals, with the depthof experience which makes us genuine experts in our fields. Together, gunnercooke\'s people have strength across just about every corporate discipline and sector. We providelegal, commercial and strategic advice that delivers real value to the clients we work with, which span from multinational enterprises through to unicorns and not-for-profit organisations. Our breadth of expertise covers some of the most interesting and important emerging disciplines, from ESG and charity law, to blockchain and competition. We aim to challenge, improve and evolve the way that legal services are delivered to businesses, by building an environment for lawyers to both deliver great service, and achieve personal happiness. Our firm was created to allow our lawyers to play to their strengths, and to focus their priorities on what they are good at and what they enjoy. We are ambitious and strive to create an environment and an infrastructure that allows our lawyers the freedom to provide and maintain a first class service to our clients. We always seek to be innovative so long as it benefits our clients and our lawyers. What we do not have is the overwhelming baggage of some law firms – we are not weighed down by time sheets or targets of any kind internally, as each lawyer’s relationship with gunnercooke is that of an independent partner working within the structure that our firm provides – and consequently our lawyers’ complete focus is to serve our clients’ best interests.Above all, we thrive and are passionate about developing strong relationships with our clients and a deep understanding of their businesses so that the service and support we provide is focused, efficient and meets their needs.

Downing College, Cambridge

MA (Law), Law