Stephen Thompson
Partner @Darwin Gray Llp
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WORK HISTORY
Partner @Darwin Gray Llp
Darwin Gray is a commercial law firm with offices in Cardiff. We are proud of our reputation for using a practical and solution-focused approach when helping our clients. We provide a full range of legal services and aim to achieve a thorough understanding of our clients\' businesses. This allows us to build strong long-term partnerships with our clients.We can handle a wide variety of general and specialist legal work on many different levels. Our teams have the expertise to deal efficiently with your business’s day to day legal issues and our partners have a minimum of 15 years’ experience in their specialist areas. Passion for their respective sectors gives our solicitors a crucial advantage when dealing with your legal matters.This is why we see ourselves as a genuine alternative to the larger firms.At Darwin Gray we have a strong team ethic, putting approachability, consistency, and quality at the heart of everything we do. Your business will always be at the forefront of our minds.Our clients come from all over Wales and the rest of the UK, and range from individual entrepreneurs and executives, small and medium sized businesses and large PLCs.Darwin Gray’s solicitors will offer expert legal advice when you need it, whilst ensuring you also receive excellent value for money.
EDUCATION
University of the West of England
Law Society Finals, Law
University of the West of England
LLB (Hons), Law
ABOUT STEPHEN THOMPSON
Steve was described in Legal 500 as “exemplary” and providing “…well-founded advice” and also “good value for money”. He was particularly recommended for:• Franchising• Commercial contracts and acquisitions• Insolvency and corporate recovery• ConstructionSteve qualified in 1993 with Blake Morgan, after which he remained with the firm for three years as an assistant solicitor. He then moved to Pinsent Curtis in 1997 where he spent two years in their Birmingham office. Following a further period as a partner in a niche commercial practice in Cardiff, Steve joined Darwin Gray as a partner in 2004.Steve is head of the firm’s Corporate/Commercial team and is also a member of the Commercial Dispute Resolution team, in which he is involved in a number of specialist areas of litigation.Steve has wide ranging experience in relation to transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, management buy outs and buy ins, joint ventures and business reorganisation and restructuring. As an Affiliate member of the British Franchise Association, Steve has particular expertise in relation to the buying and selling of franchise businesses. Steve also has considerable experience in the buying and selling of businesses in an insolvency context.With his extensive commercial experience, Steve regularly acts for a range of businesses, particularly in the IT sector. He has a great deal of experience in advising on and reviewing contracts of all types, including those with an international connection. In addition, Steve advises in relation to lottery, gaming and charity issues.In relation to Commercial Dispute Resolution, Steve is regularly instructed in relation to a variety of specialist areas including construction, intellectual property, professional negligence, procurement, franchising and also banking and finance litigation.Areas of Expertise• Corporate and Commercial• Franchising• Insolvency• Intellectual Property• Construction• Dispute Resolution
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