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Brian Marshall

Consultant

What can I do for you

The core of Brian's practice is M&A: advising on buying and selling companies and businesses in a wide range of sectors including software, technology, pharmaceuticals, financial, agriculture and education. Additionally, and often alongside, Brian advises on solvent reorganisations, demergers and amalgamations. He also tries to find solutions to apparently intractable shareholder disputes.

Supporting your ambitions

A typical example of Brian's work was a four-way demerger of a group of companies to enable the shareholders to pursue different business and financial objectives while also making it possible for the core business to divest itself of peripheral and potentially distracting activities and to focus on its key business and market. This involved an internal restructuring, obtaining 100% shareholder consent and finally a capital reduction demerger.
Ironically the next job across Brian's desk was to amalgamate six companies in common ownership into a single group to achieve economies and to build towards a trade sale.

What do others say

"outstanding legal skills and business judgement" : Legal 500

What our clients say about us

  • I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.
  • They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.
  • All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.
  • I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

Related sectors and services

  • Corporate law
  • Capital markets (Corporate law)
  • Shareholder activism
  • Mergers, acquisitions and disposals
  • Private equity

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