Michael Hatchwell

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Corporate & Commercial

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Expertise

Michael is an English qualified solicitor specialising in corporate and commercial matters.  Michael works for UK based and overseas clients and his work often involves overseas transactions or issues.

He has for over 30 years worked for clients the world over, acquiring companies and assets and generally assisting them with their businesses and assisting them to achieve their business objectives.  This includes putting teams of lawyers together for muti-jurisdiction transactions and other matters.

Michael enjoys providing pragmatic sensible advice to his clients some of whom he has been advising for 30 years and he strongly believes that creating strong professional partnerships gives his clients the business edge.

Michael also has extensive experience in advising on commercial matters, including IP and employment matters.

Michael has extensive connections with over 85 law firms worldwide with whom he is adept at responding to varied overseas enquiries and taking his client clients global.

Experience Highlights

  • Acquiring largest care home group in Scotland
  • Acquiring River Thames hospitality business
  • Buying and selling the oil port depot of Odessa
  • Co-ordinating 18 country due diligence exercise for $1bn pharma acquisition
  • Acting on acquisition largest locally secured real estate acquisition in Kiev, a transaction involving 5 jurisdictions
  • Acting for Count Alfons-Mensdorff Pouilly, charged with conspiracy to corrupt in the SFO enquiry into BAE

Career History

 Previous Law firms

  • Child & Child (2018–22) and Head of Corporate (2020–2022)
  • Gordon Dadds, Partner (2015–2018)
  • Davenport Lyons, Partner (1988–2015) and Head of Corporate (2004 – 2011)
  • Gamlens, Trainee (1986–1988)

Memberships

  • Law Society
  • RORC
  • Cruising Association
  • Director and Officer of Globalaw (leading international law firm network)

 Education

  • Nottingham Trent University (1980–84)
  • College of Law (Guildford) (1984–85)

Expertise

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Michael is an English qualified solicitor specialising in corporate and commercial matters.  Michael works for UK based and overseas clients and his work often involves overseas transactions or issues.

He has for over 30 years worked for clients the world over, acquiring companies and assets and generally assisting them with their businesses and assisting them to achieve their business objectives.  This includes putting teams of lawyers together for muti-jurisdiction transactions and other matters.

Michael enjoys providing pragmatic sensible advice to his clients some of whom he has been advising for 30 years and he strongly believes that creating strong professional partnerships gives his clients the business edge.

Michael also has extensive experience in advising on commercial matters, including IP and employment matters.

Michael has extensive connections with over 85 law firms worldwide with whom he is adept at responding to varied overseas enquiries and taking his client clients global.

Experience Highlights

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  • Acquiring largest care home group in Scotland
  • Acquiring River Thames hospitality business
  • Buying and selling the oil port depot of Odessa
  • Co-ordinating 18 country due diligence exercise for $1bn pharma acquisition
  • Acting on acquisition largest locally secured real estate acquisition in Kiev, a transaction involving 5 jurisdictions
  • Acting for Count Alfons-Mensdorff Pouilly, charged with conspiracy to corrupt in the SFO enquiry into BAE

Career History

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 Previous Law firms

  • Child & Child (2018–22) and Head of Corporate (2020–2022)
  • Gordon Dadds, Partner (2015–2018)
  • Davenport Lyons, Partner (1988–2015) and Head of Corporate (2004 – 2011)
  • Gamlens, Trainee (1986–1988)

Memberships

  • Law Society
  • RORC
  • Cruising Association
  • Director and Officer of Globalaw (leading international law firm network)

 Education

  • Nottingham Trent University (1980–84)
  • College of Law (Guildford) (1984–85)
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