Andrew Smith

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Corporate Solicitor (Freelance)

About:

Andrew Smith is a Corporate Solicitor with 20 years of experience in the UK.

He specialises in banking and finance, company law, commercial contracts, and IP/IT.

Andrew is qualified in both England and Australia, having trained in Sydney with top 10 Pacific Rim firm before moving to London and working for five years in structured property finance and PFI projects teams for institutional lenders and government.

He moved to the Westcountry in 2002 and was promoted to Partner in 2004. Andrew went on to develop a banking practice and broader corporate/commercial skills.

He later founded a law firm for an Exeter-based group of IFAs and accountants that grew to a sizeable annual turnover and headcount, covering property, company and private client.

Expertise:

Banking and Finance
- Acting primarily for lending institutions on property, project and asset-based loans.
- Extensive corporate finance experience with some leasing and film finance.
Public sector
- Junior lawyer on large projects in Sydney.
- Various PFI projects (MoD and Schools) in London.
- Advised SWRDA on numerous SFI lending deals.
- Prepared lending precedents for SWRDA and Finance Cornwall.
Corporate
- Advising private limited companies, their owners and boards in relation to M&A deals, shareholder agreements, corporate structures and equity investments.
Commercial
- Commercial contracts in manufacturing, supply, service/consultancy arrangements, distributor, agency and trade deals.
E-commerce and IP/IT
- Wide range of investment and shareholder tech-based transactions, such as joint ventures and sweat equity.
- Web-based businesses and supply of software products and services.
- Protection, exploitation and transfer of intellectual property rights.

Qualifications:

BA Politics, English & History, University of New South Wales
LLB Law, University of Wollongong
Professional Admissions Course, College of Law NSW
Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test, BPP

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