Keebles
Keebles LLP – one of Yorkshire’s largest law firms with offices in Sheffield, Leeds and Doncaster – is regarded as a key player by the Legal 500 and Chambers guides.
Team
Experienced commercial and private client teams offer unrivalled expertise, support, guidance and technical advice to national and international corporate groups, AIM-listed clients, entrepreneurs, SMEs and individuals.
Keebles, formerly hlw Keeble Hawson, boasts an impressive portfolio of corporate, SME, entrepreneurs, owner-managed and AIM-listed clients across sectors including healthcare, creative and digital and manufacturing.
Clients include Wyndham Worldwide, Surgical Innovations Group plc, Pressure Technologies plc, Horbury Group, Heathcotes Group, Harworth Group and YFM Private Equity.
The latest Legal 500 edition again recommends the ‘very strong’ Commercial Property department along with the Employment team, Commercial Litigation department – and the Insolvency and Corporate Recovery practice.
The guide praises the multi-award winning Corporate and Commercial department, where ‘Partner accessibility has always been a strong point’. Named Law Firm of the Year at Sheffield City Region Dealmakers Awards 2017 and 2018, three deals the team acted in also clinched key accolades.
Likewise applauded is the Private Client Department which includes the Family Law practice – lauded for its ‘high-quality, practical family law advice’.
The Chambers UK 2018 guide also reaffirms Keebles reputation a leading Yorkshire law firm, describing the corporate and commercial department as ‘Strong in transactions involving the financial services and manufacturing sectors, among others’.
The firm’s wealth of deals include advising AIM listed Surgical Innovations Group on its £9.4m placing and acquisition of Elemental Healthcare, representing Capital Refactories Ltd on its purchase of refactory product manufacturer, Pymetric Refactories Ltd – and providing strategic advice to Cooper Brown Enterprises Ltd on acquiring a significant interest in CNC engineering specialist, BG Engineering Ltd.
Along with advising HSBC Bank plc on funding WSG Provalve Ltd’s acquisition of Leeds-based independent valve repair specialist, Provalve Ltd, the also team represented Pressure Technologies plc on its £5m placing and accelerated bookbuild and advised NYSE listed Wyndham Worldwide on its acquisition of specialist home exchange provider Love Home Swap.
Paul Trudgill – Managing Partner
Matt Ainsworth – Head of Corporate & Commercial
Richard Smith – Head of Commercial Property
Paul Goel – Commercial Property
Additional key contacts
Natalie Nattress – Head of Insolvency & Business Recovery
Michael Peacock – Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Giles Searby – Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Michele Wightman – Head of Private Client
Barry Warne – Head of Employment Law
Alaric Birch – Commercial Property
Sarah Burton – Litigation & Dispute Resolution
George Connell – Private Client
Rachel Crookes – Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Head of Debt Recovery
Vanessa Fox – Head of Family
Craig Law – Commercial Property
Andrew McKenzie-Smith – Property Litigation
Cassandra Zanelli – Head of PM Legal Services
Offices
Commercial House, 14 Commercial St, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 2AT Tel: (0114) 276 5555
Lazarus House, 14 Prince’s Street, Doncaster, DN1 3NJ Tel: 01302 366831
Capitol House, Russell Street, Leeds, LS1 5SP Tel: 0113 244 3121
