Colin Smith - IR Global

More than law.

Blaser Mills Law is a leading UK law firm, with offices in the City of London and the Home Counties. Our firm is consistently ranked in industry recognised publications, the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.

We offer a full breadth of business-related legal services and we regularly advise large organisations across their business operations.

We act for blue-chip companies that are household names as well as SMEs, entrepreneurs and not-for-profit organisations.

Blaser Mills Law has expanded into international markets, regularly advising clients in the UK doing business overseas and international clients wanting to invest in the UK.

The firm has a rich history and we have retained our reputation for high-quality legal advice from lawyers who are experts in their fields. At the same time, our modern and innovative approach means that we deliver practical and cost-effective solutions.

Blaser Mills Law provides support at every stage of a business life cycle; from formation, to growth, to sale. We act for all sizes of business client, including start-ups; privately owned, family businesses; and multibillion-pound, multinational PLCs. Our offering to clients is both broad and substantial, enabling us to have a holistic view of individual challenges.

As our clients’ businesses grow, every day brings new challenges. We use the law to turn problems, threats and dangers into opportunities. We keep them informed of changes to the law and best practices. We proactively highlight the issues our clients need to be aware of when expanding their businesses, in the UK or overseas. More than this, in a complaint-based culture, we offer assurance and security to our clients.

People are at the centre of everything that we do. Our teams work hard to understand our clients and get to know them and their businesses in order to become their trusted advisers. Law can be fairly complex but we want our clients to enjoy dealing with us.

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Colin is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial team.

He specialises in corporate transactions, including joint ventures, management buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, regularly acting for buyers and sellers in business and share sales. Colin’s deals tend to have values in the range of £2-35 million. Recently he has acted for the sellers in a reverse takeover on AIM and the merger of two leading healthcare companies.

His expertise also covers the review, preparation and negotiation of commercial contracts, helping clients protect their ownership, trading relationships and financial transactions. Notable recent matters include negotiating for a client a major sales agreement with a large international customer and re-drawing a suite of master contracts for a business whose services involved the large-scale processing of personal data.

Colin acts for clients across a range of industry sectors including manufacturing and distribution, freight and logistics, health care and professional services. He brings particular insight to the creative industries from his previous career in brand management with Proctor & Gamble.

“Colin’s technical expertise, swift response times and awareness of the commercial context are highly valued.”

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