Corporate and Commercial

At Stephens Scown, we’re genuinely passionate about business – after all, we run one ourselves. That’s why we understand that businesses need help at every stage of their journey, from launch, to expansion, to troubleshooting, to profit sharing and succession planning.

If you’re a small business, particularly a family-run one, there’ll be occasions when need to pick up the phone for an straight forward, no-nonsense legal opinion. The sort of help that allows you to make the most of the opportunities, but without exposing yourself to undue risks.

As a law firm with a strong South West focus, the breadth of our knowledge is impressive – and it’s not only us who think that. The Legal 500 industry bible confirms we ‘rate highly even compared to London firms’. Indeed, a number of our lawyers have City backgrounds. It is perhaps one of the reasons why we’re the lawyers of choice for three of the ‘dragons’ from TV’s Dragons’ Den.

We combine commercial insights with specialist legal knowledge – giving you the peace of mind you need to develop your business to its maximum potential. And with Stephens Scown, you’re always guaranteed the personal and professional touch – a winning formula for businesses at any stage of their evolution.

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James Keliher

Partner

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James is Team Leader for the Corporate Team and has been with the firm since 1995 after 12 years experience in London and the Middle East.

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Sally Norcross Webb

Partner

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Sally is a corporate partner based in our Truro office but also frequently working in London and the central south. She joined the firm in March 2011 having previously led the corporate team at Clarke Willmott's Southampton office. She was originally in the City with Allen & Overy.

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Christian Wilson

Partner

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Christian is a Partner in the Truro Corporate and Commercial team with more than 15 years experience in advising clients on management buy-outs, mergers and acquisitions, share restructuring, incorporations, shareholder agreements and business transfers.

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Guy Curry

Solicitor

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Guy is a Solicitor at the firm. He joined in 1990, after 15 years in London.

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Catherine Carlton

Solicitor

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Catherine works in the Corporate team in Exeter, having trained with the firm and qualified in 2008.

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Lynne Rathbone

Associate

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Lynne is an Associate in the Corporate team based in Exeter, providing straight-forward corporate and general commercial advice to public and private sector business clients.

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Giles Dunning

Associate

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Giles joined the Corporate Team in the Truro Office in September 2006. He deals with corporate transactional work.

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My first investment through Dragon's Den, which Stephens Scown played a big part in securing, has proved to be a tremendous success. Since that time we have continued to develop a pattern of working where Stephens Scown understands my investment requirements with a minimum of instructions. It is the nature of the TV series that a large number of the potential investments are time critical and Stephens Scown are always responsive to meet any deadlines.

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