Douglas is a Partner in Dunham Law and is based at, and heads up our Northampton office. He was previously the head of Corporate law at Tollers LLP before he joined Dunham Law in 2008. Douglas’s career actually started in the area of sales and marketing and so he brings a wealth of practical business knowledge and experience to the businesses for whom he acts.
Academic
Douglas studied Law at Warwick University and De Montford University before qualifying as a solicitor in 1998.
Practice Area
Douglas specialises in advising business owners in relation to all aspects of company and commercial law including the sale and purchase of companies and businesses and the preparation and interpretation of commercial contracts.
Douglas regularly acts for or supervises and manages teams of lawyers who act for; business owners selling their companies; management teams acquiring businesses, and overseas buyers who are acquiring UK companies.
Douglas also has extensive experience in drafting Agency Agreements, Distribution Agreements, Manufacturing Agreements and Software and other intellectual property licensing documentation.
Douglas is company secretary to a variety of local companies including NNDC, the urban generation company for North Northamptonshire and Utilix Limited, the American owned European drilling company.
Notable Deals/Cases
Notable recent transactions for Douglas include: the incorporation of Northants Cricket after over 100 years as a members club, the creation of North Northants Development Company (the Urban Regeneration Company for North Northamptonshire), the sale of K Gray Plumbing to a management buy in team; the sale of Index Books to a FTSE 100 company, the sale of Wastecom to Shanks PLC and the sale of Oakley Waste to an international VC fund.
Douglas also has some expertise in acting for company’s and management teams in relation to Venture Capital investment funding.
Outside Interests
Douglas is married to Caroline and has two children, George and Rebecca. He enjoys golf, cricket and hill walking in his spare time and sits on the board of Northants Cricket. Douglas is proud to be a Northamptonshire Ambassador.
