Gary Smith is an equity partner at Dunham Law and is Head of the Corporate and Commercial Department. Gary trained in the City of London at the firm now known as Mayer Brown and shortly after qualification in 1999 joined the corporate department of Macfarlanes. On leaving the City in 2003, Gary moved to the corporate department of Shoosmiths Solicitors in Milton Keynes where he met up with his fellow partners, Dean Dunham and Keith Lewington. Gary joined Dunham Law in early 2006 to assist his former colleague, Dean Dunham, with the growth of Dunham Law into what is now widely considered to be a leading corporate/commercial practice within the region.
Academic
University of Warwick (1989-1992) – BA (Hons) in Politics and Sociology
London School of Economics (1992-1993) – MSc (Econ) in Criminal Justice Policy
City University (1993-1995) – LLB in Law
College of Law (1996-1997) – Legal Practice Course
Practice areas
Gary’s practice covers all areas of corporate/commercial and banking work including:
Acquisitions and disposals
Shareholder agreements
LLP Agreements
Private equity investments
Management team advice on MBO/MBI
PLC advisory work including AIM and PLUS flotations
Asset sales and purchases
Third party funding including term loans, invoice discounting and asset based lending
Commercial property funding
Purchases of businesses from insolvency practitioners
Commercial agreements
Notable recent deals
Acted for Howard Sandcliffe Investments 6 Limited on their acquisition of 75% of Fenland Flat Roofing Limited;
Acted with Beshoffs Solicitors advising the management team of The Lowell Group on their secondary MBO;
Acted with Beshoffs Solicitors on the acquisition by Indicia Limited (an EPIC Private Equity investee company) of Entire Limited;
Acted for the Howard Sandcliffe Investments 3 Limited on their acquisition of Adex Interiors;
Acted for the shareholders of Office Communications Limited on their disposal to the PCS Group;
Acted for the Howard Group on a debt funding package with Principality Bank for commercial property development purposes.
Key clients
The Howard Group of Companies
Sandcliffe Investments
Clearway Distribution Limited
The Fiskars Group
Interests
Outside of work Gary spends most of his time with his wife and two children, Benedict and Sotirios. Gary enjoys rugby (watching not playing at his age!), cricket and cycling.
Gary also enjoys adding to (and subtracting from) his wine cellar.
