Below is a list of our partners and solicitors, their details and how to contact them.

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Ian Mainman
Senior Partner and Head of Company and Commercial Department.

Ian had his own firm in Manchester for ten years prior to the merging of the Commercial and Property Departments with Perkins & Co in 2001 The Commercial Department caters for the needs of businesses and business people in the North West and beyond. It is experienced in acting for medium and large size SME’s in a variety of commercial activities, including MBO’s MBI’s, standard and structured transaction work, Joint Ventures, Corporate Finance and Shareholder Agreements. The Department also has wide experience in Partnership and Shareholder Disputes and subsequent restructuring, either through mediation or litigation. The firm also acts for a number of quoted companies located locally. Ian is a member of the CBI, the IOD and the Association of Partnership Practitioners.

Ian holds a number of directorships in companies in which he has an interest which include 2 AIM quoted Companies.

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Keith Mather
Partner

Keith Qualified in 1973. He is a partner with the firm. He has particular expertise in residential site acquisition and disposal acting for a number of well known national housebuilders.

Keith and Ian have been in business together over the last 15 years. Keith has huge experience in property finance having acted for banks as well as commercial clients. He also experienced being involved in a company which was successfully floated on the AIM market.

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Davina qualified in 1999 and has worked for Ian for 8 years, before becoming a partner in the commercial department in 2007. Davina’s work reflects the general spread of the departments work she would oversee the more technical aspects of any Shareholder litigation.

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Ken Perkins
Consultant

Ken qualified in 1970 and has for many years specialised in all aspects of employment law, partnership matters, a wide range of civil litigation and in defamation and media law. Ken is now an active consultant in the firm.

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Paul Holmes
Consultant Barrister

Paul Holmes sits as an Employment Tribunal Chairman in Manchester. Paul was called to the Bar in 1979. He practiced on Common Law Chambers in Manchester until January 1999 when he joined the firm as an in-house advocate and specialist adviser. He has appeared in all courts and Tribunals from the Magistrates Court to the Court of Appeal. He has a broad range of litigation expertise, and can advise, or appear as an employment law, defamation, breach of contract, public and employers liability claims, professional negligence and trades description offences. He is a part-time Chairman of Employment Tribunals.

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