BISCOES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director & Deputy Head of the Corporate and Commercial Team
Courtney specialises in advising and providing solutions to business owners. Her work includes buying and selling businesses, advising directors, drafting shareholders agreements and joint venture agreements and negotiating commercial contracts.
On business and company sales and purchases, Courtney handles mergers, acquisitions and management buy outs, whether structured as asset or share sales and she regularly acts for buyers and sellers. On business sales and purchases, Courtney advises clients in respect of all aspects, including advising on NDS's, warranties and indemnities, disclosure, consultancy agreements and restrictive covenants.
Courtney acts for limited companies, partnerships and sole traders. Courtney prides herself on being on hand for her clients as a trusted advisor, providing commercial and practical solutions.
Whilst Courtney advises established companies, she also enjoys working with start-ups, enabling her to watch her client's business grow.
"Each client and transaction is unique and there is no one size fits all solution" says Courtney.
Courtney works closely with her colleagues that specialise in employment and commercial property matters, to offer a full range of services to her clients.
Elle is a trainee Legal Executive who is currently on her second stage of her CILEx studies (Level 6). She is based in the Personal Injury and Civil Litigation Department in the Portsmouth office.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Legal Executive
- Member of the Law Society 's Mental Health Accreditation Scheme
Emily joined Biscoes Solicitors in November 2021 having previously graduated with 2:1 in LLB Law at University of Reading. Emily qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in April 2020 and has experience working in both Mental Health and Clinical Negligence.
Emily is passionate about working with vulnerable people including those detained under the Mental Health Act and those who have been victims of negligent medical treatment provided by Primary Care Practitioners or hospitals.
Emily is a member of the Law Society's Mental Health Accreditation Scheme and is thus able to represent individuals who are detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended) before the First-Tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber).
Graeme has been providing legal advice and solutions to business owners for nearly 40 years having qualified as a solicitor in 1982. Graeme specialises in business and commercial property law.
Graeme founded and scaled up a boutique law firm advising business, which highly successful firm merged with Biscoes Solicitors in 2016.
Graeme is an Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Portsmouth and sits on the advisory board to the Law Faculty and the Portsmouth Business School. He holds The Financial Times Non-Executive Directors Masters Diploma and has completed The Leadership Challenge with the Growth Institute.
Graeme advises business owners on:-
Jack is a Trainee solicitor who is currently in the first seat of his Training contract. This is based within the Corporate Department in the Portsmouth office. Jack is due to qualify in 2023.
Jack has recently completed and achieved a distinction in the Legal Practice Course with a MSc In Law, Business & Management at the University of law.
Job Titles:
- Solicitor
- Member of the Law Society
Kerry is a Solicitor in the Corporate and Commercial Department based in our Portsmouth branch. Kerry qualified in March 2020.
Kerry is a member of The Law Society and the Portsmouth Property Association.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Chartered Legal Executive
- Trustee and Director of Citizens Advice Portsmouth
Kevin is an Associate Chartered Legal Executive and the Deputy Head of the Dispute Resolution and Litigation department, he qualified in June 2001 and has been working in the legal profession since 1988.
He has been employed at Biscoes since March 1998. He is a member of the firms Dispute Resolution Team and has a level three diploma in leadership and Management which he completed in 2019.
Job Titles:
- Solicitor
- Solicitor With Experience in Employment
Luke is a solicitor with experience in Employment and Commercial, Private Client and Conveyancing. Luke qualified as a solicitor in October 2020 and is working in the Employment and Commercial team.
Job Titles:
- Solicitor
- Commercial Property and Land Law Solicitor
Nick is an experienced commercial property and land law solicitor, having run his own firm for many years.
Nick's firm merged with Biscoes in February 2018. Nick is based at the firms Ryde office.
Job Titles:
- Director and Head of Civil Litigation & COFA
Richard is the Senior Director and Head of Litigation/Dispute Resolution and the Company's Compliance Officer for Financial Administration specialising in personal injury law with 35 years' experience of acting for both Claimants and Defendants. He qualified in 1984.
Richard Barnett has been with the firm for more than 18 years, having trained and qualified with us.
He specialises in litigation and dispute resolution, including partnership and franchise disputes, forfeiture and repossession work for commercial properties, and dilapidations and repair issues. He helps clients use mediation to avoid lengthy and expensive legal proceedings, and also advises commercial clients in insolvency cases.
Among Richard's larger clients is a national building supplier: over the last 10 years, he's handled over 20 property acquisitions as part of a significant expansion plan
Job Titles:
- Associate Solicitor, Head of Commercial Department
Stewart joined us in March 2021 and is Head of our Commercial Department. He has a background in business development, all things commercial property related and has a particular interest in assisting businesses of all sizes, reach their full potential with sound, practical and cost-effective advice.
Stewart is also qualified in South African law, and offers a full bouquet of legal advice to any of our clients interested in doing business there.
Stewart advises on:
Sale and purchase of commercial property - whether you are buying or selling, he can assist you with the entire process.
Landlord & Tenant matters - including grant or taking of a lease, dealing with assignments or subletting, assisting with rent reviews or dilapidation issues and negotiating heads of terms
Company structure - analysis of existing structures and practices , so ensure your business has a sound legal foundation to prosper and grow
Business - sale and purchase of businesses - advice to purchasers and sellers on common pitfalls to avoid , and due diligence investigations
Commercial contracts - creating and vetting contracts unique for your business requirements
Dispute resolution - the resolution of business disputes both internally and between businesses
Stewart is an avid armchair sportsman and dabbles at mountain biking and the occasional game of golf. He has coached rugby at youth level for many years. Any spare time is spent travelling as much and as far afield as possible.
Stuart is a solicitor with substantial experience of assisting clients with a full range of employment law issues.
He advises businesses and individuals in the full spectrum of employment law matters but has particular experience dealing with Employment Tribunal litigation involving unfair dismissals, whistle blowing cases and claims concerning all areas of discrimination. Stuart also qualified as a CEDR Accredited Commercial Mediator in 2004 which enables him to bring another skill to the negotiation and conclusion of difficult contentious matter.
Troy is currently in the third seat of his Training Contract and is based in the Corporate and Commercial Department in the North End office. Troy is due to qualify at the beginning of March 2023.
After graduating from his LLB (Hons) degree, Troy studied the Legal Practice Course at The University of Law combined with a MSc in Law, Business & Management.
Troy is able to receive instructions on all matters involving corporate governance; complex commercial and corporate litigation; and contentious regulatory work. Troy is particularly interested in breach of contract claims. Troy is also undertaking Higher Rights of Audience, so that he will be able to advocate for his clients throughout England and Wales, and has already gained advocacy experience, participating in multiple successful hearings throughout his training contract so far.
Troy is able to receive instructions from SMEs through to large-scale corporations; individuals; commercial landlords; and commercial tenants.
Whilst Stuart has been practising Employment Law for nearly two decades Stuart's first job at 16 was selling ice creams to tourists at a beach side café. Whilst at University, he worked summer jobs in pubs and nightclubs in Spain and in the UK. Stuart played Rugby to 1 st XV level at College and University but now plays less successful golf instead. He is very handy with a shotgun and has picked up "Top Gun" titles and team wins at a few Clay Shooting events. He can play the drums, likes Scuba diving in hot countries. He has been a member of Round Table for many years and helped raise considerable sums for charity. He is a Trustee of the Peter Ashley Activity Centre Trust which operates from Fort Purbrook and Fort Widley. He has a Beagle Labrador cross called Benji and is married with two young daughters. He also once appeared in a Warner Bros film having played a part of an "enthusiastic" football hooligan having been cast following the submission of a photo of him sporting a "Lemmy" style moustache which he grew raising money for a prostate cancer charity. He will willingly show you a photo of the moustache but be warned its not for the faint hearted….