John has a range of experience in acting for a diverse client base, which includes start-ups and SMEs, social housing providers, shipping companies, accountancy and law firms, and internationally trading manufacturing companies.

John’s key areas of practise are:

mergers and acquisitions
company appointments
restructuring and start-ups
investments

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Qualified as a Solicitor in 2012

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Oct 3, 2016

Damning Demographics

Oct 3, 2016

The general assumption is that recessions happen, they’re unpleasant, things are tough for a few years and then the good times come back. But what if that’s not the case?

Oct 3, 2016

Aug 23, 2016

SME access to finance post Brexit

Aug 23, 2016

What can SME owners do in such an environment? The following may help your business to survive and maximise its potential in the uncertain years ahead.

Aug 23, 2016

Publications

Jul 20, 2018

Casual Dining: How to beat the crisis

Jul 20, 2018

These are the harshest of times for the casual dining industry. Much like it is elsewhere on the beleaguered high-street, it seems that every week brings headlines of another restaurant business becoming insolvent or making mass closures. The past few months alone have seen established names such as Prezzo, Byron, Gaucho, Jamie’s Italian, Côte Brasserie and Strada close numerous outlets. Meanwhile, Carluccio’s is undergoing an insolvency process (a Company Voluntary Arrangement) to try to rescue itself.

Jul 20, 2018

Mar 1, 2018

Family Charters: What is a family charter?

Mar 1, 2018

A key benefit of a family charter is that it can create processes to record agreements on issues specific to the family that simply could not be dealt with in the company’s articles of association or shareholders’ agreement.

Mar 1, 2018

Nov 29, 2017

Piercing the Corporate Veil

Nov 29, 2017

Only in exceptional circumstances will a court “pierce the corporate veil” and attach liability to a shareholder for the actions of a company thus reaffirming a long-standing principle of contract law.

Nov 29, 2017

Oct 19, 2017

Articles of Association

Oct 19, 2017

Articles of Association (“Articles”) are rarely considered as the contract between a company and its shareholder(s) or the basic manual for the operation of that company, but this is exactly what they are.

Oct 19, 2017

Mar 27, 2017

Preparing your business for sale post-Brexit

Mar 27, 2017

With the imminent triggering of Article 50, business owners could be forgiven for thinking that the brakes would have been put on any decisions by potential buyers resulting in a slow-down of business sale transactions. However, that is not necessarily the case.

Mar 27, 2017

Jan 9, 2017

Shareholder Disputes in the Restaurant Industry

Jan 9, 2017

The recent high court case of Gunewardena v Conran Holdings Limited illustrated how dramatically business relationships in the restaurant industry can deteriorate under immense pressure.

Jan 9, 2017

John McDermott

John has a range of experience in acting for a diverse client base, which includes start-ups and SMEs, social housing providers, shipping companies, accountancy and law firms, and internationally trading manufacturing companies.

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