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Commercial Legal Team
Victoria Sampson

Victoria Sampson

Partner

Corporate and Commercial

Victoria trained with CooperBurnett from 1996 and qualified as a solicitor in 1998, becoming a partner in 2001. She is a member of CooperBurnett’s Management Board, head of Corporate and Commercial.

Russell Brinkhurst

Russell Brinkhurst

Partner

Corporate and Commercial

Russell Brinkhurst joined our Corporate and Commercial team as a Partner in April 2023, having worked at another local firm across the table from the team at CooperBurnett.

Katie Hilsdon

Katie Hilsdon

Senior Associate

Corporate and Commercial

Katie graduated from Oxford University in 2009 with a degree in French and Portuguese and then embarked on a career in law, spending two years at BPP Law School in London.

Natalie Lai

Natalie Lai

Associate Solicitor

Corporate and Commercial

Natalie Lai joined our Corporate and Commercial team in May 2023. She trained in Hong Kong before moving to the UK in August 2022 and joined us from a national firm in Leeds.

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Commercial Team

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Our experienced solicitors are ready to provide advice on a raft of business issues. Professional and helpful for all aspects of your business, corporate, commercial, contracts and property issues.

Advising shareholders

Commercial Legal Services - Kent, Sussex & Surrey

We provide focused and commercially informed legal advice to shareholders across the full range of corporate and commercial law. We seek to protect your rights, clarify your position, and support you through both routine matters and complex shareholder challenges.

We act for minority and majority shareholders, founders and investors who require clear direction and effective advice.

We prepare and advise on shareholders’ agreements and corporate governance structures, whilst assisting clients facing disputes or concerns regarding the conduct of directors or fellow shareholders. We also support clients involved in shareholder transactions, exit planning and matters relating to directors’ duties and statutory compliance.

Key services

  • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating shareholders’ agreements and Articles of Association;
  • Advising minority shareholders on rights, protections and unfair prejudice concerns;
  • Representing clients in shareholder and director disputes, including deadlock situations;
  • Advising on share sales, transfers and exit strategies; and
  • Guiding on directors’ statutory and fiduciary duties, and corporate governance compliance.

Please do get in touch to discuss the particulars of your situation and our team will be ready to assist.

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We are based in central Tunbridge Wells and offer parking onsite. If you are travelling by train, there is a frequent service from London and Hastings to Tunbridge Wells; we are located a five-minute walk from the station.

Napier House, 14-16 Mount Ephraim Road,
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EE

Phone: 01892 515022
Fax: 01892 515088

enquiries@cooperburnett.com


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