Jamie is a partner in the Corporate team, specialising in acquisitions and disposals, with particular experience in the technology sector. He also acts for companies and individuals in relation to shareholder, LLP and partnership agreements.
Jamie has been an integral member of the corporate team since he joined the firm in 2015, dealing with complex large-scale transactions, often with international elements involved. He is recommended as a key lawyer in Legal 500 and is noted for his corporate expertise.
Notable work highlights
- Advising Just Develop It Limited in respect of its circa $340m acquisition of Total Security Limited (an online security company) and the private equity investment from Avance Investment Management to support the transaction in November 2023.
- Advising on the English law aspects of a $1.4bn international deal, linked to a listing on NYSE, the largest transaction the firm has been involved in in February 2022.
- Advising on the English law aspects of the $265m sale of Nutrawise Health & Beauty Corporation to Canadian listed entity Jamieson Wellness in May 2022.
- Advising on the sale of Wantage Builders Merchants to Grant and Stone in May 2022;
- Advising on the sale of Exall Jones Timber and Builders’ Merchants to Huws Gray Group in September 2021.
- Advising on the sale Skylark Golf & Country Club to Time GB Group in May 2021.
- Acting for Mark Allen Group on its acquisition of a portfolio from Elsevier Limited, the fifth acquisition for MAG.
- Advising on the sale of Milford Building Supplies to Huws Gray Group in September 2020.
Accreditations & Memberships
Testimonials
What our clients say about Jamie
“We use Jamie Earley for the group’s M&A and corporate work and whilst he has a high level of technical expertise he is also extremely personable and easy to work with which makes him a rare breed! In addition to that Jamie is also able to identify pragmatic solutions, too often complicated problems, that are sometimes a mixture of legal and commercial points. Overall we’ve found Jamie to be extremely professional and diligent and wouldn’t hesitate in recommending him.”
Richard Keyes – Managing Partner, The Taylor Cocks Partnership
“I was understandably somewhat nervous about retaining the right firm to handle the sale of the business, which I founded it in 1979. Trethowans came highly recommended and quite rightly so. The sale was successfully concluded without drama despite a very tight deadline. I found everyone I dealt with at Trethowans to be extremely professional and yet also very practical and pragmatic – a combination that proved to be very effective and produced the required result for our shareholders.”
John Middleton–Walker, Executive Chairman for Milford Building Supplies
“The transaction went very smoothly from start to finish, which was thanks to the way in which Elsevier conducted the negotiations, as well as the first-class service we once again received from Trethowans. I would like to thank Jamie, Jon and Andrew from Trethowans for their excellent work on the transaction.”
Ben Allen, CEO of the Mark Allen Group
“I’d like to thank Jamie and Sarah for their hard work in getting this transaction – which was not straightforward – across the line. As always, they delivered a good service which included striking the right balance between legal and commercial issues with their advice.”
“It was a pleasure to work with Jamie and his team over the past few months. The due diligence process is, as a whole quite daunting however, their attention to detail, constant guidance and support was very much appreciated and invaluable in completing the successful sale of our company.”
Jim Mills, former director of Exall Jones
“We have worked with the Trethowans team on many transactions and we value their timely advice, diligence and professionalism.”
Dan Richards, Chief Operating Officer, Just Develop It
Insights
Insights and thoughts written by Jamie
Trethowans advises Just Develop It on private equity investment to support acquisition of Total Security
21 Dec 2023
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Trethowans announces Partner level promotion in corporate team
Trethowans corporate team involved in $1.4bn international deal
15 Feb 2022
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Trethowans completes sale of Exall Jones Timber and Builders Merchants
Trethowans completes sale of Skylark Golf & Country Club to Time GB Group
Trethowans complete acquisition for Mark Allen Group from Elsevier
Trethowans completes sale of Milford Building Supplies