Martin brings over 40 years of experience in corporate, corporate finance, and commercial law to our firm.

He joined BBS Law (now Orwins) in 2013, and our clients value Martin not just for his technical command of corporate law but also for the wise counsel he provides throughout complex and challenging transactions. He approaches every instruction with energy and commitment, and his longstanding client relationships speak for themselves.

His track record spans the full range of business clients, from fledgling companies in fast-growing sectors to long-established businesses and heritage brands, in both the quoted and non-quoted arenas.

Martin advises across corporate transactions, corporate finance, and commercial law, including M&A, management buyouts and buy-ins, joint ventures, company structuring, and generational business succession. He also has considerable experience in intellectual property, helping clients protect their brands and commercial interests.

Experience

Acting on a multi-million-pound disposal of an engineering business based in the North West

Acting and advising a long-established client company on a series of strategic acquisitions

Advising the family owners of a large, well-established but still expanding business in the consumer products sector on devolving the business to the next generation of the same family

Dealing with a complex joint venture/collaboration of two large unconnected companies in relation to the oil business

Acting in the acquisition of a parcel of well-known brands in the retail sector by way of a corporate acquisition

Acting in the purchase by the management of a high-tech company and removing an institutional investor at the same time.