Jamal is a dual-qualified Corporate Partner. His collaborative and commercially minded approach has helped both corporate and individual clients in their corporate journeys and towards their goals, whether in expansion and growth, restructuring or exit.

Jamal advises on a wide variety of cross-border corporate and commercial transactions under the laws of England and Wales and the British Virgin Islands, including private mergers and acquisitions, scale-up investments and fundraises, joint ventures, partnership and LLP matters and restructurings, in addition to advising on asset sales out of administration alongside our Restructuring and Insolvency team.

 

He has deep legal knowledge on a wide range of corporate law aspects, with significant sector expertise on founder exits, sport, automotive, technology, digital assets and hotels and hospitality. He works closely with clients and intermediaries alike to ensure outstanding standards of work and commercially focused advice, enhancing those relationships to ensure growth and long-term client satisfaction.

 

Jamal has also advised on debt financing transactions. He joined the firm in September 2022.

 

Jamal’s practice encompasses all aspects of corporate law for private companies and individual stakeholders, with particular focuses on:

 

Family offices: Establishing onshore and offshore family office and family investment company structures, together with subsequent acquisitions, investments and disposals, alongside collaboration with our Tax and Private Client teams for corresponding tax structuring and trust aspects.

 

Founders, entrepreneurs and scale-up businesses: Advising on equity and debt fundraises (whether using BVCA model documents or otherwise), investment readiness, corporate governance, shareholder relations and corporate exits via sales of listings.

 

International Businesses: Managing cross-border transactions with extensive international expertise and premium delivery.

 

Corporate clients: Leading on mergers, acquisitions and restructuring to support strategic expansion and/or reorganisation.

 

Investment funds: Structuring investments and investment vehicles and exits with a focus on commercial viability and regulatory compliance, alongside collaboration with our Financial Regulation team.

 

Solvent and insolvent reorganisations and restructurings: Co-ordinating multinational reorganisations, whether driven by tax or commercial rationale, together with all transactional aspects of corporate insolvency transactions, alongside collaboration with our Restructuring and Insolvency team.

 

LLPs and partnerships: Assisting clients in establishing and/or reorganising arrangements between partners of partnerships and LLPs in numerous contexts, including professional services, investment funds and farming partnerships.

Expertise
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Partnerships and LLPs Venture Capital
Credentials
Recommended in The Legal 500 for M&A £10m-£100m for the past 5 years
Dual qualified in both England and Wales and the British Virgin Islands
EXPERIENCE
Jamal’s experience includes:
Advised Crescendo Entertainment Limited, a music tech company, on various fundraises and shareholder relations.
Advised UK sports and media director on equity subscription into a Formula 2 motorsports team.
Advised family offices on arrangements for loans and transfers of assets (including token and cryptocurrency holdings) with family investment companies.
Advised professional services firms on the update and amendment of their LLP agreements and the retirement and introduction of equity partners.
Advised the shareholders of Della AI Limited, a legal tech company, on its sale to Wolters Kluwer.
Advised FRP Trading Advisory Limited as Joint administrators of Truphone Limited, on BVI aspects in respect of the pre-packaged sale of the business and assets of Truphone to TP Global Operations Limited, a vehicle ultimately owned and controlled by well-known entrepreneurs Hakan Koç and Pyrros Koussios.
Advised aerospace and defence companies on English law aspects of solvent restructurings and sales.
Advised overseas-based purchasers and insolvency practitioners on asset sales out of administration or liquidation.