Legal Experience

A solicitor since 1988 with wide experience of corporate transactions and company commercial work. Work she has carried out includes the following:

M&A
Acquisitions and disposals (business/trade and share sales) in the UK across a wide range of industries within the private sector; advice on deal structure; target investigations/due diligence; confidentiality/non disclosure agreements; joint venture/investment arrangements and shareholder agreements; management buy-outs; asset purchases from receivers and administrators.

Corporate
Intra-group/corporate restructuring; Companies Act meetings and resolutions; company own share purchases and reductions of capital; compliance work and other company secretarial work.

Commercial
Long term goods and services supply and purchase agreements; terms and conditions of sale and purchase; agency and distribution agreements; franchise agreements; partnership/limited liability partnership agreements.

E-commerce and Intellectual Property
Intellectual property licensing agreements (trade mark, copyright, patents etc.); e-commerce terms and conditions of business; data protection/privacy advice.

Employment
Directors’ service contracts; contracts of employment; staff handbooks; disciplinary and grievance procedures; advice on the impact of TUPE on business transfers, restrictive covenants and applicable legislation; consultancy agreements.

Financial
Banking and guarantee documents; consignment arrangements.

Entertainment
Contracts with promoters and venue owners for the performance of shows and related sponsorship, filming and merchandising arrangements; contracts with sub-contractors (composers and designers) for the provision of services and related copyright ownership/moral rights aspects.

Education
Degree in Modern Languages (French & Italian) from Bristol University. Trained at Bischoff & Co in the City.

Career History
A corporate and commercial lawyer in the City, specialising in entertainment law for high profile performing artists, Caroline formed her own practice in 1996 and became a consultant to Calnan Cox in 2007.