OnHand Counsel provides the services of specialist corporate and commercial solicitor Andrew James based in St Albans and serving London and the Hertfordshire area. A director or owner of an entrepreneurial or established family business? Responsible for key business development issues in your business?
A professional business advisor looking for a better-value alternative to good quality full-service law firms to recommend to your clients? Then you're the kind of person we can help! An important or complicated deal coming up in your business or at shareholder level? Experience of dealing with the corporate departments of City or good regional law firms, but would prefer to have full-time access to an experienced partner?
A professional business advisor looking for a better-value alternative to good quality full-service law firms to recommend to your clients? Then you're the kind of person we can help! An important or complicated deal coming up in your business or at shareholder level? Experience of dealing with the corporate departments of City or good regional law firms, but would prefer to have full-time access to an experienced partner?
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Andrew has over 25 years experience of handling an interesting and wide ranging caseload including private company and business sales and purchases, MBOs and joint ventures and a very broad range of corporate and commercial advisory and contract work, spanning a wide range of industries. As a result he has developed all round strengths and the confidence to take on most challenges.
As an experienced company commercial solicitor Andrew has just the right balance of skills to act as an advisor to business owners on their business journeys. Sometimes you just want great legal services. But you can also use Andrew as a business friend, as a trusted counsel in whom you can confidentially confide any problems, needs, opportunities or concerns.
As an experienced company commercial solicitor Andrew has just the right balance of skills to act as an advisor to business owners on their business journeys. Every business and business owner is different. Unfettered by traditional law firm culture Andrew is able to offer a flexible approach and can work with you in whatever way works best for you.
An experienced business advisor with over 25 years of accumulated experience, wisdom and insight, Andrew has hundreds of mergers and acquisition deals under his belt, and has dealt with all shapes and sizes of other business deals and issues. Andrew has a very strong skills set which he can apply to a broad range of corporate and commercial matters.
For any given job Andrew can generally provide better value for money (adding more value at less cost) than more traditional law firms. How can this be? A different business model and a lower cost base: Law firm partners can charge many 100s an hour. They need to feed their staff and other overheads.
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David Abbott
Jun 26, 2021
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Andrew is that rare beast amongst lawyers - trustworthy, unpretentious, speaks plain English and doesn’t overcomplicate matters. Andrew was a great help to me when I sold my business several years ago, and again recently when I needed him for something more small-scale. I am very happy to recommend his services.
Colin Vier
Jan 05, 2020
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Miles Cherry
Oct 29, 2019
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Gill McCaughay
Jun 20, 2019
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Nick Siragher
Jan 01, 2018
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