Corporate finance and commercial law specialist Nigel Greenaway has set up a new law firm, .
The former Berry Smith partner, who is recognised in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 for his specialisms, aims to make Greenaway Scott a new style of law firm by building a strong team of advisors that are highly commercial and business focussed.
The firm will provide corporate, commercial and employment advice to companies, charities, co-operatives and community benefit societies.
Greenaway Scott has taken a 2,000 sq ft office at The Maltings in Cardiff and has recruited Rhian Osborne, a solicitor trained at Berry Smith.
Greenaway plans to take the team to seven by the end of March and appoint a strategic board of non-lawyers.
The firm’s long-term strategy will see Greenaway Scott partner with other specialist lawyers in order to offer full service advice to its client base. It already has links with law firm Jan Cohen in New York as part of plans to build an international network.
On the establishment of the firm, Greenaway said: “Greenaway Scott is a new style of legal firm free from the shackles that tradition brings to long standing competitors. I have big ambitions for the firm – with plans to quickly build a team of experienced, specialist legal advisors and a board of business executives that are not lawyers. This will allow us to approach the market with a different advantage, with a commercial focus at its core. I also have aspirations to expand the firm into Swansea and London and long-term goals of establishing an international network of specialist lawyers.
“With a specialist team, cutting edge technology and a business-focussed culture, we aim to build long-term relationships with our clients by delivering an added value service, centred on speed of service and commercially-focussed advice. I’m very excited about the prospects for the firm and look forward to quickly growing our operation over the next six months.”
After studying law at Aberystwyth University and an LPC at Chester College of Law, Greenaway joined Berry Smith in 1997. At the age of 28, he became the youngest ever partner of the business. The lead advisor on the firm’s corporate finance cases, Greenaway has acted on major deals including the recent disposal of Markes International to the German group Schauenburg GmbH, the sale of the Finance Wales backed Unite Technologies to US based Panduit Inc and the multi-million pound re-bank of Sofa Brands International with Santander.
Greenaway is a member of the advisory board for Valleys Rugby which earlier this year lobbied the WRU to set up a professional rugby union team for the South Wales Valleys and is also a non-executive director of business networking organisation Woko Woco.