Russell Cooke Putney London 2

About Oliver

I thrive upon understanding a client’s objectives and interpreting the relevant market in order to ascertain the commercially sensible outcome.

Oliver assists the corporate and commercial department on a variety of matters, including acquisitions and disposals; group restructuring and reorganisations; shareholder agreements; employee share schemes, including EMI options; and corporate governance matters. 

He predominately works with businesses in the technology sector, working with numerous MSP and business application solutions clients.

Oliver joined Russell-Cooke in 2023 as a legal assistant in the corporate and commercial team.

Experience

  • Assisting with the disposal of an MSP (with reinvestment by management team) for circa £30m
  • Sale of a business applications solutions and MSP for circa £10m
  • Acquisition of a laundry manufacturer out of insolvency 
  • Reorganisation of a property management business
  • Assisting with the disposal of an autonomous marine sector for circa £8m
  • Various EMI option schemes, shareholders agreements and similar work

Education

  • Read Law at the University of Exeter, graduating with First-Class Honours and was awarded the Deans Commendation in 2021 and 2022
  • Achieved a Distinction in the LPC LLM at the University of Law in Guildford