Colin Witherall

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Name: Colin Witherall
Role: Consultant
Speciality: Corporate Governance, Acquisitions and Disposals
 
Tel: 0844 561 0219
Email: colin.witherall@alsterskelley.com
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Summary: Colin and the company commercial team provide practical solutions to businesses of all sizes. Colin is “highly regarded” by The Legal 500 and until December 2009 spent 3 years as the Firm's Senior Partner
 
Experience: Colin has 10 years’ experience as a commercial litigator and over 20 years as a corporate/commercial lawyer both as in-house counsel as well as in private practice.
 
Career: His highlights include successfully withstanding claims from British Leyland for copyright ownership in automotive body panels by use of European Legislation. He devised and implemented corporate structures for multi-practice health centre developments and has been involved in numerous £1million-plus acquisitions and disposals in the automotive, pharmacy and services sectors. Colin is also proud to have represented his client’s best interests by working with the Sunday Times to prevent the publication of commercially damaging information on a company by the paper’s ‘Insight’ team.
 
Hobbies: Colin is a former national special stage rally champion. He also enjoys mountain biking, tennis and fell-walking.