Geoff Brooke-Taylor

Name:	Geoff Brooke-Taylor
Role:	Solicitor
Speciality:	All aspects of Company and Commercial Law

Tel:	0844 561 0242
Email:	geoff.brooke-taylor @alsterskelley.com
LinkedIn:	View my profile

Summary:	Geoff advises on company law, including company formation and restructuring; directors’ duties and shareholder protection; corporate transactions, including acquisitions and disposals; joint ventures and mergers; commercial contracts, including terms of trading, agency, franchise, marketing and licensing contracts, as well as information technology (IT) and Intellectual Property (IP) and charity-related issues.


Experience:	Geoff also qualified as a solicitor and barrister in British Columbia, Canada. He has worked in large and small solicitors firms as well as in industry. He has been a corporate and commercial law specialist in Warwickshire private practice for over 10 years.

Career:	Geoff’s career highlights include taping a writ to the mast of a ship in Manchester Ship Canal and getting the dock police to arrest the ship. He has also negotiated on mining contracts in Canada and Zambia as well as disposing of retail businesses and handling a succession of £1 million-plus corporate transactions.

Hobbies:	Geoff enjoys singing, acting, talking about skiing, and watching one of his sons play rugby. He is Honorary Solicitor to the Warwick and District Citizens Advice Bureau, a trustee of Act on Energy, a regional environmental charity, and chairs the Belgrade Theatre Business Development Committee. Geoff is also the Vice Chairman of the mid-Warwickshire branch of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce.