Lynne is a corporate lawyer who helps business owners, founders and management teams navigate transactions, investment and strategic change.
She qualified as a solicitor in 2005 and joined Harper James as a Corporate Partner in 2024. Her work covers company acquisitions and disposals, private equity investment, reorganisations, succession planning, joint ventures, collaborations, partnerships and complex commercial contracts.
Lynne takes a pragmatic and commercial approach to her work. She gets to know each client’s business, commercial priorities and long-term objectives so she can provide advice that is practical, tailored and focused on achieving the right outcome.
Her work includes:
- company acquisitions and disposals
- private equity and investment transactions
- corporate reorganisations and succession planning
- joint ventures, collaborations and partnerships
- strategic projects
- complex commercial contracts
Lynne has experience working with high-growth innovation and tech businesses, especially on investment matters. She has also advised landowners and developers on diversification, regeneration and development projects.
Her sector experience includes healthcare, where she has advised doctors’ practices on partnership agreements, mergers and contracts, as well as leading the sale of care home businesses.
Lynne also brings an understanding of how private businesses can work effectively with public bodies, developed earlier in her career through advising on corporate structures, partnerships, framework agreements and outsourcing arrangements.
Before joining Harper James, Lynne worked at both national and international law firms including Weightmans, Browne Jacobson and Trowers & Hamlins, where she was a Partner and Head of Corporate for the South-West region.
Her route into corporate law was unconventional. Before qualifying as a solicitor, Lynne served in the police force in Liverpool and later worked as an area manager for Coca-Cola & Schweppes. It was that commercial role that sparked her interest in business and ultimately led her back to law and into corporate practice.
“I pride myself on taking a pragmatic, no-nonsense and commercial approach. By taking the time to understand my clients’ businesses and objectives, I can give advice that is genuinely tailored to what they need and help guide them towards a successful outcome.”
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