A graduate of the University of Durham, Abby Watson trained with global law firm DLA Piper, before working for six years as a qualified solicitor in the Corporate department of the firm’s Leeds office. She then joined a leading regional law firm before joining Harper James Solicitors in April 2015.
Abby is a highly experienced lawyer with a wealth of private practice experience. Since qualifying in 2007, she has worked on a wide variety of corporate transactions, such as:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity investments
- Joint ventures
- Partnerships
- Group reorganisations
- Corporate finance for AIM and main market listed companies
- EMI share schemes
- Corporate governance
- Shareholders agreements
- Share buy backs
- Advising on other provisions of the Companies Act 2006
Away from the office, Abby is kept busy chasing around after her two young children. She is also an enthusiastic runner and will try and squeeze a quick run into her busy day as often as she can.
Abby has also taken part in our Spotlight on a Solicitor series, sharing her journey into law and proudest career moments. Read the interview to hear about her life in law.
Areas of Expertise
Asset Finance & Asset Based Lending
Construction & Development Finance
EMI Share Options: Explore an EMI Share Option for Your Employees
Employee Incentive Arrangements
Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs)
Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) & Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)
Insolvency & Corporate Recovery
Limited Liability Partnership Agreements
Non Tax-Advantaged Share Plans
Abby and the corporate team at Harper James Solicitors provided excellent support guiding the business through what was quite a complex process at each stage.
We are a small company and the process of setting up a company share scheme was pretty daunting. Abby Watson and Harper James Solicitors provided expert advice to ensure we understood the process and drafted all relevant documentation. We were very impressed with the service received and would recommend the firm to others.
