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January 22, 2020

New Commercial Partner Victoria Holland

Corporate and commercial partner, Victoria Holland, joins West End Law Firm RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP.

Commercial partner, Victoria Holland, joins RIAA Barker Gillette from B P Collins LLP, where she was a partner in their Brexit and corporate and commercial teams.

Victoria acts for a broad range of clients ranging from large multinationals to start-ups, SMEs, partnerships, investors, and entrepreneurs.

Victoria provides transactional and commercial contract advice to a diverse range of industries with a particular focus on the contract cleaning, manufacturing, management consultancy, logistics, automotive and recruitment sectors.

Commercial partner Victoria Holland’s s recruitment to RIAA Barker Gillette is significant for UK businesses, with Brexit fast approaching.

Key expertise

  • bespoke commercial agreements
  • Brexit preparations
  • commercial contracts
  • complex restructurings
  • joint ventures
  • M&A
  • partnership and LLP agreements
  • shareholder arrangements and exits

Managing Partner, Alex Deal, said:

“Victoria is a highly regarded commercial partner whose breadth of specialist knowledge, will be of huge benefit to our expanding client base of mid-tier businesses and high net worth individuals.”

We welcome Victoria to our growing corporate team and are confident she will quickly make a positive contribution to our clients.”

Victoria is the third individual to be recruited or promoted to partner at RIAA Barker Gillette since April 2019.

Contact commercial partner Victoria Holland today.

Note: This is not legal advice; it provides information of general interest about current legal issues.

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