Simon Woodings
Partner
Telephone: +44 (0)1782 205 000
Email: simon.woodings@beswicks.com
Secretary: Carol Shenton
Practice areas
An experienced corporate and commercial lawyer, Simon’s focus is on delivering practical advice and helping clients to achieve the best from their business and to meet their long term goals.
Simon brings strong leadership and clarity of thought, cutting through jargon and delivering in a client friendly way – essential skills in dealing with corporate transactions including mergers, acquisitions, sale or restructuring. A professional corporate finance colleague describes Simon as "one of the most commercially-minded lawyers in the North Midlands".
An experienced negotiator, he has substantial experience in working with owner-managed businesses and the particular issues that they encounter, from family succession issues, finance and growth, to dealing with competitors.
Specialisms
- Security advice for banks
- Corporate finance transactions (mergers, acquisitions, sale or restructuring of a business)
- Directors' responsibilities
- Finance & growth
- Partnership or shareholder agreements or disputes
- Succession planning
- Strategic business advice
Recent transactions
- Re-organisation of waste management group
- Assisting in re-finance of international sports brand
- Acquisition of gun manufacturing business
- Sale of Phoenix Dynamics Ltd to Southern Bear Plc
- Acquisition of Southern File and Data Management on behalf of OASIS (UK) Ltd
- Sale of office equipment dealer
- Acquisition of waste management group
- Disposal of corporate recovery specialists
- Management buy-out of furniture group
- Advice on corruption
- Advice on minority protection issues on sale
- Advice to major car dealership on money laundering obligations
Other professional & pro bono
- Managing partner of Beswicks Solicitors
- Non-executive Director of Argus Fire Protection Company Limited
- Occasional lecturer in commercial law at Staffordshire University
- Director of North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership
- Council Member of North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce
- Staffordshire Business and Environment Network
Personal
- Leisure activities include golf (more enthusiasm than talent), skiing (favourite resort Courchevel or Val d'Isere), on and off-road cycling, shooting and attending a gym.
- Other interests include reading and enjoying good food and wine (hence the gym membership)
- Simon is married with two children.
