I’m an experienced corporate lawyer and business advisor. I’m calm and collected, well-informed and articulate, and enthusiastically focussed on helping you get things done.I help people turn their good ideas into profitable and successful businesses. I help my clients buy, grow and sell businesses and assets. I also help people get organised to avoid or resolve conflict and plan for succession in their business, especially family businesses.Head of WJM’s Inverness office, serving our clients throughout the Highlands & Islands, and beyond. In that role, my work is all about really getting to know our clients, their businesses and their families. I and our wider team then deliver WJM's wide range of expert legal services in a joined-up way that lets you achieve what you want to achieve, whether that's in business or at home.Specialist areas:- Setting up, buying and selling businesses; investments in business; negotiating commercial contracts; general business law. - Providing sensible commercial advice and wise counsel, in a responsive way and with a focus on value-for-money.- Advice to family businesses and business families - WJM has a unique specialism in this field.- Intellectual property law (patents, trade marks, designs, copyright); e-commerce and IT law; data protection.- Franchising - I’m Head of WJM’s market-leading Franchising Team. My team have been ranked Number 1 in Scotland by Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession since 2007.