Drew Barrow Email & Phone Number

Preston, England, United Kingdom

Corporate Transactions:Handling business acquisitions and sales for companies and sole traders, including:· Asset Sale/Purchase· Share Sale/PurchaseCompany Management & Governance:· Advising on director duties and corporate governance· Resolving shareholder disputes· Managing refinances and share restructuresCorporate Documentation:Drafting and reviewing company documents, including:· Articles of Association· Shareholder AgreementsCommercial Law:Business-to-business contract disputesAdvising on loan security, including personal guarantees and debenturesDrafting and negotiating commercial contracts, including:· Terms and Conditions· Distribution & Agency Agreements· IT Contracts and Software LicencesIntellectual Property:Managing intellectual property matters, including:· Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, and Designs· Confidentiality Agreements· Dispute resolution, registration, protection, and commercialisation of IP· Franchise agreements and adviceMedia & Defamation:· Advising on privacy and reputation management· Advising on defamation, harassment and related disputesEmployment Law:· Preparing and negotiating settlement agreements· Drafting employment contracts· Advising on Restrictive Covenants

Preston, England, United Kingdom

Full-time position in Corporate and Commercial department finishing last year of my training. Aiming to qualify summer 2024.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

6 year apprenticeship (4 year degree & 2 year SQE).Working full-time throughout, initially as a Paralegal Officer on the Crown Court team completing a mixture of casework and supporting barristers in person at Crown Court completing following tasks.Office:Managing own case load prioritising work in terms of urgency, CTL’s and judges orders.Drafting applications for bad character.Serving additional evidence.Reviewing incoming material, actioning where appropriate and referring to lawyer where necessary.Seeking extensions of judge’s orders where necessary with agreement of parties.Liaising with police to ensure all material received in order to proceed with cases.Warning witnesses via WCU and dealing with any witness issues raised.Briefing counsel and communicating throughout the case to ensure everything available.Court:Taking notes from hearings and completing HRS.Liaising directly at court with witnesses ensuring they are prepared for the process of giving evidence and offering reassurance.Liaising with all court staff and witness service volunteers to keep everyone updated.Working with counsel to ensure they have everything required to conduct the hearing.Liaising with police officers physically and over the phone to obtain any missing items for hearings.Speaking with reviewing lawyers to ensure any plea offers properly considered.In May 2021 earned rights of audience in the magistrates court, began a role as an associate prosecutor, doing advocacy work in the magistrates court prosecuting full GAP and remand courts on my own, which included the following:Prosecuting first hearings consisting of guilty pleas and sentencing, referring to facts, sentencing guidelines and previous convictions.Dealing with allocation hearings on either-way matters.Case management on NG summary trials.Contested remand applications.Contested bad character applications.Youth court hearings on strict instructions.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

Whilst working this role completed CILEx apprenticeship (Level 3 in Criminal Prosecution).This role involved the following tasks:Incoming and outgoing correspondence both physical and digital.Service of papers on all papers, physically at first and leading into digitally towards the end.Digitally preparing files for lawyer reviews.Bail work seeking police and lawyer views and communicating to defence. Instructing counsel where necessary for bail hearings.Covering reception duties and phone calls from the switchboard.Working with hard media such as discs and USB and making remotely accessible.Opening files and monitoring CTL dates.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

(Level 2 Diploma in Business Administration (QCF))

Lytham, England, United Kingdom

12 month secondment as part of Solicitor Apprenticeship to gain experience required by SRA to demonstrate solicitor competency.First seat - 6 months working in Residential and Commercial conveyancing completing following tasks:Opening purchase and sale files, including drafting contracts and obtaining titles from HMLR.Title checks and raising enquiries.Liaising with clients to deal with enquiries.Completions.Post-completion registrations.Decelerations of trusts.Leases.General client communications.Second seat - 6 months working in Corporate and Commercial completing following tasks:Trademark applications and oppositions.Share and asset purchase and sales.Drafting and interpreting inter-business agreements such as partnership agreements, shareholder agreements and articles of association.Drafting contracts and T&C for clients.Civil litigation acting for both claimants and defendants in small, fast and multi-track claims.Legal research for pre-action claims.Complying with pre-action protocols.Working with counsel and drafting instructions.Settlement Agreements.General employment law advice.

England, United Kingdom

Part-time work for Cuffe & Taylor events working on bars at events hosted across England, focussing on customer service

Lytham, England, United Kingdom

Area manager at McDonalds running areas within the store whilst on shift, assisting the shift managers maintaining service and staff.

Sqe, Law

SQE1 passed Summer 2023. FLK1 - 69% FLK2 - 68%

Bachelor Of Laws With Honours In Legal Practice (Solicitors Apprenticeship), Law, 1St

College/Sixth Form

High School