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Carl Selby RWK Goodman

Carl Selby

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About Carl

Carl leads our Tech & Innovation sector, advising businesses on a wide range of corporate and commercial work, including commercial contracts, private company M&A deals, shareholder arrangements, corporate reorganisations and joint ventures.

Carl also acts for farming businesses and families on farm business transactions and succession planning.

Carl acts for a wide range of technology businesses, including software developers, platform providers and hard-tech businesses. Carl likes nothing more than indulging his “inner geek” so he can really understand the technology behind his clients’ products and services.

In addition, Carl advises founders, entrepreneurs and management teams in the tech sector and beyond on M&A transactions and joint ventures, both in the technology and other range of other sectors.

Carl also works closely with agricultural clients, advising them on the sale and purchase of farming businesses, farming business structures and succession planning.

Carl is known for giving straight forward and pragmatic advice on often complicated issues and supports SMEs and high growth business across the Thames Valley.

Specialisms

M&A transactions
Reorganisations & restructuring
Joint ventures
Farming business transactions
Agricultural business structures, re-structuring and succession planning
IT and Software Agreements
Technology Licensing and Development

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We are a dynamic, forward thinking team of corporate lawyers with the technical knowledge and experience necessary to get deals done.

tech sector

Technology & Media

Legal advice for the tech and innovation sector. We want to help you press forward with your ideas and grow them into a bigger and more sustainable business.

commercial lawyers

Successful outcomes by becoming an extension of clients’ teams. We are commercial lawyers who understand your business and deliver results.

Restructuring & demergers

Restructuring & demergers

We have extensive experience working collaboratively with external tax advisers to implement projects that achieve our clients’ objectives in the most efficient way possible.

Agriculture & rural business

Our team has a long heritage of working with farmers, rural landowners and farming businesses, providing expert support to maximise revenues and operate the business successfully.

Mergers & acquisitions

Mergers & acquisitions

We have an in-house team of multi-disciplinary M&A specialists that work collaboratively with our clients and their advisers on all aspects of M&A transactions.

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