Charles Killin M.A. Cantab
Solicitor
Head of the commercial services department, Charles studied law at Pembroke College and joined Fishers in 1980. He deals with both contentious and non contentious matters and specialises in a broad range of company and commercial work for both regional and national companies. His work includes management buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, partnership and shareholder agreements, business asset acquisition and disposal, joint ventures, intellectual property and employment matters. Charles has recently acted in a high profile case involving the duties of non-executive directors. He has also acted in the raising of medium term finance of £50million for a mining concern.
charles.killin@fisherslaw.co.uk
Louise Taylor LLB (Hons)
Solicitor
Louise moved from a leading Midlands firm in 1999 to join Fishers. Louise is head of the business services department and works with Charles Killin on major commercial matters. She offers commercially focused advice and assistance on the full range of business services, including terms and conditions with customers, commercial agreements, business structures, re-organisation, restructuring, acquisitions and disposals. She acts for small to medium regional companies, particularly on business start ups, commercial contracts including franchise agreements, partnership agreements and software licences.
louise.taylor@fisherslaw.co.uk
John Gillions M.A. (Oxon) A.T.I.I.
Solicitor & Chartered Tax Adviser
John is head of both the tax & trusts and wills & probate departments and is a chartered tax advisor. He specialises in trust and tax affairs, including offshore trusts, inheritance tax planning, capital gains tax and financial planning for private and commercial clients. John acts for several high-net-worth individuals and trusts both offshore and onshore.
john.gillions@fisherslaw.co.uk
Gerard Neiland
Consultant
Fishers business services consultant, Gerard has been with the firm for over 30 years, latterly as senior partner. He specialises in company law and has dealt with several major plc flotations, mergers and acquisitions. He also has specialised knowledge of mining and minerals. Gerard is a non-executive director of Wilson Bowden plc whom he has a good long standing relationship.