Gardner Leader

Derek Child

Responsibilities:

Chairman
Partner in Commercial Team

Contact:

E-mail: d.child@gardner-leader.co.uk
Dd: 01635 508114        
Fax: 01635 49201
Dx: 30805 Newbury

Derek is responsible for the Newbury Office

Career:

LLB Hons London 1966
Qualified 1969
Partner at Gardner Leader 1970
Senior Partner at Gardner Leader 1985

Specialist Areas:

Corporate Commercial

Advises in a wide range of business situations, including solutions to succession issues besetting families and companies:

• Buying and selling businesses
• Tax planning
• Terms and conditions of trading 
• Partnership agreements
• Share sales and purchases
• Shareholder agreements
• Commercial contract drafting and negotiation

Commercial Property

Derek provides a wealth of local knowledge and an ability to apply the law for practical solutions:

• Sales and purchases of freehold and leasehold property 
• Landlord and Tenant
• Lease assignments and extensions
• General property advice

Professional memberships/ Associations:

Chairman Berks Bucks and Oxon Young Solicitors Group 1977
President Reading and Berkshire Solicitors Association1994-5
President Berks Bucks and Oxon Incorporated Law Society 1996-97

Outside the Office:

Derek enjoys sport particularly tennis and football. He is chairman of Woolton Hill Tennis Club and a long suffering Swindon Town FC supporter. He also enjoys spending time with his two sons and three grandchildren, and travelling, most recently to Australia, Peru and Namibia.

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