Keith joined Dunham Law as a Partner in 2006 after spending most of his working life as a partner with a major national firm.
Academic
Keith was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton and then at The Queen’s College, Oxford where he gained a combined honours degree in German and French. He went on to study law at The College of Law in Chester and qualified as a solicitor in 1978.
He is also a CEDR accredited mediator.
Practice AreasCommercial
Keith specialises in commercial contract work, advising clients on terms of trading, the set up of agency and distributorship arrangements and a wide range of IT-related contracts from basic software licences and support and maintenance agreements to outsourcing and Software-as-a Service arrangements.
Company
Keith has worked for many years in the field of corporate finance and corporate mergers and acquisitions, handling deals with values ranging from below £1m up to £75m.
Training
Keith lectures extensively on company and commercial law, undertaking a lot of required continuing professional development training for solicitors.
Recent deals
Keith acted for the vendors on the sale of ICAS Ltd to AXA-PPP. He has also been advising on the proposed disposal of a highly valued insurance call centre operation at a value of £50 – 60m. Commercially, he has concluded contracts for the supply and maintenance of telephone systems to a series of large hotel chains and negotiating contracts with a typical value of $20-25m for a leading software services supplier.
Outside Interests
Outside the office, Keith is married with two grown-up sons. His hobbies include golf, more golf, rugby, football and cookery.
