Faye Cook

Faye Cook

Senior Associate, Corporate & Commercial

Specialisms & expertise

Mergers & Acquisitions
Management Buy Outs
Due Diligence
Corporate Advisory
Joint Venture Agreements, Shareholders Agreements and bespoke Articles of Association
Buybacks & Share Option Schemes
Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
Partnership & Limited Liability Partnership matters
Succession & Exit Planning.

Client stories & examples of work

Advising UK subsidiary of German listed company on acquisition of further UK targets
Advising various buyers on several purchase transactions of Golf Clubs in the South East
Advising the buyer on the management buy out of Kent based chartered surveyor firm
Advising the seller of specialist theatrical chandler company
Assisting lead partner with advising:
- a £600+ million automotive group in connection with regular business acquisitions of motor dealerships around the country
- a £100 million+ specialist construction services group in connection with a variety of acquisitions
- the sellers on share sale to leading worldwide sports-goods retailer
- the sellers of a family run Kent based tyre business to US tyre giant
- the sellers of a clinical randomisation and trial management services business to a US based global biopharmaceutical services organisation
- the buyers on the purchase of the assets of a national charity, in administration
- a historic Kent based printing company in financially distressed management buy out.

Types of client

Faye’s clients include private limited companies, owner managed businesses of all sizes and UK subsidiaries of major foreign companies.

Achievements & other appointments

Winner of the Kent and East Sussex JLD Junior Lawyer of the Year Award 2016/2017; and Winner of the Kent and East Sussex JLD Trainee Solicitor of the Year 2015/2016.

A client recently said they “received excellent service, particularly working with Faye who was extremely professional and efficient throughout the whole transaction.”

Profile

Faye joined Thomson Snell & Passmore as a trainee solicitor in 2013 and joined the Corporate & Commercial team upon qualification in September 2015. Prior to that Faye studied at the University of Nottingham and graduated with a 2:1 degree in Law with Australian Law. Faye went on to complete the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law where she achieved a distinction.

Thank you for confirmation that completion has taken place, I am delighted with the outcome and for all the hard work that you and your team have put in to get the deal done on time.

Client

Everything handled highly professionally, yet friendly and explained in "lay man" terms.

Client

Extremely helpful throughout the whole process, very reliable, responsive and efficient. Faye and Joanne are both very reliable and quick to respond, resolve matters efficiently and effectively

Client

We chose TS&P because the response Faye provided to our scope of work gave us the most confidence vs 2 other firms we also spoke to.

Client

I just wanted to put in writing how very pleased I have been with the service provided to me by Faye Cook – and indeed all the team. It’s not been an easy transaction, but she’s been absolutely brilliant throughout, with an amazing amount of patience dealing with a very difficult family, and explaining everything to me in a really clear and concise manner, making the whole thing pretty seamless.

Client

Many thanks for your support and sterling efforts in achieving completion of this transaction on the target date. Look forward to the next challenge!

Client

I would like to thank all our partners in the UK and Germany for the support and service during this M&A process. We had some challenges but we solved them in a very professional way. Thanks for a excellent team!

Client

Many thanks to Jo, Faye and the team for all their help and support during this transaction. We received excellent service, particularly working with Faye who was extremely professional and efficient throughout the whole transaction. We would highly recommend TSP to potential clients.