Mike Ward

- Associate Solicitor

Corporate and Commercial

0191 375 5068

mjw@swinburnemaddison.co.uk

Biography
Experience

Mike qualified in 2005 having returned to the UK from a career overseas providing legal liaison and management services to a diverse portfolio of international clients. Since then, Mike has developed particular expertise in Company Law, Commercial Contracts, Intellectual Property and IT & e-commerce. He joined Swinburne Maddison LLP as a Solicitor in the Corporate and Commercial team in 2013 and promoted to Associate in 2019.

At home, Mike is a keen chef who enjoys country walks and he has a historical interest in inland waterways.

Mike is experienced in a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, predominantly advising limited companies; drafting bespoke articles of association, shareholder agreements and employee options. He also counsels on more technical corporate reconstructions and succession issues including demergers, reductions of capital, share exchanges and share buybacks.

Mike also provides contracts advice for businesses covering terms of business with customers and suppliers and routes to market as well as more specialist areas such as software development, intellectual property assignment/licensing and all aspects of e-commerce including cloud computing.