Timothy Ford - Consultant

Tim’s roles have included head of corporate and formerly managing partner. He has wide experience in company and commercial work including Mergers and Acquisitions, joint ventures, MBO’s and MBI’s, private equity, and a nationally recognised expertise in consumer credit and secured lending.

• Tim is a former judge of Employment Tribunals
• He has been Deputy Chairman of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital
• He is a former President of the University of Reading
• He holds an honorary Doctorate of Law
• He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• He is a qualified Mediator
• He is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors
• He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

  Recent work

• Advised major London recruitment agency on restructuring to develop a corporate group with a portfolio of trading subsidiaries owned in joint venture with senior employees in preparation for IPO
• Advising premier dance and drama college on merger with university
• Advised on establishment and documentation for first online consumer credit pawnbroking business
• Consultant editor for Halsbury’s Laws of England on retail secured lending