Toby Preston
Partner
Toby is a Partner who specialises in corporate law and business affairs. He has been a partner for over 10 years and been involved in many high profile acquisitions and disposals. He works mainly from our Leicester and Nottingham branches.
Expertise
- Company and business acquisitions and disposals
- Company secretarial matters
- Due diligence
- Group reorganisations (including demergers)
- Joint ventures
- LLPs and Partnerships – formation and administration
- Management sales and purchases (including earn-outs and deferred payment arrangements)
- Share option arrangements
- Shareholder arrangements and share structures
- Commercial agreements
Approach
Toby enjoys working closely with clients and focuses on their commercial needs – he helps them to realise value and achieve their aspirations.
He communicates clearly and effectively with clients, intermediaries and other legal professionals.
Career Highlights
- Toby qualified with Bray & Bray and worked with them advising on corporate and business matters until 2008.
- He continued his career and spent 5 years in the Corporate & Banking Team at a UK top 50 law firm before returning to Bray & Bray as a Partner in June 2013.
Experience
Experience
20 years
Qualifications
- Toby attended Nottingham Trent University (1997 – 2000) where he got his Law degree (LLB)
Positions Held
- Leicester & Nottingham
- t.preston@rotherabray.co.uk
- 0116 204 5330
Experience
Year Qualified
2004
Experience
20 years
Qualifications
- Toby attended Nottingham Trent University (1997 – 2000) where he got his Law degree (LLB)
Positions Held
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Half the Story charity supported with pro bono legal work from Rothera Bray
Rothera Bray has helped Grace Enterprises expand its social impact through a new state-of-the-art bakery for its social enterprise, Half the Story.
The firm’s Commercial Property team provided no-cost legal support to the Nottingham-based charity, which is dedicated to transforming lives through supportive employment in sustainable businesses.
Survivors of the 2023 Nottingham attack by Valdo Calocane respond to the publication of a CQC report into the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Below is a statement given by Greg Almond, Partner and Head of Serious Injury at Rothera Bray Solicitors who represents two of the survivors of the attack, Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller. Greg represents Wayne and Sharon in their civil claims and at the Inquiry which will begin to hear the evidence from 23rd February 2026. The Inquiry is expected to last until early June.
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