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
Corporate team advises global pretzel bakery Ditsch on its acquisition of Worldbake
Our Corporate team has advised Ditsch bakery on the acquisition of the business and assets of Worldbake Limited, a long‑standing UK distributor of Ditsch products and the creation of Ditsch UK in July 2025.
Greg’s London Marathon run for Headway Nottingham
This weekend, we were incredibly proud to see our Serious Injury Partner, Greg Almond, cross the finish line of the 2026 London Marathon, all in support of Headway Nottingham, a charity that has made a real difference to our clients.
Rothera Bray relocates Leicester office
We’re pleased to announce that we have relocated our Leicester office from its longstanding home on Humberstone Road to Mercury Place on St George Street, Leicester.
Seven lawyers recognised in the 2026 Pro Bono Recognition List
Rothera Bray lawyers have been named in the 2026 Pro Bono Recognition List: a national initiative celebrating legal professionals who have contributed 25 hours or more of pro bono work over the past year.