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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