Karl Taylor

Biography

Karl is an experienced senior knowledge lawyer who is now focusing on disseminating the knowledge gained over the years to the corporate team and to keeping the team and their documents and training up to date with the forever changing world of corporate law.

Karl's main area of expertise relates to private limited companies, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments with a particular interest in Sub-Saharan Africa, group reorganisations and in particular capital reduction demergers, share buybacks, reductions of capital, corporate governance, debt capitalisations, MBO/MBIs, Shareholders' Agreements, and farming partnership agreements.

Karl has worked for a number of firms over the years including Simmons & Simmons, Ashurst, Wollastons (now Birketts), in house at what is now British International Investment (formerly CDC Group Plc) and then Land & Co, Michelmores and most recently at Duncan & Toplis as part of an in house specialist corporate team to support the wider tax and accounting advisory team.