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He has undertaken M&amp;A work for a variety of businesses and individuals, ranging from listed companies to smaller owner-managed businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has particular expertise in advising business owners in the healthcare, children\u2019s nurseries, financial services, estate agency, manufacturing, logistics, facilities management, pharmaceutical and motor trade sectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to undertaking corporate work, John is experienced in drafting commercial agreements, including shareholder agreements, articles of association, partnership and LLP agreements and joint venture agreements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to joining RFB, John held the position of Head of London for a top 60 law firm. The extensive management experience he gained in this role gave him a unique understanding of the practical, as well as the legal, issues and challenges faced by business owners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John lives, and was educated, in Surrey and studied at the London School of Economics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a keen golfer, and enjoys going to the gym and watching his son&#8217;s Sunday football team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expertise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mergers and acquisitions <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strategic advice for SMEs and owner managed businesses <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business structures, including limited company group structures, partnerships and LLPs <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shareholder agreements and bespoke articles <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joint Ventures General commercial agreements, including terms of business, distribution agreements and agency agreements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Insights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/square-mile-and-me-jmw-solicitors-london-boss-john-andrews-on-making-it-in-law\/\">City AM &#8211; Square Mile and me- John Andrews on making it in law<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/dear-developers-no-one-actually-wants-all-these-retail-units\/\">City AM- Dear developers- nobody actually wants all these retail units<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/business\/london-takeovers-m-a-b1051324.html\">Standard- Business- London Takeovers<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[31,7],"class_list":["post-7381","member","type-member","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corporate","tag-city-office","tag-partners"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Andrews - RFB Legal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John joined RFB as a partner in October 2025 as head of Corporate and Commercial team. 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