Jonathan M Haley
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Partnership: Non-contentious
Band 1
About
Provided by Jonathan M Haley
Practice Areas
Jonathan is a corporate lawyer with outstanding specialist knowledge of partnership and LLP law. He works closely with clients across the professional services sector, advising them on large transformational and business critical transactions.
Jonathan is one of a few genuine experts in the field of transactional work involving partnerships and LLPs. He has extensive experience of the full range of corporate matters and frequently advises on private company M&A transactions, especially in the professional and regulated sectors.
Most of Jonathan's work involves acting for professional firms undergoing change, executing transactions or requiring complex constitutional work. He regularly advises on mergers or acquisitions by one firm of another, LLP conversions, preparing new constitutions and joint ventures.
His experience includes advising on one of the first private equity-funded purchases of a law firm following deregulation of the market under the Legal Services Act. He also acted on the merger that created the country's largest property agency and was lead adviser on the LLP conversion of a global top 10 architectural practice.
Chambers Review
UK
Jonathan Haley is head of the professional practices group at Farrer & Co. He advises on a variety of non-contentious partnership matters, including succession planning, LLP restructuring and revising LLP arrangements. He has experience assisting both partnerships and individual partners, with a notable focus on the financial services sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jonathan gives clear and helpful advice promptly, and with a good degree of common sense."
"He is experienced and knows the partnership market."
"We really enjoy working with Jon. We always have measured and productive discussion about partnership matters."
"He is excellent."
"Jonathan gives clear and helpful advice promptly, and with a good degree of common sense."
"He is experienced and knows the partnership market."
"We really enjoy working with Jon. We always have measured and productive discussion about partnership matters."
"He is excellent."