Head of Franchise and Head of Corporate and Commercial Team, Nockolds, the law firm

James Brunton heads the Corporate and Commercial Team at Nockolds, the London law firm. He acts for clients in mergers and acquisitions, corporate re-structuring, re-financing and in a wide variety of commercial matters, including drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts, supply, or other trading agreements, such as franchising. He recently advised Scoffs Group, Costa Coffee’s largest franchisee, on their acquisition of 19 Costa Coffee shops in Cornwall.