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Roy Butler

Partner, Corporate & Commercial

Roy qualified as a solicitor after graduating from Oxford University and then worked for leading law firms in London, Hong Kong and Paris.  After an MBA at INSEAD, he joined Hewlett-Packard at its European head office in Geneva.  On return to the UK he was a partner in a Thames Valley firm before joining Stone King.

Roy has advised large organisations such as Manpower, SAP and Veolia and many owner-managed businesses of various kinds.  He has also acted for well-known organisations in the charity and education sectors such as the National Trust, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, Independent Age and Sherborne and Felsted schools.

The Chambers legal directory has Roy as a leading corporate lawyer and refers to clients describing him as “efficient, pragmatic and approachable.” He specialises in the buying, selling, funding and reorganising of companies and also advises on intellectual property law, IT contracts and public procurement.