""The main factors why a deal didn't happen last year were the large overheads on its premises and its debt issues, which looked like they weren't going to go away. I never envisaged that a year later we'd have completed a deal..."
March 07, 2013 at 07:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Gerard Starkey talks to DWF’s chief exec about the Cobbetts pre-pack deal and the firm’s rapid run of mergers
When news broke last month that DWF had sealed a pre-pack acquisition of failing Manchester firm Cobbetts, it marked the second time in little more than 12 months that DWF managing partner and chief executive Andrew Leaitherland had found himself at the negotiating table opposite the beleaguered firm.
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