Kerry Southworth

Senior Associate Solicitor

Corporate

t: 01772 429396 m: 07551 433326 e: [email protected]

Kerry Southworth is an accomplished Senior Associate Solicitor whose work spans mergers & acquisitions, reorganisations, and strategic corporate advisory. Since joining Harrison Drury in July 2015, she has built a reputation for delivering commercially minded counsel and guiding clients through intricate transactional and governance challenges.

Her core areas of expertise include M&A support, often leading due diligence, disclosure and integration phases, group reorganisations and corporate restructuring (capital reductions, demergers, share structure advice), corporate governance and company law advisory work, including support to litigation teams on corporate aspects and advising funders, start-ups, family businesses and larger corporates alike.

She engages directly with regulatory bodies such as Companies House and maintains up-to-date insight into evolving corporate legislation (for example, gearing up for the implementation of the Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023.

Kerry was shortlisted in the category Young Corporate Lawyer of the Year in the Insider North West Young Professionals Awards 2025, reflecting her standing among rising legal talent in the region. She has earned praise in Legal 500 client testimonials for her responsiveness, thoroughness, and ability to manage large volumes of information under tight timetables.

Kerry works with a range of clients from high net worth individuals with business interests and assets to family owned businesses and SMEs to large corporates. She also works with funders such as venture capitalists and other finance professionals.

Some work highlights from Kerry include:

Acting on the formation of a venture capitalist fund
Acting on the disposal of a circa £20 million manufacturing company
Key adviser to Geoff Toft in the sale of Brec (Holdings) to Richemon Group International
Advising David Hodge on the sale of Ribble Fuel Oils to NWF Fuels
Advising Walker Fire on its formidable acquisition plans, including acquisitions of Fire Crest, Detector Alarms, Southern Fire Protection and many more
Advising Guy Topping on the sale of Barton Grange Hotel (now known as Barton Hall) to Double Dutch Hotels Ltd
Advising shareholders of FIT Events in relation to a management buy-out
Advising on the sale of County Group to Global Risk Partners
Lead adviser on capital reduction demerger of assets in holiday company worth £2.3 million in anticipation of an onward sale
Legal adviser for Veg Capital and The Vegan Food Group.

Outside of work you can find me…

Outside of work, Kerry enjoys long walks with her rather energetic family dog. No stranger to adventure, Kerry is always up for a challenge, and completed Tough Mudder in September 2017 raising money for charity. Kerry also enjoys the theatre, with a particular penchant for musicals.

Awards and Rankings

Jack and Kerry were exemplary.

‘ would like to support Jack Stephenson for his team leadership and overall control of the process and I’d like to give a special thanks to Kerry Southworth for the time and effort she put into her data room … so much information to collate in a restricted time scale and Kerry was exemplary.

Legal 500

Nick Booth and Kerry Southworth have been fantastic to work with.

They answer any question we have in a manner in which we understand and best suits us. They are both friendly and very easy to approach.

Legal 500

We work very closely with Kerry Southworth who has handled our account for a number of years.

She has always answered our queries promptly and more importantly, for a business of our magnitude, there are always legal issues that need a quick answer.

Legal 500

Nick Booth and Kerry Southworth have been fantastic to work with.

They answer any question we have in a manner in which we understand and best suits us. They are both friendly and very easy to approach.

Legal 500

Ranked by Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500

Harrison Drury is ranked by both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500, two leading independent guides to the UK’s top legal firms and solicitors.

These guides highlight the solicitors who are providing the most cutting-edge and innovative advice to clients and we are ranked across our range of practice areas and people.

Works alongside

Andrew Clare

Partner Corporate

t: 01772 374820

m: 07345 575758

Kerry Southworth

Senior Associate Solicitor

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