Joel Gocool
Senior Solicitor, Corporate
Joel advises his clients on a variety of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions (share / asset sales and purchases), company restructures and general corporate law advisory matters.
Joel is accredited by the British Franchise Association (BFA) as a trusted legal advisor to the franchise industry. Joel advises franchisors in respect of structuring their franchise network, drafting the franchise agreements and associated legal documents and ongoing franchisor support (including franchise resales). Joel also supports franchisees in reviewing the franchise agreements prior to acquiring a franchised business.
Joel qualified as a Corporate Solicitor in 2019 at a regional firm and then joined the Corporate Department at Herrington Carmichael in 2021. Joel graduated from Kingston University with a degree in Law and went on to complete his LPC at the University of Law in Guildford. Joel is a keen footballer, with his greatest success to date being captaining his five a side team to league winning glory in their first season together. Joel is an avid Arsenal fan (for his sins) and is regularly in attendance at the Emirates. Aside from football, Joel enjoys keeping fit and has recently taken up golf as a hobby.
Joel Gocool has been recognised as a ‘Key Lawyer’ in the Legal 500.
Alex Canham and Joel Gocool are a delight to deal with and form a highly efficient team. They have gone the extra mile in our negotiations.
Legal 500, Client Feedback
Experience
- Share sale of market leading sporting and activity holiday travel company to a large PE backed industry acquirer for a total consideration of up to £8.2m.
- Share purchase of a marketing agency to add to the buyer’s subsidiaries for consideration of up to £2m for cash and equity consideration.
- Advised a market leading sports education group in the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of a regional sports and childcare provider for consideration of up to £3m.
- Share sale of transportation and bus / coach hire company to an industry acquirer for a total consideration of up to £3m.
- Share purchase by HVAC acquirer of another HVAC business to add to the group for consideration of up to £2.8m for cash and equity consideration.
- Management buyout of a national construction consultancy business for a total consideration of £1m paid via loan notes.
- Sale of a shares in a UK graphic design company for a total consideration of £540k.
- Sale of shares of an IFA business for a cash consideration of £3m, with a further reinvestment equity consideration to a large market consolidator.
- Working with a UK football coaching business in establishing a franchise, including:
- Providing initial advice relating to structuring the franchise network
- Advising on the pilot scheme
- Drafting the franchise agreement and other associated documents
- Providing advice relating to onboarding new franchisees
- Assisting a south-east estate agency in establishing a franchise model for its business, including drafting and negotiating the franchise agreement
- A global gym and leisure franchise and the terms of the franchise agreement, including:
- Reviewing the franchise agreement
- Reporting on the agreement highlighting any non-standard terms or provisions which posed a particularly high risk to the franchisee
- Advising on the consequences of its terms
- Suggesting how best to address the provisions in dispute
- Advising a franchisee in respect of a UK nursery franchise and the terms of the franchise agreement.
- Advising overseas IT consultancy franchise on its entry to the UK, including advising on
- Implementing pilot operations
- Drafting the required franchise documents and coordinating local advice in international franchising projects
- Structuring and setting up the franchise network
- Updating or refreshing of the franchising agreement on renewal
- Franchise resales, including intra network or external franchise disposals
Best Law Firms 2024
Herrington Carmichael has once again been named in the Times Best Law Firms. We were first listed in 2023 and have once again made the Best Law Firms list for 2024.