Joel Gocool
Legal Director, 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.
- 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.
