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Nik Tunley

Partner, Head of Corporate and Commercial

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Nik Tunley

Nik heads up the firm’s Corporate and Commercial team and specialises in M&A.

After qualifying as a Solicitor in 2004 with a large North East based firm, Nik joined The Endeavour Partnership a few years later and became a Partner in 2012.

Nik has gained a great insight into how the region’s economy and businesses work, helping him to provide bespoke advice to his clients who range from local SME’s to large multi-national organisations.

Nik specialises principally in Mergers and Acquisition, and private company transactional matters. His M&A work is focused on advising  UK-based SME companies and to provide strategic support to the aspirational goals of the owners of those businesses when seeking to maximise value. Additionally, Nik has considerable experience in dealing with cross-border and private equity transactions.

Working within a variety of sectors such as retail, renewables, technology and e-commerce, relevant examples of matters Nik has acted on are:

Out of work hours,  Nik is a Trustee of the nationally recognised CEO Sleepout, a charity set up to fight poverty and homelessness nationally.

  1. 2004

    Qualified as Solicitor

  2. 2009

    Joined The Endeavour Partnership

  3. 2012

    Promoted to Partner

  4. 2013

    Advised on the management buy-out of Fine Industries which was voted North East deal of the year

  5. 2013

    Became a Trustee of the CEO Sleepout

  6. 2014

    Advised on the management buy-out of Visualsoft which was voted North East deal of the year