Lee
Crook

Lee is a Director, known for his commercially savvy advice within supply chain and logistics. He also advises clients in the regulated financial services sector on key partnership agreements, particularly when they are acquiring, implementing or upgrading information technology.

Lee advises and negotiates strategic commercial contracting arrangements for corporates (both UK based and overseas).  These are typically related to supply chain and logistics contracts, or the licensing and implementation of key information technology systems and applications.

Lee’s clients include corporates within the food and drink, manufacturing, engineering and FMCG sectors (supply chain and logistics), as well as the financial services sector. Often these clients have their head office or principal operations based overseas, so need a local advisor in the UK to help them navigate entry or expansion into the UK market and in relation to their key supply chain arrangements.

Becoming a trusted advisor

When asked what he finds most rewarding about his work Lee says, “it’s all about building long term relationships with clients, letting them know that I understand their business and providing them with business focused advice in a client friendly manner”.  This is vital during complex strategic transactions, but, he says, “it’s also important to be someone they enjoy working with”.

A natural problem solver, Lee approaches client work by looking for commercially advantageous and/or practical solutions and he strives to articulate his advice in a way that works for each client and its stakeholders. This is particularly important when there are technically complex matters at stake.

Lee describes himself as “a lawyer that clients genuinely feel comfortable picking up the phone and calling”. He says, “I focus on the strategic goals for each of my clients. I build those goals into the advice I deliver and the manner in which I deliver it”.  Lee describes his way of working as  “proactive and grounded in the language of the business I advise”, which is complimented by those around him at Walker Morris, where there is always a focus on the commercial realities of the client’s operations and goals.

Lee is an active member of the International Bar Association.