Lydia Michaelson-Yeates

Lydia specialises in governance, academy projects, mergers and restructures together with general commercial advice to Browne Jacobson’s education clients.
Lydia’s background as a corporate and commercial lawyer with considerable experience of transactional work means she is well placed to advise our clients on collaborative working and projects. Having worked in the education team since 2012, Lydia has extensive experience with conversions and academy projects, leading particularly on academy transfers and complex rebrokered projects.  Lydia has supported various academy trusts on high profile rebrokered transfers from the early stages of undertaking due diligence to negotiating and finalising the terms of the commercial transfer agreements. Lydia has supported clients on the nuances of rebrokered transfers both from a legal and practical perspective.  Lydia also supports on school collaborations and partnerships and has supported clients and led on many multi-academy trust mergers.