Thornton is a partner and head of the Corporate & Commercial Team at Russell-Cooke. He deals with acquisitions and disposals, company reorganisations and corporate finance, as well as shareholder, partnership and LLP agreements. He regularly advises creative and professional partnerships on their shareholding and business development. Clients appreciate his strategic insights and pragmatic, unlawyerly, commercial approach to their business affairs. Jonathan studied law at Oxford University and trained at Russell-Cooke, qualifying as a solicitor in 1988.