John Humphrey

John Humphrey

Group Legal Counsel and Company Secretary

Service specialisms:
  • Group Services

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John is General Counsel and Group Company Secretary at BTG, based at the Manchester head office. He is responsible for managing risk, ensuring legal governance and compliance, establishing legal strategy, and advising the various boards, senior executives and colleagues across all service lines on legal, compliance and risk related matters.

Sitting on BTG’s various boards and sub-committees, John is a solicitor with over 25 years of experience in corporate, commercial, regulatory, real estate and litigation/dispute resolution matters.

Prior to joining BTG, he held roles both in-house and in private practice.

He is a member of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) and the Law Society.

Office locations

340 Deansgate, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 4LY

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05/08/2026

Nick Neophytou and Richard Watson explore how developers can make schemes stack up in challenging times

Writing for Estates Gazette, Nick Neophytou, Managing Director of Mantra (part of BTG), and Richard Watson, London and South East Auctions Director at BTG Eddisons, discussed how real estate developers may need to address challenges in the market make their schemes stack up.

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04/08/2026

Broadening SME UK finance markets requires more focused navigation

UK SMEs seeking finance must navigate a broader credit market.

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Client news
29/07/2026

Mantra Group, part of BTG, structures finance deal for next chapter of growth at Lawrence Stephens

Mantra Group, part of BTG, has structured bespoke finance from Shawbrook for Lawrence Stephens, a full-service London law firm, to refinance its existing facilities and give the firm the financial headroom to build on its growth.

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