Betsan Powell

Betsan Powell

Director & Head of Commercial Services

Betsan is a company and commercial specialist and has extensive expertise in corporate transactions. She deals with a wide range of matters including the sale and purchase of businesses and companies, joint ventures, equity investments, shareholder and partnership agreements, corporate banking and commercial contracts.

Betsan joined JCP as a Director in October 2013 from West Wales based Redkite. Prior to that Betsan was a partner at Acuity Legal in Cardiff.

Described as "trustworthy, accurate and efficient" (Legal 500 2009) and “good in commercial negotiations” (Legal 500 2010), Betsan continues to be recommended in the Corporate Commercial section in the Legal 500 2016 edition.

Betsan is a fluent Welsh speaker and advises several of her clients through the medium of Welsh. 

Betsan is heavily involved in two Pembrokeshire business networks, Sbarc and the Pembrokeshire Four Seasons Business Lunch.

As Head of the Commercial Services Practice Group, Betsan is the Supervising Director for the Corporate, Employment and Commercial Litigation teams. Betsan is also the Data Protection officer for JCP Solicitors, in charge of overseeing the company’s data protection strategy and its implementation.

In her spare time, Betsan enjoys walking her dog, Sion in the Preseli hills.

Betsan Powell is 'pragmatic and assertive' and co-heads the company and commercial team alongside Michael Williams.

Legal 500 2022 Edition

Mae Betsan yn arbenigwraig mewn cyfraith cwmnïau a chyfraith fasnachol, a chanddi brofiad eang o drafodion corfforaethol. Mae hi’n delio gydag ystod eang o faterion gan gynnwys gwerthu a phrynu busnesau a chwmnïau, cyd-fentrau, soddgyfranddaliadau, cytundebau cyfranddalwyr a phartneriaeth, bancio corfforaethol a chytundebau masnachol.

Ymunodd Betsan â JCP o gwmni Redkite yng Ngorllewin Cymru ym mis Hydref 2013.  Cyn hynny roedd Betsan yn Bartner gydag Acuity Legal yng Nghaerdydd.

Disgrifir Betsan fel “dibynadwy, cywrain ac effeithlon”  (Legal 500 2009) ac yn “dda mewn trafodaethau masnachol” (Legal 500 2010). Mae’n rhugl yn y Gymraeg ac yn cynghori sawl un o’i chleientiaid trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.

Mae Betsan yn ymddiriedolwraig gyda Sefydliad Paul Sartori ac yn rhedeg rhwydwaith merched yn Sir Benfro o’r enw “Honey”.

Yn ei hamser hamdden, mae Betsan yn mwynhau cerdded ei chi, Siôn, ym mynyddoedd y Preseli.