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Irwin Mitchell
In addition to undertaking mid-market M&A, Irwin Mitchell‘s team also handles joint ventures and corporate restructurings. The team works across offices, enabling it to draw on firm-wide expertise in private equity transactions. Dean Drew is the name to note.
Practice head: John Riddick. Other key lawyers: Dean Drew.
KEY CLIENTS The Hendy Group; Spire Financial; Ross
Holdings; Hectic Europe; Emerson Process Management; Trant Engineering; David Lindley & Co; Compleat Food Network UK; Corvia; Portland Bunkers.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
• Assisted The Hendy Group with its acquisition of Unbeatable Cars.
• Assisted Ross Holdings with its acquisition and subsequent refinancing of Yarm Developments.
• Assisted Spire Financial with its joint venture with UK-listed entity JUST Group.
• Assisting the minority shareholder and angel investors with the sale of the entire issued share capital of Corvia.
• Assisted the shareholders with the sale of Compleat Food Network.
IBB
IBB (Iliffes Booth Bennett) specialises in M&A, commercial and banking work. The team caters for a wide range of clients, assisting locally- based small and medium-sized enterprises, family-owned businesses, individual shareholders, but also large multinationals.
The team has been increasingly involved in cross-border transactions through a well-developed network of international lawyers. Other areas of strength include work in the hospitality
sector, banking and finance and real estate. The names to note are practice head Adam Dowdney, Harriet Jones (promoted to partner in May 2019) and Michelle Waligora.
Practice head: Adam Dowdney.
Other key lawyers: Harriet Jones; Michelle Waligora.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS • Advised the shareholders of Rice & Cole on a share sale.
• Advised Accelerate Group on the acquisition of the Webtrends Optimize business from Webtrends.
• Advising Gamevy on documentation concerning the merger of certain operations with Lottoland.
• Advising Cofco Holdings on the sale of a Ghanaian company.
• Advised a client on refinancing and group reorganisation to facilitate hotel development.
Herrington Carmichael
Herrington Carmichael LLP‘s ‘commercially astute‘ lawyers provide ‘the high standards of service expected of a City firm‘ with ‘reasonable billings‘.
The firm focuses on M&A transactions with an international element, as well as advising on share sales and purchases, corporate restructurings, company option schemes, shareholders’ agreements and other commercial arrangements. Yavan Brar, Mark Chapman and Alex Canham are the lead partners.
Practice head: Yavan Brar.
Other key lawyers: Mark Chapman; Alex Canham.
TESTIMONIALS
‘Herrington Carmichael are able to draw on multiple areas of expertise and are very commercially minded, practical and good strategists.‘
‘Mark Chapman is extremely thorough and has a good eye for detail, but advises
with a very good balance of technical legal advice and commercial/practical suggestions.’
‘Yavan Brar is outstanding in finding solutions to every problem. He is committed in terms of his energy, time and strategic mind.’
KEY CLIENTS
Grundon Waste Management; Metro Bank; Cennox; Gavin Jones.
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