About me
I work as a Corporate lawyer, advising both private and public listed companies on a wide range of domestic and international transactions, with a particular focus on the technology sector, specifically IT services, fintech, medtech and healthtech.
I also regularly advise businesses operating in the financial services, life sciences and leisure sectors.
My practice covers the full business lifecycle, from start-up to exit. This includes advising on investment transactions, M&A, flotations, RTOs, placings and open offers, as well as joint ventures, share buybacks and other corporate reorganisations.
Having previously served as in-house counsel for both Rothschild & Co and RBS Insurance, I’ve gained a valuable client-side understanding of what is and isn’t important to clients and how best to deliver that advice.
I firmly believe that it’s the strength and depth of the client relationship coupled with relevant experience that enables lawyers to provide their clients with the best advice at the right time. For me, developing strong client relationships, built on trust and understanding is the most rewarding part of what I do.
Away from work, I coach my daughter's grassroots football team, the perfect way to switch my mind to something completely different after a busy day!
My experience
- Advised HANetf, Europe’s first and leading white-label ETF and ETC service provider, on a growth capital investment from US banking group Citi.
- Advised 4basebio PLC, which develops and commercialises the large-scale manufacture of synthetic DNA as well as nanoparticle delivery solutions, on an investment from Elevage Medical Technologies, a Patient Square Capital platform, and Prudential Assurance Company Limited (acting by its investment manager M&G Investment Management Limited). The investment consisted of a £40 million issuance of new shares and the acquisition of £29.4 million of shares from certain existing shareholders.
- Advised the founders of leading independent ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) digital transformation business and global Workday partner, CloudRock, on a partnership-led investment by Growth Capital Partners (GCP).
- Advised the shareholders of whyaye, a UK-based consulting services provider for the ServiceNow platform, on the sale of whyaye to global consultancy, EY.
- Advised the shareholders of Engage ESM, a leading provider in the enterprise service management sector and a ServiceNow Gold Services Partner, on the sale of Engage ESM to Paris-listed Atos, a global leader in digital services.
- Advised the lead investor on an £8.75m investment into Causeway Therapeutics, a University of Glasgow spin-out specialising in tendon disease, to advance the development of microRNA therapeutics.
- Advised the Nomad on the AIM IPO of a life sciences business.
- Advised a behavioural data analytics business on its 4-million-pound investment from MMC Ventures as well as the follow on 7-million-pound investment from MMC and a new investor.
- Acted for a restaurant group on its sixty-five-million-pound admission to AIM (including a twenty-five million pound placing, two acquisitions and a debt refinance).
- Advised the vehicle managed by a global wealth management business on the acquisition of a worldwide financial planning firm.
