About me
I’m an experienced transactional lawyer in the firm’s Corporate team, specialising in mergers and acquisitions and all manner of related corporate transactions.
My clients are typically entrepreneurs, owner-managed businesses, SMEs and listed public companies.
I base my approach on gaining a full understanding of what my clients wish to achieve and, by drawing on my many years of experience, proposing how we get there within fair and reasonable parameters. Pragmatism is invariably necessary and my clients appreciate that I’m always constructive, work hard and do my utmost to deliver on my promises.
Achieving a positive outcome for a client, either to help them continue on a successful growth journey or to realise the benefits of many years of hard work, is the reason I became a corporate lawyer – it makes all the hard work worthwhile.
Away from work, I help raise funds for our nominated office charity, which in my own small way helps give something back to my local community.
My experience
- Acting on behalf of Johnson Service Group in connection with various strategic disposals and acquisitions, including the £32m disposal of facilities management business, SGP, and acquisition of multiple linen and textile rental businesses, including Celtic Linen (Ireland), Empire Linen Services, London Linen Supply and Bourne Textile Services.
- Acting on behalf of Chetwood Financial in connection with its acquisition of CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries.
- Leading a team on behalf of The Billington Group in connection with its disposal of Billington Bioenergy to Drax and acting for The Billington Group in connection its buyout of Carrs Billington Agriculture and its acquisition of TSC Foods, the company behind the Glorious! soups range.
- Leading teams on behalf of Lawrence Automotive Interiors in connection with its acquisition of the Jaguar Land Rover veneers manufacturing facility and ongoing supply arrangements and the subsequent $35m acquisition for the same client of aluminium trim components manufacturers in Wales and the USA.
- Acting for the sellers on the sale of pharmaceuticals manufacturer, Bell, Sons & Co (Druggists), to Marksans Pharma, an Indian listed company, for £11m and the subsequent £6m sale for the same sellers of detergent manufacturer Hale Group Limited to the European division of Zep Inc, the NYSE listed company.
- Advising building materials and construction accessories group CRH on the UK aspects of acquiring €6.5 billion (£4.9 billion) of assets, including UK-based Tarmac Lafarge and advising on, coordinating and managing legal advice across five foreign jurisdictions on the £85m acquisition of the Ancon group of companies.