We empower our clients to achieve more, through our deep service knowledge

Overview

We are able to draw upon considerable resources, enabling us to act in a co-ordinated way with small companies and multinationals alike. Bringing together specialists in corporate finance, private equity and equity capital markets, the group allows our clients to benefit from a multidisciplinary approach through a single team.

Key Contacts

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Andrew Masraf
Partner - Head of Corporate

Our understanding of the issues facing businesses through our sector-focused approach allows us to offer commercial and pragmatic advice to help you achieve your objectives.

Through a network of teams we are able to advise international clients on their strategic objectives across multiple jurisdictions.

Working with clients to create shareholder value

We are well-placed to advise clients on all their corporate legal needs, including:

Strategic Transactions – public takeover, M&A, and company disposals
Public Markets – IPO and Secondary Issues on the UK Official list, AIM and other international public markets
Private Equity – working with institutional private equity, venture capital investors and management teams
Alternative Investment Vehicles - Investment Funds
Regulatory - Financial Services
Managing Corporate Structures – company secretarial support, company structures
Directors Obligations – development and training for company directors
Partnering – Joint Venture agreements and strategic alliances with key trading partners
Governance – understanding and applying Corporate Governance principles

The following are examples of our client successes:

Advised Horizon Acquisition Company plc, the buyout vehicle listed on the London Stock Exchange, on its US$855m acquisition of US based global temporary power provider, APR Energy.
Advising Abbot Group plc, a FTSE 250 listed leader in oil and gas drilling equipment and services, on its £906 million sale to First Reserve, the US private equity group via the acquisition vehicle Turbo Alpha.
Advising Aker Solutions ASA on the acquisition of approximately £100 million of shares in Qserv Ltd, a leading provider of well, process and pipeline services in the North Sea and International markets.
Advising Wal-Mart on the sale of Gazeley Limited Group, the property development subsidiary of ASDA, to Economic Zones World, a Dubai World company.
Advising Shore Capital, on the US$110 million (£55.65 million) private placing and flotation of Da Vinci Capital Management's CIS Private Sector Growth Fund on the Specialist Fund Market (SFM). This is the first vehicle to list on the SFM, the London Stock Exchange’s public capital market for alternative investment vehicles.
Advised Englefield Capital LLP and Cognetas LLP (formerly Electra Partners Europe LLP) on the acquisition of Morrison plc, a utilities services business.