Nicole is a Corporate Partner. She advises both listed and unlisted companies on all aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures, with a particular focus on the Industrials and Technology sectors.

Nicole's experience

  • Advised Sammons Industrial, a multinational industrial group, on the disposal of materials handling equipment provider Briggs Equipment UK to pension capital firm IFM Investors.

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  • Advised APG Cash Drawer Limited, a leading cash management solutions provider, on the sale of its business and assets to a newly established entity backed by management and an investment firm.

  • Advised Schneider Electric Industries SAS on the sale of its plastic extrusion and assembly business in Flint, specialising in the manufacturing of trunking products, to the Goodfish Group.

  • Advised the shareholders of Adare SEC , a UK-based leader in multi-channel communication management on the disposal of Adare to to Mail Metrics, a rapidly growing customer communications technology provider serving financial and regulated industries.

  • Advised LKQ Group, a global automotive aftermarket leader, on the entry by LKQ Europe GmbH into a joint venture with Synetiq Limited to form LKQ Synetiq Limited, combining distribution and recycling expertise to address EU regulations on end-of-life vehicles and battery recycling, including hybrid and EV parts.

  • Advised the Financial Times on its acquisition of Invisso, a premier organiser of events for the structured finance, bond and private credit markets, from Delinian. The acquisition will expand FT Live’s premium events offering in the US and Europe.

  • Advised Iress Limited, a financial services software provider, on the sale of its UK Mortgages business which provides mortgage sales and origination software to Bain Capital.

  • Advised on the auction disposal of Readypower Rail Services, the specialist rail and infrastructure services provider, to Angel Trains.

  • Advised Doncasters Group, a leading international manufacturer of high-precision alloy components, on its acquisition of Uni-Pol, a manufacturer of superalloy cast parts with manufacturing facilities in China, India, Mexico and the UK.

  • Advised a private equity firm on the share sale of a leading antenna provider to a private custom technology company. The deal involved a wide minority shareholder base which required the carrying out of a drag along process to ensure transfer of the entire issued share capital.

Credentials

  • 2026
    Thomson Reuters Stand Out Lawyer
  • 2015
    Made Partner at Pinsent Masons
  • 2002
    Qualified - England and Wales
  • 2000
    Joined Pinsent Masons
  • 1999
    Nottingham Law School – Dip LP
  • 1998
    University of Birmingham – LLB (Hons)
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