The Corporate team consists of 10 partners, 13 associates, 1 trainee, 2 paralegals, 1 professional development lawyer and a high quality secretarial and word processing support team. The team operates as one combined team based in the London and Cardiff offices. It is Tier 1 ranked by Legal 500 and Band 2 ranked by Chambers & Partners in the London market and is expanding in both Cardiff and London.
The range of work we carry out includes mergers and acquisitions, all aspects of corporate finance work through the various investment cycles, acting for founders, companies and the funds that invest in them. This includes debt financing. In terms of banking, traditionally our work has been on the borrower side but we have more recently seen an uptick in work acting for lenders and other credit providers. Within our Corporate team sits our tax and employee incentives group and we have recently also added financial services regulatory expertise.
Our clients are interesting and diverse and range from founders and owner-managed entrepreneurial businesses, to investors and funders, through to large businesses including companies listed in the UK and overseas.
We act for many of the world’s leading marketing communications networks, as well as large independent agencies. We act for many cutting edge tech businesses, and high-profile tech investors both inside and outside the UK. We also act for clients in other sectors including financial services, media and entertainment, publishing, professional services, sport, music, fashion, retail, hospitality and leisure.
Each associate is allocated a Career Development Partner from amongst the team’s partners, who will have general responsibility for development of the associate.
All members of our team are given the opportunity to help grow our business and participate fully in our business development initiatives which may range from a variety of sector-based events, to writing in industry journals and presenting at seminars. We are keen that our associates play an active role in this aspect of our business and they are encouraged to contribute with their own ideas and initiatives. All associates have a business development plan: we see this as a commitment of the firm to support these activities (even if comparatively minor), rather than a specific performance measurement rubric. |