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Tim Bird

Fieldfisher, London

Work Department

Corporate M&A and Venture Capital 

Position

Partner

Career

Tim leads the firm's Tech M&A practice and his clients include regular acquirers as well as US and Japanese-listed clients such as Tokyo-listed Glory Group and NASDAQ-listed Wayside Technology Group, Inc. 

Tim is known for advising corporates on VC transactions.

Recent transactions include Glory's €200 million acquisition of 80% of Acrelec Group S.A.S. in France, Glory's acquisition of 53% of Cash Payment Solutions GmbH in Germany, Wayside Technology Group, Inc.'s acquisition of CDF Group Limited in the UK for $17.4 million, and various acquisitions and minority investments for Accenture (confidential).

Tim has been a mentor at the Sport Tech Hub in London where he advises early stage sports tech ventures on raising funding.

Tim is a regular publisher/broadcaster of articles/podcasts on M&A, e.g.:

 When is the best time to sell your business?

 Keeping tech M&A deals on the rails

 Impact of coronavirus on M&A

 The UK-Japan trade deal: Opportunities and challenges for corporate governance

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