Lawyers

Charlotte Cannell

Charlotte Cannell

Shoosmiths LLP, West Midlands

Work Department

Corporate Midlands

Position

Charlotte is a Principal Associate in our corporate department advising on all aspects of corporate law, including venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, turnaround/distressed situations, and private equity transactions.

Charlotte works with a variety of clients including private companies, venture capital investors and companies, management teams and owner managed businesses. Recent experience includes advising:

EVC Chargers Ltd on the £165m investment by Denham Capital; BGF on their investment into Brompton Bicycle; Pentech Ventures, Pi Labs, Outward VC and West Loop Ventures on their exit from Vauban; Twenty7Tec Group on its acquisition of Bluecoat Software; N Family Club on the £42.5m investment by Gresham House; Peloton, on its acquisition of Rogo Scott; Gresham House's British Sustainable Infrastructure Funds on their £164 million follow-on investment into Borderlink Broadband Limited; the shareholders of Bramble Foods Limited, a successful manufacturer and distributor of fine foods, on the investment from mid-market private equity firm LDC; GEMS Education on the sale of GEMS' international schools, Tropicana Metropark in Kuala Lumpar and Pearl City in Penang, to XCL Education; VivoPower, an international battery technology, electric vehicle and solar power services company, on their capital raising of $28.75 million through the issuance of new shares on Nasdaq; Gresham House Ventures on their £63 million investment into Telcom Group Ltd, a full-stack UK internet service provider; MML Capital Partners on the disposal of training and education platform, Learning Curve Group, to Agilitas Private Equity; Titgemeyer, a German manufacturing business on its acquisition of Yorkshire based Cirteq Limited, a leading international circlip specialist; and Safanad, an American private equity fund on its investment in Rimstock, a Cayman manufacturing business.

Career

Charlotte completed her degree in Law with Criminology at Keele University in 2013, and then completed her LPC at the University of Law in Birmingham in 2014.