Shoosmiths LLP

Corporate Midlands

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.

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.