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Matthew  Lea

Matthew Lea

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner, Corporate

Career

Matt has been advising on corporate legal matters since 2013, focusing on transactional M&A for his client which includes share purchases and sales, company restructurings, and corporate funding. As one of the corporate Partners, Matt and his team specialise in the technology and healthcare sectors.

Reorganisation / Demergers

£60m M&A and Reorganisation of NYSE listed satellite communication company to TSX-listed Canadian Satellite Builder, with involvement from Herrington Carmichael’s Commercial, Employment and Immigration teams.

£27m complex demerger of multiple group entitles of London-based professional serviced office provider.

£6m Reorganisation of a Hampshire-based IT Services provider with a complex 8 stage demerger of its subsidiaries by a reduction of capital to facilitate the sale of the trading businesses to an employee ownership trust.

Tech M&A

£9.5m Sale to multi-national sports technology business

£7m sale of entire issued share capital and merger of NetSuite Solution Provider to FPE Capital Private Equity

£3.5m acquisition of an Irish HQd transport, warehousing and logistics software solutions provider

Healthcare M&A

Over £10m in aggregate of entire issued share capital sales of various dental laboratories to multi-national Dental brand, CORUS, with the same goal of integration of dental laboratories within Europe.

Leisure

In his spare time, Matt enjoys cooking, watching rugby, and spending time with his Bulldog-Rottweiler cross called ‘Nacho’.

Mentions

Corporate and commercial • South East

Corporate and commercial: Hampshire