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Bristows LLP Offices

Bristows LLP
100 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT
LONDON
EC4Y 0DH
England
Visit website 020 7400 8000 020 7400 8050

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Louise Eldridge

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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Louise advises on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings (including IPOs and secondary public offers) and joint ventures.

Louise is particularly experienced in domestic and international M&A, equity financings and other corporate transactions for clients in technology and IP-rich businesses.

Louise acts for both domestic and international clients from growth companies to financial institutions, global multinationals, venture capital and private equity investors.

She advises clients across a range of industries, with particular emphasis on technology, media & marcoms, and life sciences.

Louise is head of Bristows’ multi-discipline fintech practice in which role she acts for both UK and international clients across the sector from start-ups developing technology to investors and corporates investing in this rapidly expanding area. The fintech practice covers a wide range of fintech payment services, regtech, insurtech, digital transformation, A1, robotics and distributed ledger technology. Louise also has experience advising on a broad range of corporate insolvency matters including:

  • providing strategic and advisory support for company boards;
  • advising on directors’ duties; and
  • restructuring transactions, administrations and liquidations.

On insolvency related matters Louise acts for individual directors, company boards and insolvency practitioners.

Career

Qualified 2003
Partner 2012
Head of Fintech 2018 – present

Languages

French.

Memberships

Tech London Advocates

Education

Kings William’s College, Castletown, Isle of Man;
University of Reading, BA French 1998

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m

(Leading partners)

Louise Eldridge –Bristows LLP

Bristows LLP is a tour de force in the London M&A market. The practice is particularly adept in the life sciences and technology sectors, alongside other IP-rich industries. With extensive experience assisting both public and private companies on domestic and cross-border transactions, the group continues to widen its client roster with impressive names. Leading the team is Iain Redford, whose areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, financings, and joint ventures. Redford regularly advises multinational technology and life sciences businesses on high-value multijurisdictional deals. Venture capital and private equity investment specialist Matt Dennis is frequently instructed by clients from the TMT and life sciences sectors on mergers and acquisitions. Other notable names are Louise Eldridge, who concentrates on M&A, venture capital investment transactions, and joint ventures, and Marek Petecki, who specialises in debt and equity financing, M&A, spin-outs, joint ventures, and restructuring. They act for private equity funds, start-ups, and healthcare companies. David Horner stands out for his experience handling cross-border M&A deals, while Richard Swaine is capable of advising on private acquisitions and disposals, distressed M&A transactions, and management buy-outs. Nick Cross and Sophie Rees are also key contacts in the group for their aptitude in international mergers and acquisitions.

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