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DMH Stallard LLP Offices

DMH Stallard LLP
1ST FLOOR, WONERSH HOUSE
THE GUILDWAY, OLD PORTSMOUTH ROAD
GUILDFORD
GU3 1LR
England
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Helen Mead

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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Helen is a partner in our Guildford office and has more than 20 years’ experience as a corporate and M&A lawyer.

Career

Helen specialises in share and asset acquisitions and disposals, mergers, corporate structures / restructuring, joint ventures, investments, private equity and management buy-ins and buy-outs and is a highly skilled adviser in respect of corporate structures and transactions.

Helen has been involved in transactions in a variety of industry sectors including travel, aviation, retail, insurance and IT / technology; her expertise supports entrepreneurs and owner managers, corporate businesses and those looking to invest in or start a new business. She is very well known and highly regarded within the corporate finance community in the south east in particular.  Her interest and experience in the travel sector has resulted in a number of presentations at ABTA training events.

Helen joined DMH Stallard in April 2019 after a 20-year career with another regional firm where she headed up the corporate team.

Work highlights

  • Advising the shareholders of Atelier Ten, an award-winning environmental design consultancy as it joined the Surbana Jurong Group
  • Advising British bicycle manufacturer, Whyte Bikes, on significant private equity investment
  • Advising on sale of shares of family-owned leisure adventure provider, In2action
  • Advising the management team of the secondary MBO of Viande Group, the largest independent wholesale butcher and poulterer in the south east
  • Acting on the merger of two vineyards and winery businesses
  • Acting on the sale of a business performance improvement (via cognitive and emotional activities) company
  • Acting for the management team on a partial MBO of a design, graphics and 3D production business
  • Acting on the sale of a cyber security, testing, consultancy and training business
  • Advising the shareholders of Chandlers Building Supplies on their merger with Parkers creating a builders merchant with combined revenues of £180 million and over 750 employees
  • Acting for Global Risk Partners on their acquisition of the Birrell Group (the group comprises Kingsway Insurance Services and Bausor Hall Associates) and on a number of other acquisitions
  • Acting for the buyer on the purchase of AFTA Tours Limited

Languages

English

Memberships

Personal awards

Helen has received several award nominations throughout her career; she won Corporate Lawyer of the Year at the 2010 Insider Dealmakers Awards and was recognised with a special commendation at the Women of the Future Awards 2007. Helen led the team working on the transaction that won the Insider Dealmakers Deal of the Year (£10m+) 2020 (Chandlers Building Supplies). in 2021, Helen won Corporate Lawyer of the Year at the Surrey Law Society Awards.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex

(Leading partners)

Helen Mead – DMH Stallard LLP

With a ‘full breadth of knowledge’, the practice at DMH Stallard LLP, based in Gatwick, is led by Jonathan Grant on the corporate side and John Yates on the commercial. The corporate team is active in a number of EOT deals and also several clearances for overseas buyers under the NSIA, with a particular focus on professional services and healthcare. Helen Mead and Abigail Owen are key names to note for their extensive M&A experience. Meanwhile, the commercial practice is often engaged to handle commercial agreements, supply chain management, procurement and routes to market, as well as assisting with data protection, confidentiality and joint ventures.

London > Transport > Travel

The ‘forward-thinking team’ at DMH Stallard LLP in Brighton has strong capabilities handling the gamut of commercial and regulatory matters. It frequently advises on cases regarding booking terms and conditions, package travel terms, and villa rental arrangements. It also provides GDPR and data protection assistance. Debbie Venn is the head of the group, noted as being a ‘particular expert in travel-related GDPR issues’. The team has advised on the longer term impacts of Covid-19 regulations on travel, and it has the capacity to handle disputes. Rebecca Thornley-Gibson has expertise in employment-related matters overseas, including senior executive exit strategies, employee relations issues, and advising on contractual documentation for seconded employees, while Helen Mead harnesses a corporate and M&A specialism which she applies in travel contexts.

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