Megan Wright, who leads the corporate and commercial offering at Stuarts Humphries, has a portfolio of notable corporate transactions, including SPACs, liquidations, licensing, M&A, joint ventures, and other strategic structuring. Senior duo Jonathan McLean and Chris Humphries add vast experience; McLean in corporate structures and navigation of regulatory issues, and Humphries in corporate and commercial transactions for private and listed clients. Key support comes from Buck Grizzel.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Highly practical, experienced, and commercial.'

  • ‘Megan Wright - one of the most thoughtful, thorough, and experienced funds lawyers in the space. Takes a measured and commercial approach to complex issues. Highly responsive and practical.'

  • 'Chris Humphrires -methodical, experienced.'
  • 'Joseph Bates is thorough and responsive.’
  • ‘Proactive, great turn around and responsive.’

  • ‘Chris Humphries & Megan Wright - Chris offers great insight, experience and knowledge. Megan likewise and is particularly proactive and easy to work with.’

  • ‘Big fans of Chris Humphries and Megan Wright.’

  • ‘The team is great. Particularly, there is very little personel churn, so employee and partner loyalty to the firm is very high. This makes it a reliable partner and a lot of institutional knowledge remains within the firm unaffected by people changes.’

Key clients

  • Israel Acquisitions Corp
  • Fungible Limited
  • Fantom
  • AEI CapForce Investment Corp
  • EAPES
  • Watchbox Holdings US Inc
  • Xeptiva Therapeutics

Work highlights

  • Advised Web3 client EAPES on the formation and establishment of its Cayman company structure to act as a virtual asset financial services provider and registration as a virtual service provider with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.
  • Assisted Fantom with an audit of each of its regulated entities.
  • Advised AEI CapForce Investment Corp on the formation of a Cayman Islands SPAC and LLC sponsor vehicle.

Lawyers

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Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Megan Wright

Other key lawyers

Chris Humphries, Jonathan McLean, Buck Grizzel, Joseph Bates