England - London • Corporate and commercial
Osborne Clarke LLP
Osborne Clarke LLP‘s team works with other offices in the UK and internationally to provide support in key areas such as private equity, financial services, and technology, media, and communications. The department is jointly led by Mathew Oliver, who is particularly active on behalf of IP rich companies and emerging businesses, and David Nisbet, whose focus is the private equity industry. Associate director Rob Thomas joined from Latham & Watkins in March 2021.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The team was always very clear and responsive and eager to help fix issues that came up in a commercial and practical way whilst still maintaining technical excellence.'
- 'Alex Makinson is a superstar in the real estate tax world and deserves much greater recognition for his fast and technically superb, commercial tax advice.'
- 'Matt Oliver is a machine.'
- 'Alex Makinson is always there to provide superb, in-context, tax advice which helps me do my job properly.'
Key clients
- Tenzing
- Kester Capital
- Synova
- LDC
- Growth Capital Partners
- Astrak Group
- Risk point
- Foresight
- Ultra Electronics
- BioNtech SE
Work highlights
- Advising LDC and the Plimsoll Productions management team on the sale of a majority interest in Bristol-headquartered Plimsoll Productions to ITV plc.
- Advising Synova and the company's management team on their sale and further investment into the Mintec group.
- Advising Humanstate Limited on the UK tax aspects of the sale of the international PayProp group of companies.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mathew Oliver, David Nisbet