England - London • Corporate and commercial
Travers Smith LLP
The 'dedicated and highly motivated' Travers Smith LLP team advises domestic and international clients in a range of matters, including asset management, corporate finance, M&A, and tax disputes. Department head Russell Warren is particularly active on behalf of private fund and asset management clients, and has broad transactional tax expertise. Also key are Emily Clark, who leads the asset management team, Mahesh Varia, who is head of incentives & remuneration, and Simon Skinner, whose practice covers both corporate and individual taxation. Hannah Manning specialises in private equity and M&A transactions. Transactions specialist Madeline Gowlett, and Elena Rowlands, whose focus is the taxation of asset managers, are names to note.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The corporate tax team has excellent tax lawyers with a focus on delivering technically excellent and commercially sensible advice. This is a firm clients go to for the right answer (whether it is in the circumstances favourable or not). Members of the tax team are dedicated and highly motivated with a wealth of experience.’
‘Emily Clark is an excellent and well respected tax partner with an in depth understanding of the private equity market, and gives well-balanced and commercially sensible advice.’
‘Unique depth of private equity experienced lawyers with excellent resource and execution skills.’
‘The calibre of the advice provided by the team is well-known but what makes Travers' tax team standout is the clear way this is set out and the practical, commercial approach they take. Clients are given solutions to complex problems in a succinct and direct way.’
‘Hannah Manning is a go-to adviser for management teams on refinancing and exit events and always provides an excellent service for her clients. ’
Key clients
- Bridgepoint
- Brown & Brown, Inc.
- InstaVolt Limited
- Micro Focus International plc
- ECI Partners
- Ancala Partners
- Noble Corporation
- Inflexion
- Premium Credit
- The Access Group
- Livingbridge
- Storeshield Limited
- Equistone Partners
- Elysium Healthcare
- Bridgepoint Development Capital
- Northleaf Capital
- Burger King UK
- Lifezone Metals
Work highlights
- Advised Lifezone Metals, a developer of cleaner metals for EV batteries, on its combination with GoGreen Investments.
- Advised its long-standing client Micro Focus International plc (Micro Focus), the global enterprise software company, on the proposed US$375 million sale of its Digital Safe business to Smarsh, Inc.
- Advised on investment work for long-standing client Bridgepoint, including its sale of Miller Homes, one of the U.K.'s leading homebuilders, to funds managed by Apollo affiliates.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Russell Warren