England - London • Corporate and commercial
Macfarlanes LLP
Housing a ‘responsive team with excellent partners and associates’, Macfarlanes LLP is noted for its expertise in the asset management arena, with demonstrable capability in handling matters concerning wealth management and platform and discretionary management, in addition to ESG affairs. Praised as ’knowledgeable and approachable’, Alexandra Green jointly leads the practice alongside Michael Sholem, who joined the firm from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in October 2022.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Alexandra Green provides clear and informed advice.’
‘A very responsive team with excellent partners and associates.’
‘Alexandra Green is knowledgeable, approachable, and gives timely, practical advice. I would not go to anyone else.’
‘Great people and commercial advice provided.’
‘Macfarlanes are able to offer expertise across a range of areas, often diverse in nature, and as such can support on complex, often unique, scenarios. They are very client-focused, and take time to understand the business in detail in order to offer tailored, commercial solutions to the matter in hand.’
‘Michael Sholem provides excellent advice.’
‘Tiffany Cox is an outstanding regulatory lawyer providing practical advice and is very prompt in responses. She is forging ahead in the ESG practice at Macfarlanes.’
‘Alexandra Green gives very practical, proportionate advice. Understands the client very well.’
Key clients
- Jupiter Asset Management
- Legal & General
- Hayfin Capital Management
- Arcmont Asset Management
- JO Hambro
- Valderrama Limited
- Muzinich
- BMS Group
Work highlights
- Advising Arcmont Asset management on its sale to Nurveen.
- Advising BMS Group on its sale to its existing shareholders and its agreements with Eurazeo for an additional investment.
- Advising Valderrama Limited on the proposal to acquire the entire issued, and to be issued, share capital of Dignity Plc.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alexandra Green, Michael Sholem