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M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m

RPC

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With ‘super experience in M&A’ and a ’great knowledge of industry,’ the team at RPC regularly works with a series of household names across various sectors, private equity and financial sponsors. Team leader Karen Hendy also co-leads the retail practice, handling listed company matters including takeovers, restructuring and M&A. The ‘client focused’ James Mee leads on insurance and financial services M&A mandates, while the highly experienced Neil Brown frequently handles large transactions in the insurance, technology and retail sectors. Senior corporate lawyer Nigel Collins has a growing Japanese client base and advises on a range of matters including investments, acquisitions, disposals and restructuring. Jeremy Cunningham is recommended for his work in the tech and media sectors. Other names to note include Ben Magahy, who acts as lead associate on M&A and corporate transactions involving private equity and financial sponsors.

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Testimonials

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  • 'They are really happy to tackle problems head on and give very well-rounded advice. They have great knowledge of industry and always there to tackle troubles ahead. They have super experience in M&A and a real voice of reason!'
  • 'Neil Brown was the lead and brilliant at pulling in right people at the right time.'
  • 'The team has a very client focused and commercial approach.'
  • 'James Mee is very client focused and goes above and beyond. Marsha Williamson is a fantastic associate.'
  • 'They team has a very commercial, transparent and open approach. The lawyers are responsive.'
  • 'I value Jeremy Cunningham's responsiveness and that he is always looking for solutions and helping me analyse risk in the right way. He is very good at unpicking what matters and what does not. He is also excellent at managing and weaving in interaction from other disciplines e.g. employment, tax etc.'

Key clients

  • Frasers Group
  • Howden Group
  • MS Amlin
  • Ernst & Young
  • Ebury
  • Shepherd Neame
  • Saracens Rugby Club
  • Triumph
  • Dellner Woodville
  • Ceres Power
  • Agribriefing
  • Berkshire Hathaway
  • Aviva
  • Mosaic Insurance
  • Assured Partners
  • DG Innovate
  • Milk Visual Effects

Work highlights

  • Advised global top ten insurer MS Amlin on a Lloyd's insurance market deal valued at £1.2 billion.
  • Advised the management team of Agribriefing on the sale of Agribriefing to Five Arrows Principal Investments and Synova backed Mintec.
  • Advised Ebury Partners and acted on multiple matters worth $21 billion altogether in the last 12 months.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Nigel Collins

RPC

Partner, Head of Japan Desk. Nigel is a senior corporate lawyer with extensive experience and a deep cultural knowledge of Japan and Japanese business. Focusing on a broad range of work including acquisitions, disposals, investments, joint ventures, restructuring and general corporate, Nigel advises a wide range of leading Japanese corporates across multiple sectors and geographies.  He is fluent in Japanese and maintains a wide ranging and extensive network of contacts both in the UK and Japan.

Karen Hendy

RPC

Partner and Head of Corporate. Karen Hendy is an insightful and pragmatic Partner and leads RPC's Corporate practice. Regularly acting for both public (listed) and privately held companies, Karen supports clients undertaking a broad range of corporate transactions, including public and private M&A, and equity capital markets work. She also provides advice on corporate law and governance issues. Karen has particular expertise in the retail sector. Karen was also featured in The Lawyer Hot 100 list for 2018. Karen has been recognised as Leading Individual for Retail and Consumer by The Legal 500 UK (2021).

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Karen Hendy

Other key lawyers

James Mee, Neil Brown, Nigel Collins, Jeremy Cunningham, Ben Magahy, Marsha Williamson

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