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Marriott Harrison LLP
Marriott Harrison LLP fields a ‘commercially agile’ corporate team, well regarded for its capabilities in advising progressive private corporate and leading investors on the full scope of M&A transactions. The team has been increasingly active on cross-border M&A transactions aimed at venture capital backed businesses in the last year. Practice head Jonathan Leigh-Hunt acts for a diverse roster of clients – including management teams, owners and investee companies – on a host of corporate transactions. Ben Devons has experience across the media, technology, retail and professional services sectors, and has been described as a practitioner who is ’calm, composed but robustly defends clients on key issues.’
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Testimonials
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‘Jon Sweet - experience, wisdom, responsiveness, just excellent to deal with.'
‘Great blend of knowledge and commercial awareness.'
‘Ben Devons is my go-to lawyer to refer all corporate clients. Very good on detail. Calm and composed, but robustly defends clients on key issues.’
‘The team is commercially agile and very reactive in understanding objectives. Extremely reactive and well-organised, always meeting deadlines. Professional approach with a personal touch.'
‘The understanding and personal support that is provided across the team is unprecedented, Highly recommend them.'
‘The level of care and speciality that was used in our company buyout was well beyond what we had expected. MH seem to have a specialist for every area of the process, which leads to a smooth transaction. Communication is also outstanding across the board.’
‘David Baverstock, Daniel Jacob, Rima Mehay, Despina Devons, to name a few, are all outstanding.'
Key clients
- Chiltern Capital
- Balderton Capital
- Accel Partners
- Coolabi Group
- Gresham House
- Shutterstock
- Sophos
- UKG, Inc
- The Fulham Shore plc
- Amplience
- Delta Capital Group
- Keyloop
- Planet Organic Limited
- D30
- Perfect Image Ltd
- Beringea
- Primsole Holdings
- Creightons
- Audiotonix
Work highlights
- Advised Chiltern Capital on the management buyout of International Decorative Surfaces (IDS), a surface materials specialist manufactured distributor.
- Acted for the selling shareholders of Hamilton Fraser to a leading PE backed UK insurance intermediary.
- Advised Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cyber security, on its acquisition of SOC.OS Cyber Security Ltd, a spinout of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jonathan Leigh-Hunt