England - London • Corporate and commercial
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
The ‘strong’ corporate team at Trowers & Hamlins LLP focus primarily on private company M&A, with particular expertise across the healthcare, real estate and leisure sectors. The team earn further praise for its ability to provide this expertise with a ’personal touch’. Practice head Tim Nye advises widely on private equity matters and is noted for his ability to find ‘creative solutions to often very complex problems and structures’. Alison Chivers, a health and social care M&A specialist, is a key port of call for private equity and family office investors. The ’consistently reliable, communicative and knowledgeable’ Nick Harrisingh leads the firm’s corporate real estate team, and is routinely engaged by entrepreneurs and owner managers in the TMT sector on exits and fundraisings. The national team has been strengthened by the arrival of Manchester based Paul Ellaby who joined the firm from DAC Beachcroft LLP in April 2022. All other named lawyers are based in London.
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Testimonials
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‘A big enough team to deal with all the various aspects of closing out a deal, yet still allowing for the personal touch.’
‘Stuart Mathews was our lead partner - a very personable individual, and able to explain complex legal issues in layman's language. A real asset to the firm.’
‘We have had the benefit of working with a strong team headed by Tim Nye, who is incredibly creative and willing to think outside of the box in order to help us achieve our commercial objectives, often in situations that require navigating complex issues within tight timeframes.'
'The team at Trowers know our business inside out, and it really does feel like they are an extension of our in-house legal function.’
‘We rely on Tim Nye for all of our corporate needs. He is always available and attentive, with a real can-do attitude. He is not afraid of thinking outside of the box to come up with creative solutions to often very complex problems and structures.'
- 'We rely on Kyle Holling for all our real estate needs. He has in depth legal and market knowledge of the affordable housing space and is my first port of call on real estate matters. He is very responsive and is happy to be available to answer ad hoc queries when required.’
‘Excellent team with good collaboration, prompt responses and truly partner led process which instils confidence.’
‘Nick Harrisingh is consistently reliable, communicative and knowledgeable on all size of transactions and brings in colleagues where appropriate with little fuss.’
Key clients
- Swanton Care & Community Limited
- Ensera UK Bidco Limited (a member of the Steripack Group)
- CNX Therapeutics Limited
- Matthew Cox and Charles Oliver (the shareholders of Hale International Recruitment Limited)
- Shareholders of Childs Farm (including Andrew Leek and Joanna Jensen)
- Inflexion Private Equity
- NTG Holdings Limited
- Sean and Sally Williams
- Management Team of Cakesmiths
- Bob Fraser, Diane Fraser and Bruce Clothier
- Willow AssetCo Limited
- The Disabilities Trust
- The shareholders of TritonExec
- The Shareholders of Oakley Advisory Limited
- Keith Bedell-Pearce, Jack Bedell-Pearce, David Barker and Steven Wright
- Octopus Real Estate
- Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP
- Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd
- Upperton Limited
- Ignite Growth LLP
Work highlights
- Advised CNX Therapeutics Limited (an Inflexion private equity backed speciality pharmaceutical company) on its acquisition of Synchrony Pharma Limited and its existing portfolio of commercialised products.
- Advised Joanna Jensen and the other selling shareholders on their sale of the entire issued share capital of Childs Farm (the UK baby and child personal care brand) to consumer goods business PZ Cussons).
- Advised leading care home investor, Octopus Real Estate, on a £100m acquisition and funding deal with The Hamberley Group, which is backed by Patron Capital.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tim Nye