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Ashurst
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‘Major player’ Ashurst is routinely instructed by a strong roster of public UK corporate clients across myriad sectors, including financial institutions and funds, energy, technology, transport, infrastructure, retail and leisure. The team is reputed for its experience managing multi-billion pound cross-border transactions such as the £7.3 billion takeover of WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC, and regularly acts for global investment banks, offering specialist advice in relation to the Takeover Code. Other recent instructions have involved acting in several public to private transactions. Head of team Karen Davies is ’approachable and responsive’ and regularly handles cross border public M&A transactions, particularly relating to financial institutions and investment banks. Co-heading the team with Davies is ‘class act’ and ’excellent lawyer’ Nick Williamson , who specialises in M&A and ECM transactions for investment banks and private companies. Tom Mercer is a ‘standout partner,’ who also offers significant expertise in public company takeovers and mergers, as a result of his previous experience as secretary to the UK Takeover Panel. Managing client relationships with the likes of Rothschild and Deutsche Bank, offering strategic corporate advice and handling high-value transactions is James Fletcher. Aimee Carroll-Hewitt is another key lawyer in the London team
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Testimonials
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‘Ashurst takes the time to get to know their clients and specifically the important factors to a business client at the outset of a matter. This allows them to gain the insights required to provide more commercially focused legal advice, which has helped make commercial negotiations with counterparties and board discussions, much more efficient. I think this sets them apart from other lawyers I have worked with who take a more blanket approach to business clients operating in the same industry and is why they have remained long standing legal advisers of our organisation.’
‘I would like to give special mention to two people at Ashurst who I have worked with - Braeden Donnelly and Karen Davies. Both these individuals have always been approachable and responsive. They consistently provide reliable legal support, even where not formally instructed on matters. It doesn’t matter how small and inconsequential the question is, they can always be counted on to provide insightful and dynamic legal advice. In any interaction with Karen and Braeden, it is clear that while they are both successful city lawyers, they have a true passion to help people.’
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Key clients
- CareTech
- Pan American Silver Corporation
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Work highlights
- Assisted the founders of CareTech, with Three Hills Capital Partners LLP private equity, in relation to the £870.3m P2P recommended cash and share acquisition of CareTech Holdings PLC.
- Advised Pan American Silver Corp. on its $4.8bn offer with Agnico Eagle Limited for Yamana Gold Inc.
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