Noted for its expertise across a range of sectors, including infrastructure, financial services, wealth management and technology, Travers Smith LLP is frequently involved in high-value matters, comprising public takeovers, group combinations, acquisitions and investments. Entrusted by FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies, private equity firms and financial sponsors, the practice is noted for its dedicated listed company advisory team. Key figures include joint practice heads Spencer Summerfield , who maintains a broad and busy practice; Adrian West, who is praised for his ‘deep equity capital market knowledge’; and Lucie Cawood, head of the firm’s private equity and financial sponsors group. Elsewhere in the team, Andrew Gillen routinely advises listed and larger private companies in relation to public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate governance matters.
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‘Reassuring across all aspects of the relationship: top quality partners, very strong associates, more than pleasant to work alongside.'
‘Jon Reddington provides a strong combination of calmness, expertise and market experience.'
'Jonathan Walters combines incredible responsiveness with considered advice.'
'Adrian West is consummate; knows the market well and adds deep equity capital market knowledge to the public deals.’
Key clients
- Zegona Communications plc
- Swisscom
- Deutsche Numis
- Inflexion
- Greenfield Enterprises
- Lifezone Metals
- DIF Capital Partners
- Aurelius Group
- IK Partners
- BUUK Infrastructure
- finnCap
- EMIS Group plc
- Auto Trader plc
- Brown & Brown Inc.
- Söderberg & Partners Holdings AB
- Ideagen plc
- Crestchic plc
- Ancala Partners
- Foresight
- Adventurous Journey's Capital
- S4 Capital plc
- Safestore plc
- InstaVolt
- SARIA
- Breedon
- Indicor Equity LLC
- Brooks Macdonald plc
- Macquarie
- Investec
- Northleaf Capital Partners
- RSK Group
- Blancco Technology Group plc
- ProA Capital
- Volex plc
- BPEA EQT
Work highlights
- Advised Zegona Communications plc on its proposed acquisition of Vodafone Spain for an enterprise value of €5bn.
- Advised Lifezone Metals on its deSPAC combination with GoGreen Investments.
- Advised EMIS Group plc on its recommended £1.24bn takeover by Bordeaux UK Holdings II Limited, an affiliate of Optum Health Solutions (UK) Limited and a wholly owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated.
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Spencer Summerfield, Andrew Gillen, Lucie Cawood