Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP‘s nationwide practice leverages its M&A, finance, tax, and regulatory expertise to advise a diverse range of investors, management teams, and corporates. Simon Pilling has a strong private M&A practice, undertaking extensive work for LDC and its portfolio companies. Tom Fitzpatrick regularly advises on deals in the financial services, insurance and real estate sectors, while Ben Butler is the key contact for many of the firm’s top PE outfits. James Cook has longstanding experience advising management teams in connection with PE investments, while Alex Fergus provides extensive corporate finance expertise on a number of mandates. David Ridley also comes recommended for his handling of management buyouts and understanding of the energy sector.
Testimonials
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‘The firm make clients feel incredibly important and valued. You feel like an extended part of the internal team, rather than external advisers. They are constantly proactive, thorough and always going over and beyond in their delivery.'
'Pragmatic, commercial and definitive advice from a likeable team.'
'David Ridley is a valuable asset who shows good judgement and commerciality beyond his qualification - a safe pair of hands who inspires confidence.'
Key clients
- Cairngorm Capital Partners
- Endless LLP
- Lloyds Development Capital
- Foresight Capital
- NVM Capital
- Nimbus Capital
- Paintwell Limited
- S E A Transport
- Unihomes
- ScarlettAbbot
- Piper PE
- Frontier Growth
- EnAppSys
- Bourne Holidays
- Chianti Holdings
- Puma Investment Management
- Cleveland Containers
- Fera Science
Work highlights
- Advised on a bolt-on acquisition of Promain (UK) Limited for PaintWell backed by Cairngorm Capital Partners.
- Advised longstanding client LDC on its minority investment in student accommodation advertising platform, UniHomes.
- Advised on the sale of the entire issued share capital of The Scarlettabbott Group Ltd to Scarlettabbott (Topco) Limited – funded by equity funds managed by LDC, and a proportion of proceeds reinvested by the founders (Jonathan Abbott and Rachel Thornton-Abbott).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Simon Pilling