CMS houses a team of ‘very good M&A advisors.’ Maintaining its strong track record of representing domestic and international clients from the worlds of real estate and leisure, the practice stands out for its expertise in financial services transactions. Practice head Howard Gill particularly stands out for his experience in the hotel sector. Matthew Davies handles transactions in the retail, financial services and TMT sectors, while senior associate James Crossman has experience in both national and international transactions.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Very good M&A advisors. Deeply involved in the project, however pragmatic and very efficient. Good negotiation skills and focused on the big points.'
- 'Matthew Davies can be highly recommended for MA& transactions.'
Key clients
- Far East Consortium International Limited
- Brightbay Real Estate Partners limited
- International Hotel Properties Limited
- Manchester Airport Group
- Select Property Group
- Spectrum Brands Group
- Brooks Macdonald Funds Limited
- Assura Group plc
- Bibby Line Group Limited
- RBH Hotels Group Limited
- Yappy Limited
- NatWest Group PLC
- WSP UK Limited
- International Currency Exchange Limited
- Aldermore Bank PLC
- JD Sports Fashion PLC
- Radius Payments Solutions Limited
- Worldline
- Brave Bison Group PLC
- ResultsCX UK Limited
- DER Touristik UK Limited (Kuoni)
Work highlights
- Advising AIM-listed Brave Bison plc on its acquisition of social media group Social Chaim Limited for an initial consideration of £7.7m, together with the associated placing to raise £4.5m to part fund the consideration.
- Advising PlaceFirst Group on the sale of a number of corporate wrapped real estate assets to Matter UK Residential Income REIT Limited (an entity backed by a combination of funds managed by UBS and Matter Real Estate) for circa £105m.
- Advising Aldermore Bank plc on the sale of its Working Capital Finance division to Bibby Financial Services.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Howard Gill