A mix of buyers, sellers, investors and management teams turn to the team at Clarke Willmott LLP for advice on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters. The practice is steered by Ed Foulkes who acts on M&A, investment, buyouts corporate structuring for clients hailing from the worlds of financial services, tech and fintech. Stephen Jarman advises corporates both large and small on shareholders’ agreements, employee ownership trusts and PE transactions, while Chris Connors advises on all aspects of corporate tax law.

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Key clients

  • Clipeum IT Limited
  • Perpetual Wealth Group
  • Apollo Wealth Management Limited
  • Sheet Anchor Evolve Limited
  • Brightstart Day Nursery Group Limited
  • Auga Technologies Limited
  • Valloop Holdings Limited
  • Heritage Financial Limited (t/a Heritage Investments)
  • Choices CPO 1 Limited
  • Ainscough Industrial Group Limited
  • Sunbelt Rentals Limited
  • Mast Group Limited
  • SME HCI Limited t/a Vivup
  • Pneuride Limited (t/a Dunlop Systems & Components)
  • Hexr Limited
  • Pieminister Limited

Work highlights

  • Acted for the vendors of Carbon Financial Partners on the disposal of the business to the Progeny Group.
  • Advised Pennine Geotechnical Limited in its move to EOT status.
  • Acted for Herbert Scott Financial Management Limited in Newco's acquisition of the share capital of HSFML.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ed Foulkes

Other key lawyers

Barry Riley, Stephen Jarman, Chris Connors