England - North West • Corporate and commercial

Slater Heelis

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Slater Heelis is known for its expertise in lower and mid-market M&A with particular experience in the life science and tech sectors. The practice is headed by Rhian Owen who acts on acquisitions and disposals in addition to development capital deals. Simon Wallwork is a corporate transactional lawyer with expertise in the life sciences industry. Janet Robinson works on group reorganisations, demergers, disposals and shareholder arrangements while Richard Riley focuses on business-to-business contracts.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Small enough to care, but highly professional and experienced.’

  • ‘Simon Wallwork has a huge amount of corporate finance experience. Able to explain difficult concepts in layman's terms in a clear and concise manner. He wants to work for the entrepreneur to get the best deal for them in a commercially astute way.’

  • ‘Slater Heelis has a superb team of professionals who offer calm, high quality advice. In comparison with their peers they offer both fantastic, clear legal advice but also with a personal touch. They utilise digital technologies to facilitate corporate deal making faster whether through digital signatures or through data rooms for the sharing of due diligence information. I cannot recommend Slater Heelis enough.’

  • ‘I have had the absolute pleasure of working with Rhian Owen and Richard Riley from Slater Heelis.'

  • 'Rhian Owen has at times been both a fantastic advisor but also a close confidant when discussing the details behind details and negotiation lines. Rhian is always available when we have needed her and has worked during holidays at times where urgency was required. Rhian is calm, professional and able to work on the companies behalf in a clear way during negotiations.’

Key clients

  • Incom-CNS Group
  • Sunnysands Caravan Park Ltd
  • KMP Associates Ltd
  • HL Healthcare Limited
  • Steven Potts & Karen Potts
  • Catchpoint Limited
  • Sun Valley Caravan Park Ltd
  • Teckentrup (Holdings) Limited
  • Watercycle Technologies Limited
  • The shareholders of Acceleris Capital Ltd

Work highlights

  • Acted on behalf of Paul Tomlinson and other shareholders of IEG Holdings Limited in relation to the private equity acquisition of IEG Holdings Limited for a consideration of £27,000,000.
  • Acted on behalf of the Mead family being shareholders of Sunnysands Caravan Park Limited and also the pension scheme owner of Snowdon View caravan park.
  • Acted on behalf of John Keefe and other shareholders (including Enterprise Venture Fund) of KMP Associates Limited.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Simon Wallwork

Slater Heelis

Simon is a Partner and Head of the Corporate Team at Slater Heelis. He has over 30 years' experience in the industry, and advises on acquisitions, disposals and corporate transactions. He has specific sector experience of life sciences and technology, with particular expertise in advising early stage companies through their funding rounds to eventual exit.In addition to his life science specialism, he acts for a wide range of companies within the digital, telecommunications and manufacturing sectors.Simon has been consistently ranked in the top three of corporate transactional lawyers according to the Experian guides from 2015 to 2018, and held top positions for Most Active Legal Adviser in Manchester in 2019 and 2020.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rhian Owen

Other key lawyers

Simon Wallwork, Janet Robinson, Richard Riley