The ‘highly professional, personable and engaging’ team at Moore Barlow advises SMEs, AIM-listed companies, PE houses and owner-managed businesses on a variety of corporate work including M&A, IPOs, and banking in sectors such as technology, med-tech, recruitment, retail, and education and NGOs. The firm is a member of Ecovis, an international referral network, supporting the international element of the team’s work. The practice is led by Jeremy Over, based in Southampton, and John Warchus, a ’go-to guy’, who also leads the Commercial and Technology group in Guildford and Richmond.
Testimonials
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‘John Warchus remains our go-to guy, consummate professional.’
‘We have used Moore Barlow for a number of projects and have now been working with them for 14 years and have always found them to be pro-active, collaborative and understanding of the timelines required. If they don't have a solution in house, they have introduced us to parties that have the expertise.’
‘On our M&A project we worked with Mark Lucas, this was our first M&A and Mark did a fantastic job in aiding us through the process and highlighting any key issues that come up and working with us to hit the required completion date.’
‘Easy to work with, very pragmatic and executed swiftly.’
‘Mark Lucas and Matthew Devine - both did a great job for us.’
‘Highly professional, personable and engaging, Moore Barlow brings deep subject matter knowledge to their application of the law. In technology, this is hugely valuable as it enables us to plan ahead and manage change with less risk and more control.’
‘David Bright brings a highly positive attitude and focused intelligence to his engagements with us as a group, whilst helpfully connecting us to the right alternative points of support on matters beyond his purview.’
Key clients
- Miltenyi Biotech Limited
- Royal Russell School
- CardsSafe Limited
- Allotrope Energy Limited
- Zuora UK Limited
- Young Minds Trust
- 4Com Group Limited
- Minesoft Limited
- Ecovis Wingrave Yeats
- The Federation of Racecourse Bookmakers
- Kyocera SGS Precision Tools Limited
- AIP GmbH Co KG
- The Company of Animals Limited
- S360 AS
- Linstol Limited
- Avantus Limited
- The Boys Brigade
Work highlights
- Advised Young Minds Trust on a fundraising collaboration agreement with Marks & Spencer.
- Advised Linstol UK on its acquisition of MNH GRP Limited.
- Advised S360 AS on the acquisition of Reload UK (a Danish client buying from the UK subsidiary from an Australian company).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jeremy Over, John Warchus