England - South East • Corporate and commercial
Field Seymour Parkes LLP
Field Seymour Parkes LLP represents entrepreneurs, owner-managed small and medium enterprises, and VCs on trade sale M&A mandates, in addition to fostering a fast-growing private equity practice that advises on investments and private equity backed buy-outs. Rachael Maunder leads the Reading-based team, advising on M&A and disposals. Penelope Garden continues to focus her practice on private equity and venture capital investments.
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Testimonials
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‘Friendly, accessible and experienced team. They provide excellent service, good communication and commercial advice in negotiations.'
‘Penelope Garden is fantastic to work with. She's clear and concise in her communication and provides clear commercial advice. She works incredibly hard to deliver deals.’
‘Flexible, great value for money, wide industry knowledge and expertise in VC-based transactions.’
'Quick and decisive advice, good quality advice and ability to flex workloads.’
'The team at FSP have a deep knowledge and understanding of both structuring well drafted legal documents for Venture Capital Investments and expediting a process to timescales. Their breadth of knowledge across multiple areas of the process of making an early stage investment are the key to why we use FSP.'
'The team has a stand-out capacity to deliver continuity, bringing to bear relevant items from a long history of shared projects. Uniquely they tie in all of the other disciplines in the firm to offer consolidated and broad advice, whereas elsewhere you all too often find disjoint between a firm’s different teams.'
'Penelope Garden delivers practical advice through a uniquely engaging style. She blends content accessibility with leading and growing a team of enthusiastic associates.'
Key clients
- Window Ware Limited
- BGF
- Euro Car Parts (part of NASDAQ listed LKQ Corporation group)
- Codan Limited (listed on Australian stock exchange)
- Honda Motor Europe Limited
- WAKMoor (Assets) Limited
- Bewley Homes PLC
- Whistl UK Limited
- Mentor Group Limited
- Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG)
Work highlights
- Acted on behalf of Operational Solutions Limited and the purchaser of 51% of the issued share capital of Rinicom Intelligent Solutions Limited.
- Acted for the sellers in respect of the sale of the entire share capital of EUDRAC UK Limited to Belgian buyer, Quality For you BV.
- Assisted the shareholders of Alfa Energy on the sale of the entire issued share capital of the company to Edison Energy.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rachael Maunder