Helmed by Rachel Turner and Nicolas Groffman, Harrison Clark Rickerbys is highly active in private equity transactions, in addition to coverage of M&A, restructurings, and compliance issues. The group's sector expertise spans e-commerce, film, and manufacturing, among other areas. Turner leverages her considerable experience handling corporate mandates to assist international companies, PE investors and various other businesses, while Groffman’s fluency in Mandarin enables him to excel in international scale matters.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Levels of knowledge are excellent, whether dealing with partners or paralegals. The ability to explain complex legal situations in simple, understandable language was really important.’

  • ‘Having someone like Robert Rice to work with is incredibly reassuring. I come out of each conversation confident with my understanding and confident with the process ahead. The whole team is incredibly easy to work with, while delivering at the highest levels.’

  • ‘Very professional from the initial discussion through to completion. They provided a light touch when needed. and detail when needed.'

  • ‘Rachel Turner is super professional, patient and explains options clearly. She is brilliant.'

  • ‘The Harrison Clark Rickerbys team offer an exceptional level of partner-led support to the Thames Valley investment community. They stand out for their experience in acting for companies and investors alike across the size spectrum.’

  • ‘Robert Rice is an exceptional M&A specialist, with a deep understanding of the needs of investors and companies in the growth capital space and a rigorous yet commercial approach to all aspects of a transaction.’

  • ‘Provide reliable and straight advice, whether on a large transaction or a smaller corporate matter. You get partner level advice rather than some firms, where more junior team members keep leaving, and you get someone new on each deal.’

  • ‘They listen to client feedback to evolve the service. They also make the time to appraise performance on historic projects to carry forward and improve future engagements.’

Key clients

  • Steer Automotive Group
  • Macro Operate (formerly Mace Operate)
  • Old Mill Group
  • Xtrac Transmissions
  • YFM Private Equity
  • Maven Capital Partners
  • NVM
  • Syniti, Inc.
  • Medgen
  • HBI Compliance Ltd
  • GP Update Limited (trading as Red Whale)
  • Generative Vision Ltd.
  • 4D Insight Limited
  • Icon Scientific Limited

Work highlights

  • Advising YFM as lead investor on Xapien’s latest £4.5m funding round.
  • Advising the shareholders of HBI Compliance Ltd on the sale of the entire issued share capital of the Company to UL Solutions, Inc.
  • Advised Whaleco (T/A as Temu) in Shanghai and Boston regarding all compliance and regulatory issues in the UK and the Europe.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rachel Turner, Nicolas Groffman

Other key lawyers

Robert Rice