England - South East • Corporate and commercial
KPMG Law
KPMG Law‘s Reading-based corporate and commercial practice group represents clients on high-calibre mandates that include M&A, corporate restructurings and private equity transactions. Practice chair and office senior partner Emma Gibson has extensive experience across all aspects of corporate law. Tim Sydor specialises in private equity work, particularly for management teams in PE buyouts.
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Testimonials
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- 'Working with KPMG allowed a "one-stop" shop for an acquisition project. Rather than having multiple firms around a table, we were able to quickly co-ordinate DD, tax and legal with one team. Becky Powell was diligent, hard-working and always cheerful. Tim Sydor was technically excellent in managing the deal.'
- 'Becky Powell stood out as an exceptional solicitor, with an amazing attention to detail, quick thinking, always happy to answer questions, and the ability to explain things in a very clear way.'
- 'Tim Sydor has made things as easy as possible. Good customer service and communication.'
- 'Emma Gibson combines accessibility with great knowledge - really impressive.'
- 'I continue to be impressed with the diligence and outputs from Rachel Reeves and Becky Powell who work together seamlessly and provided an excellent service.'
- 'Very responsive and collaborative and great communication throughout. They understood broader technical issues well, and were pragmatic in their approach.'
- 'Tim Sydor and Duncan Kay were both very knowledgeable in executing private equity transactions as well as being highly experienced creating the supporting legal materials. Great at explaining and translating complicated and/or intricate legal details throughout this process.'
Key clients
- Amber Beverage Group
- Shareholders of Akixi Holdings Limited
- BAP Pharma Limited
- Shareholders of FourteenFish Limited
- Pulsant Limited
- Responsible Group
- Oil Spill Response
- Lovehoney
- Hall & Woodhouse
Work highlights
- Acted for Pulsant Limited and its investor Antin Infrastructure Partners on the £77m purchase of Amito.
- Advised the founding shareholders of Akixi Holdings Limited on the sale of a majority share in the company to Axiom Equity following a competitive auction process.
- Advised the shareholders of FourteenFish Limited on preparation of the company for sale through to ultimate disposal of their shares to EMIS Group PLC for £16m.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Emma Gibson