Andrew is an experienced company lawyer, with expertise in private and public M&A and corporate finance, private equity, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and all other aspects of corporate law. In the first part of his career in the City, Andrew worked on a variety of transactions mainly for large international businesses, with a focus on the oil and gas, IT, telecoms and manufacturing sectors. Since 1996 Andrew has mostly been based in Thames Valley, and the majority of his practice has been in private company M&A, alongside acting for a number of AIM-listed companies, and often in the technology sector. Since helping to establish Gateley’s Reading office in 2016, Andrew has been increasingly involved in private equity backed transactions, while continuing to act for corporate acquirers, and owner managers on exits.
England - South East • Corporate and commercial
Gateley Legal
On the corporate side, Gateley Legal acts on behalf of an impressive client portfolio that includes major Thames Valley players. Headed up by Andrew Peddie, the team has deep expertise in private equity, buy and build processes and early stage VC investment work – particularly in the technology and TMT sectors. Mark Metcalfe is a go-to corporate lawyer for all things private equity. Co-practice leader Mailin Bala heads the commercial division, with emphasis on copyright, digital, data and media.
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Key clients
- Lloyds Development Capital (LDC)
- YFM Equity Partners
- Maven Capital Partners
- Babble Cloud Holdings Limited
- CACI Limited
- Grupo Bimbo
- Connection Capital
- Aquavista
- Amberjack
- FSP Corporate
- WysePower
- Cardinality
Work highlights
- Acted for the selling shareholders and management team of FSP on its secondary management buyout backed by an investment by CBPE Capital (and re-investment by LDC), together with the acquisition of Savanti by FSP.
- We acted for Babble Cloud Holdings Limited, the PE backed telecoms provider (backed by Graphite Capital and LDC), on 10 separate corporate acquisitions in 2022 and early 2023. Andrew Peddie is lead partner for the Gateley relationship with Babble.
- Acted for the selling majority shareholders on the sale of WysePower, the UK’s largest provider of temporary site solutions for construction projects, to RSK, the global environmental, engineering and technical services group.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Gateley Legal
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Peddie, Mailin Bala