Ashan Arif leads the Clarkslegal LLP corporate department, with wide-ranging capabilities which span private equity, M&A, asset and business transfers, as well as more general corporate matters. The team is noted for its strength in employee ownership transactions, and is active for global corporations and FTSE companies in M&A, private equity investments and shareholder issues. Corporate transactional expert Stuart Mullins is another name to note in the practice.
Testimonials
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‘This firm is big enough to have breadth of capability but small enough to retain client relationship personalisation.’
‘Ashan Arif is very detailed and methodical.'
‘Jon Chapman is an M&A expert, but a really experienced generalist as well.'
'Clarks proved to be an outstanding leading corporate legal advisor in UK M&A due to their ability to work while keeping the highest professional standards.’
‘They provide a business effective (rather than pure technical legal) approach.'
'In-depth legal knowledge.'
Key clients
- Delancey Group
- Granahan McCourt Capital
- Branford Castle Partners, LP (US based)
- Offsite Archive Storage and Integrated Services (UK) Limited
- Kinectrics Inc.
- Comvest Investment Partners Holdings, LLC
- New Era UK Holdings Ltd
- BMW Group UK
- Firoka Group
- Adler Pelzer Group
- Cocoa Lounge Café
- Eden Motor Group
- Virtual Signature
- Sarunds Holdings Limited
- Process Vision Limited
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ashan Arif