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M&A

M&A

Navigating corporate transactions requires skill, experience, and a deep understanding of client needs. Our Corporate team combines these elements to deliver practical and commercial legal advice through a partner-led approach.

We advise on all aspects of share sales and asset sales, acting on transactions of any size, including the sale of minority interests. We can expertly handle the legal due diligence exercise, efficiently negotiate transaction documents, and will project manage the transaction to a successful completion in line with your objectives. We also regularly make introductions to, and work with, our extensive network of accountants, property agents, and insurance brokers to facilitate all aspects of a deal. In addition, our excellent relationships with a range of overseas advisors means that we can comfortably handle multi-jurisdictional matters as well as domestic transactions.

Whether our clients are looking to acquire a business or are disposing of a heritage-brand or start-up business, we guide them through every stage of the transaction. Ensuring that we understand every aspect of the deal, we provide no-nonsense advice and guidance.

Key experience

Advised a digital assets start-up

Advised a digital assets start-up from incorporation through to an acqui-hire exit to a global technology business.

Acted for founders of Peakon ApS

Acted for two of the founders of Peakon ApS on the sale to NASDAQ listed Workday, Inc, in an all-cash deal valued at US$700 million.

Advised Greybull Capital

Advised Greybull Capital on the acquisition of McLaren Applied (a world leader in electronic control systems, electrification, connectivity and analytics), previously the technology division of the McLaren Group, which innovates in the digital and electric evolution of motorsport and the application of these Formula 1 technologies to other sectors. Our team also subsequently advised on the strategic bolt on acquisition of the micromobility business of Furosystems. Forsters advised on all aspects of the transaction, including corporate, finance, intellectual property, tax and real estate, and has continued to advise the business since.

Advised BEDEO

Advised BEDEO on the acquisition of Protean Electric Limited (a provider of in-wheel motor technology for electric vehicles that removes the need for a traditional engine) from Evergrande. The acquisition of the electricity transport technology company expands the buyer’s geographical reach from the UK and Europe to the United States and Asia.

Acted Sports Alliance Ltd owners

Acted for the owners of Sports Alliance Ltd, a sports data company which provides digital marketing solutions to its clients, on the sale of the company to KORE Interactive Systems (USA), Inc.

Advised Net-a-Porter founder

Advised Net-a-Porter founder Mark Quinn-Newall’s Neurotribes investment fund on the sale of its substantial stake in Cult Beauty to The Hut Group for £275 million. Mark Quinn-Newall’s investment funds were the major shareholders and commercial drivers behind Cult Beauty.

Acted for a technology business

Acted for US West Coast technology business, Magnopus, on its first acquisition into the UK of Rewind FX.

Advised majority shareholder

Advised the majority shareholder on the sale of a company specialising in veterinary medicine compounding to a company listed on Nasdaq. The transaction involved an upfront payment as well as an element of purchase price that was subject to an earn-out.

Acted on company sales

Acted on various sales of companies to employee ownership trusts.

Acted for MA Micro

Acted for existing technology client MA Micro (a Greybull group company) on the acquisition of VanMoof, the Dutch e-bike maker that was considered a ‘soonicorn’ with an estimated valuation of around US$500 million to US$800 million. The team advised on the whole acquisition including the related equity and financing arrangements.

Leading online trading group

Acted on the sale of a majority stake in UK crypto exchange, Coinpass, to OANDA Global Corporation (one of the world’s leading online trading groups).

Advised a Singaporean-based fund

Advised a Singaporean-based fund on the purchase of the entire share capital of a UK company from multiple sellers, some of whom rolled over their interest into bidco.

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