Expertise
Michael is a senior associate in the corporate team with eight years’ corporate transactional experience. He advises clients on acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, corporate restructures, capital market transactions and private equity investments, with a particular focus and experience in the financial services and renewable energy sectors.
Michael regularly advises industry consolidators on buy-and-build strategy and implementation and advises owner-managers on exit strategy, maximising value and protecting their interests in a sale.
Experience
- Advising well-known clients such as Timpson, JD Sports Fashion Plc, Cooper Parry, Oliver James, Palatine Private Equity and Fortra LLC on acquisitions and disposals.
- Advising various owners and managers of professional services firms, including accountancy and IFA firms and dental practices, on acquisitions and disposals, including:
- advising Cooper Parry on the acquisition of the Haines Watts Reading and Thames Valley accountancy practice
- advising the founders of Ascendant on establishing a group and completing its first acquisitions as part of a buy-and-build project in the accountancy sector
- advising Independent Wealth Planners UK on the acquisition of more than 20 IFA firms, which increased the industry consolidator’s assets under management to over £6bn. Michael also spent time in-house at IWP working with the board during a challenging time in IWP’s growth journey
- advising the owners of IFA firms on sales to buyers including Evelyn Partners, Saltus, AFH and Perspective.
- Advising the shareholders of Sudlows Consulting on the sale of the group to Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund backed Kent Group PLC.
- Advising commercial parties on the acquisition by way of management buyout of Anglo Scottish Asset Finance.