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Matthew Stoate
Work Department
Head of Corporate | Head of Private Equity | International
Position
Matt is head of our Corporate practice, a key part of which is our nationally recognised Private Equity team, which Matt founded and also leads. Our private equity group proudly represents a number of leading UK Private Equity houses and their portfolio companies and recently named winner of the Regional Legal Advisor of the Year 2020 at the Real Deals Private Equity Awards.
Private Equity forms a key part of our go-to-market strategy, so is also recognised as a core lead sector for Foot Anstey, as we seek to build deep relationships with Private Equity backed management teams and portfolio companies.
Matt also leads our market leading “GRIP” product, which is a tech-enabled solution to streamline and satisfy the core legal and compliance obligations of PE portfolio companies.
Matt trained and qualified into the Private Equity department of the leading City firm Travers Smith and prior to joining Foot Anstey, spent several years at Kinmont, a corporate finance boutique in London acknowledged as a leader in advising management teams. Management advisory remains a core part of Matt’s practice.
Our Private Equity team is recognised as a specialist in advising PE backed portfolio companies. We have built a significant specialism in undertaking bolt-on and buy-and-build M&A as part of PE backed investment propositions, often with an international element to it.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
(Leading individuals)Handling the gamut of corporate and commercial work, Foot Anstey is regularly sought out by international and domestic clients alike to assist in matters such as M&A and private equity deals. Regarding the latter, the firm has specialist experience advising private equity-backed portfolio companies. Matthew Stoate leads the practice out of Exeter and handles transactions in a wide variety of sectors, including private equity, energy and technology. Joint ventures, succession plans and exit strategies form part of Duncan Sykes‘ practice. Adam McKenna, who focuses on matters in the private equity space, was promoted to partner in May 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall South West > Corporate and commercial
- Leading individuals South West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Employment > Employment: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Commercial property: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Real estate > Commercial property: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Real estate > Construction
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Public sector > Local government
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Real estate > Environment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Social housing
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol