Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Equity Capital Markets

Mike is Managing Partner for Corporate and Regional Head of Practice for Corporate, UK, with a focus on M&A and ECM transactions.

Mike is a corporate lawyer who focuses on advising listed companies and investment banks on corporate finance transactions across a range of sectors, including financial services, industrials, energy and natural resources, telecommunications and real estate.

Mike leads the firm’s UK ECM team and regularly advises on IPOs and secondary capital raisings for a range of corporate and bank clients. He also frequently advises on public takeovers and private M&A transactions and regularly assists listed companies with corporate governance issues.

Mike has been listed as a leading lawyer in the IFLR 1000, Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. Clients say, "He is technically strong, commercial and practical in his advice. Most importantly, he's a pleasure to work with."

Mike has a Bachelor of Laws degree in Law from Nottingham University and joined the firm after law school. He became a partner in the firm in 2013. Mike has spent time on secondment at BP and Citi and in the Amsterdam office of a leading Benelux law firm.