Hill Dickinson LLP

Corporate

Partner.

Sean is a Partner in the Hill Dickinson Corporate Team. He joined Hill Dickinson in 2014 as a trainee and qualified with the firm in 2016. He made Partner in November 2022 at the age of 30. He has significant expertise in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and equity capital markets. He regularly receives direct instructions from both owner managers as well as private equity investors / private equity-backed businesses, and leads on high-profile transactions including:

acting for Xeinadin Group in relation to the investment by Exponent Private Equity (as well as various “buy and build” transactions); acting for MSS Group in relation to the investment by, and sale to, Stellex Capital Management; acting for 7iM Holdings on various “buy and build” transactions in the IFA sector; acting for Nordic Capital backed Ascot Lloyd on various “buy and build” transactions in the IFA sector; acting for DSW Capital plc on its placing and admission to trading on AIM in December 2021 (which was shortlisted for IPO of the Year at the NW Insider Dealmaker Awards 2022); acting for the selling shareholders of Gorilla Accounting to HG and PAI backed Azets; acting for UP Global Sourcing Holdings plc on its £105 million main market IPO and on its recent Class 1 acquisition of Salter Brands Limited funded by way of a placing and bank debt; acting for the selling shareholders of DTE Business Advisers to Tenzing backed DJH Mitten Clarke; acting for the selling shareholders on the sale of Silicone Engineering to Rogers Corporation; acting for YFM Private Equity in relation to its investment and acquisition of Think Hire; acting for the selling shareholders on the sale of Hello Soda to Acuant Inc; acting for ITS Technology Group Limited on its acquisition of NextGenAccess Ltd; acting for Elcometer Limited on their cross-jurisdictional acquisition of Sagola SA; acting for Zeus Capital on the takeovers of Bonmarche Holdings plc and Murgitroyd Group plc; acting for NorthEdge Capital in relation to its investment in Ramarketing & PR Limited; acting for Seneca Growth Capital VCT plc in respect of their £20m offer for new B Shares on the main market of the LSE; acting for Oxford Technology 2 Venture Capital Trust plc in respect of its VCT merger and its £20m offer for new Leisure Shares on the main market of the LSE; acting on the £44.5m takeover of Styles & Wood Group plc by way of a scheme of arrangement; and acting for Stobart Group Limited on its takeover of Flybe Group plc

English

Law Society

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University of Nottingham – LLB. Hons (First Class)

Winstanley College (A Levels)

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