Dahren Naidoo > Freeths LLP > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile

Freeths LLP
3rd Floor
100 Wellington Street
LS1 4LT
England

Work Department

Corporate finance.

Position

Dahren is a partner in the Freeths corporate team based in Leeds.

He specialises in all aspects of corporate work, including private equity transactions (acting for institutional investors, founder shareholders and management teams) and mergers and acquisitions (ranging from SMEs to larger corporate and institutional clients).

Recently Dahren has acted for the management team on the Mobeus Equity Partners backed buy-in management buyout in Star Brand Holdings Limited; Fleetondemand Holdings Limited in their acquisition of FleetEurope; the management team on the Inflexion acquisition of Rosemont Pharmaceuticals; and the management team in Limerston Capital Partners acquisition of Forensic Access and Axiom International.

Clients noted that “Dahren Naidoo thinks laterally and proactively tests and challenges the business rationale for a particular action in the context of the legal framework. He manages the project and team cost effectively and on time, and delivers sound advice in a timely fashion and acts very much as a critical friend to the business. He is very highly regarded and the ‘go-to’ corporate lawyer for M&A.”

Career

Trainee, Pinsent Masons 2003-05; Associate/Managing Associate, Addleshaw Goddard LLP 2005-2014; Partner, Freeths LLP 2015 – Present.

Education

University of Leeds (2001 LLP 2(1)); Nottingham Law School (2002 LPC (commendation)).

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire

Freeths LLP advises on private acquisitions and disposal matters, particularly in relation to owner-managed businesses with investment capital being injected. Beyond that, the team is also well-versed in handling M&A, MBO, MBI and ECM transactions, corporate restructuring and reorganisations, in addition to commercial matters. The leadership team consists of Dahren Naidoo, Andy Francey, and Jeremy Swift. Frank Suttie leads the commercial side of the practice.