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Michelmores LLP Offices

Michelmores LLP
WOODWATER HOUSE
PYNES HILL
EXETER
EX2 5WR
England
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Mr Ian Holyoak

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Work Department

Business Commercial

Position

I am a Partner in Michelmores’ Commercial team, collaborating on a diverse range of matters for businesses across the UK and further afield. I focus on advisory work for large corporates and investors, including in the energy sector, as well as having a specialism in competition and related areas of law.

Increasingly, our investor clients are focussed on sustainability, which has led recently to work for me within the nascent markets for credits derived from (for example) biodiversity net gain, nutrient neutrality and carbon sequestration. My previous experience in documenting arrangements for funding underpinned by credits created under the UN’s Clean Development mechanism (often then sold into the EU emissions trading scheme) has been put to good use.

I trained, qualified as a lawyer (on the same day as our first fax machine was delivered) and worked on corporate transactions for several years in London in private practice, before a very interesting few years as General Counsel and latterly Company Secretary of a listed mining, minerals and chemicals group, operating globally.

I then joined Michelmores, at that time located in very traditional offices opposite Exeter Cathedral; helping out on a ‘temporary’ basis on a particular project, while I looked for a longer-term role. 19 years later, I continue to be part of a remarkable journey for the Firm, which is now around five times as big as when I joined, although no longer in possession of a fax machine.

Expertise

Ian Holyoak – Partner – Commercial | Michelmores

Lawyer Rankings

South West > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition

With the arrival of Noel Beale from Burges Salmon LLP in May 2023, Michelmores LLP expanded its expertise in EU and competition matters; the practice advises clients on issues such as merger control, CMA investigations, and antitrust litigation. Beale is particularly well-versed supporting clients from regulated markets in competition issues, especially those stemming from the water sector. Ian Holyoak is another key name to note in this area, handling investigations, procurement, and merger control, amongst others.

South West > Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects

(Leading partners)

Ian Holyoak – Michelmores LLP

Michelmores LLP fields a robust practice that counts PPP and PFI, renewables, project finance, and sustainable infrastructure amongst its key areas of expertise. A trio consisting of energy specialist Ian Holyoak, projects and infrastructure partner Ben Hogan, as well as Karen Williams, who heads the firm’s banking and finance team and is well versed in sustainable energy project finance, helm the practice. PPP and PFI infrastructure projects are handled by Carol McCormack, Hannah Slater, and Jo Spalding.

South West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall

(Hall of Fame)

Ian Holyoak – Michelmores LLP

Michelmores LLP is a notable name in the corporate finance, private equity and M&A spaces, and is particularly well regarded for its technology, and venture capital and early stage company work. Richard Cobb co-leads the corporate team, specialising in corporate and commercial work and private equity mandates; he also handles private wealth matters. Fellow co-head Henry Taylor specialises in domestic and cross-border M&A deals, and Samantha Billingham heads up the joint ventures and professional practice team. Ian Holyoak excels in commercial work, Stephen Morse has notable expertise in corporate finance mandates, and Francesca Hubbard was recently promoted to the partnership.

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