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Kevin McCarthy
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Kevin is a Partner and Chair of the Corporate department. With over 20 years’ experience in M&A and private equity, he has built a strong reputation in both UK and international transactional work. Kevin’s clients include business owners, equity investors, family offices, corporates and management teams. His practice spans a wide range of sectors including technology/software; hospitality & retail; sport & leisure; media & entertainment and financial services.
On joining the Firm in 2005 Kevin established the Firm’s Private Equity Group and guided it to its current position as a leading, mid-market, management advisory practice. The Legal 500 identifies Kevin as a leading Private Equity lawyer, describing him as “responsive, very capable and solution focused“.
Clients look to Kevin for strategic counsel and tactical input on a wide range of commercial and legal matters including transaction negotiations and related disputes. Much of his activity is international in its nature, in relation to which he has particular experience in the Asia Pacific and South East Asia regions. He advises overseas clients on UK matters as well as UK parties on their international investment strategy and activity.
Kevin is a Notary Public and also currently sits as a director of Union Chapel, a leading live events organisation which funds and supports associated social and charitable programmes.
Career
Trained and qualified McGrigor Donald; solicitor Ashurst 1996; partner Mishcon de Reya 2005 to date.
Education
Glasgow University (LLB Hons); St John’s College, Oxford (BCL).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
(Leading individuals)Praised for its ‘commercial, practical and results oriented’ offering, the corporate practice at Mishcon de Reya LLP
focuses chiefly on private company M&A, particularly acting for entrepreneurs, business owners, family offices, private equity firms and high-net-worth individuals. Led by M&A and private equity lawyer Kevin McCarthy, the team advises on the full range of mid-market transactions in the betting and gaming, technology, real estate, hotel and recruitment services space. Experienced in both public and private company work, Ross Bryson is particularly well-versed in matters relating to fintech and the hotel sector. Nick Davis – variously lauded as ‘creative’ and a ‘great leader‘ – is reputed in the recruitment services sector. New arrival, Nigel Stacey, who joined from Baker Botts (UK) LLP in January 2023, brings public takeover, stock exchange work and equity capital market transaction experience to bear.
London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
Mishcon de Reya LLP is particularly well-versed in management-side work, handling a range of transactions for clients operating in a diverse range of sectors, from technology to construction. PE head Nadim Meer regularly advises across the hospitality, leisure, consumer, and retail industries, working with founders and management teams on all manner of deals. Andrew Rimmington specialises in tech-focused mandates, while recent engagements for corporate department chair Kevin McCarthy include portfolio company deals in the insurance sector. Allison Keyse and James Paterson are both recommended for their expertise in owner and management-oriented work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m London > Corporate and commercial
- Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m) London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Health and safety
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Court of protection