Max Baird-Smith > Payne Hicks Beach LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Payne Hicks Beach LLP Offices
10 NEW SQUARE
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QG
England
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Max Baird-Smith
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Max Baird-Smith is a partner in the Corporate department. Max advises on a broad mixture of corporate and commercial transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, private-equity investments and fund raisings.
He has represented major groups across a range of sectors, as well as family offices, high-net-worth individuals and alternative investment funds. He has extensive experience handling complex cross-border matters, regularly working across Europe, the US and Africa.
Max is a graduate of Oxford University and qualified into a corporate team at Slaughter and May in 2005.
Max speaks French and English and is qualified in England and Wales (solicitor) and France (avocat).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
The corporate team at Payne Hicks Beach LLP boasts an impressive client base, as a result of its deep experience handling a range of transactions including M&A, private equity investments, and joint ventures. The practice is capable of handling domestic and cross-border matters and has expertise in a wide range of sectors such as financial services, technology, and professional services, as well as publishing, manufacturing, and real estate. Co-leading the team are Jonathan Gatward and Howard Taylor, both of whom are adept in advising on M&A transactions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, and corporate reorganisations. Gatward has a particular focus on IP-rich businesses such as those in the publishing, fashion, and technology sectors, while Taylor concentrates on a range of sectors including financial services, food and beverages, and manufacturing. Cross-border M&A specialist Max Baird-Smith has extensive experience leading on multijurisdictional transactions for ultra-high net worth individuals and privately-owned businesses, while Isobel Symonds is noted for her aptitude in acquisitions and disposals, reorganisations, and shareholder arrangements.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Employment > Senior executives
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Employers