Mr Alex Canham > Herrington Carmichael LLP > Berkshire, England > Lawyer Profile

Herrington Carmichael LLP
4 The Courtyard
Denmark Street
RG40 2AZ
England

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial

Position

Working with the Corporate and Commercial Department since 2010, Alex advises clients on a variety of corporate matters including, share sales and purchases, corporate restructurings, company option schemes and shareholders’ agreements. Alex has extensive experience advising clients in the financial services sector.

Alex is responsible for the firm’s international offering and is a member of the IR Group.

  • Financial advisory business acquisition for £3,500,000.
  • The sale of an owner-managed IFA practice for £2,750,000.
  • London-based IFA practice on a series of 4 acquisitions, each with a deal value of circa £2,500,000.
  • Advising the sellers of an owner-managed regional IFA on its sale of shares for a mix of cash and equity in the acquirer’s business.
  • The sale of sale of an IFA business to a mid-market acquirer for a mix of cash and equity, with an ongoing role for the seller.
  • The acquisition of an award-winning discretionary fund manager.
  • Acquisition of a financial advisory business for £5,600,000.
  • Supporting a regional wealth management practice with in excess of 10 acquisitions having a combined deal value of more than £35,000,000.
  • Advising multiple business as part of a phase 1 and phase 2 acquisition strategy by a private-equity back consolidator, with each deal in excess of £4,000,000.
  • Advising on the sale of an award-winning discretionary fund manager for a consideration in excess of £18,000,000.

International Projects

  • UK intellectual property advice for international organisations on the protection of their portfolio.
  • English legal advice on implications of international joint venture and supply contracts

Career

Alex became a Partner within the firm in October 2018.

Memberships

Law Society
IR Global Gold Member

IR Global Member of the Year 2019

Leisure

An active sportsman, Alex can regularly be found playing for his local Sunday league team, watching his beloved Manchester City or on the golf course. Alex is also a keen traveler who uses time away from the office to explore the U.S.A and Europe.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex

Demonstrating ‘great execution, knowledge and engagement’, Herrington Carmichael LLP’s Camberley-based corporate and commercial team offers ‘a consistently high standard of work and sound legal advice’ on cross-border and high-value corporate, M&A and commercial deals. ‘Dynamic and driven corporate lawyer’ Yavan Brar heads up the team and has experience advising on M&A, corporate restructuring, business ownership and IP matters. Specialising in the financial services sector is ‘rising star’ Alex Canham who is ‘one to watch’, handling the firm’s international offering and assisting clients with share sales and purchases, shareholders’ agreements and company option schemes. The ‘knowledgeable, personable and reliable’ Cesare McArdle focuses on commercial law matters in the hospitality, leisure and construction sectors, while Mark Chapman handles matters relating to commercial projects in the IT, manufacturing, financial services and automotive sectors.