Travers Smith LLP fields a ‘fantastic talented focused team of excellent lawyers’, which acts for a varied range of corporate and asset management clients, including global brands, senior executives and fast-growing companies. The practice is particularly noted for its knowledge of asset management, private equity and investment fund-related work, as well as its expertise in tax disputes and investigations, M&A and employee incentives. Key names to note include asset management specialist Emily Clark, and Hannah Manning, who is ’able to offer practical experience on how to navigate problems’.
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‘Fantastic talented focused team of excellent lawyers - will do a great job.’
‘First rate lawyers.’
‘The team is made up of high-quality lawyers who understand their own practice area deeply, but also understand the key parts of others areas of specialism. This means that advice is rooted in practicality and also gives comfort that major issues won't later arise that prevent the commercial plan from being implemented.'
‘Hannah Manning - calm in difficult negotiations. Able to easily see the big picture. Hugely experienced and able to offer practical experience on how to navigate problems.'
‘It should go without saying that the tax team at Travers offers excellent technical advice, however, what makes them stand apart is their ability to deliver this advice in a clear, accessible way. It also helps that they are a pleasure to work with and thoroughly nice people.’
‘Hannah Manning is a "go to" for management team tax issues and I value her wise counsel.’
Key clients
- Phoenix Equity Partners
- The Nutriment Company
- GrowUp
- Carlyle
- Nest
- Vencap (Channel Islands) Limited
- V Group
- Inflexion
- Ascential UK Holdaings Limited
- Long Ridge Equity Partners LLC
- Zegona Communications
- Apax Partners LLP
Work highlights
Advised Nest on its new investment in the UK build-to-rent sector in partnership with Legal & General (L&G) and Dutch pension scheme, PGGM.
Advised VenCap on the tax structuring and fundraising for its eighteenth flagship fund, VenCap 18.
Advised Zegona Communications plc on its proposed acquisition of Vodafone Spain for an enterprise value of €5bn.
Lawyers
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Hannah Manning
Other key lawyers
Emily Clark; Hannah Manning; Elissavet Grout; Elena Rowlands; Madeline Gowlett