DLA Piper acts for top domestic and international clients on a range of business reorganisation matters, including international transactions, M&A, joint ventures and general corporate advisory issues. Ben Forgiel-Jenkins heads up the practice and is well versed in international reorganisations in the TMT, industrial and real estate sectors. Jon Hayes has over 30 years’ experience in cross-border deals, and counsel Stan Stewart is US-qualified and is a name for post-acquisition integrations, legal entity rationalisations, IP migrations and supply chain reorganisations. In Leeds, legal director Paul Routledge is recommended for national and global acquisitions and disposals in the transport, hospitality and leisure sectors, while Edinburgh’s Andrew Wardrop is another recommended legal director, who focuses on cross-border corporate and commercial transactions. In September 2022, Liz Emerson joined as senior associate from Gowling WLG and in November of the same year, Keunyoung Oh joined from Baker McKenzie.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The team is very close to their clients.'
- 'Very responsive and business oriented.'
Key clients
- Activision Blizzard, Inc.
- Adobe Inc.
Work highlights
- Acted as global coordinating counsel for General Electric Company in the separation of its health care business and subsequent launch of GE HealthCare Technologies.
- Acting as global coordinating counsel for the General Electric Company in the separation of is portfolio of energy businesses and the subsequent spin-off of the portfolio as an independently listed company (trading under the GE Vernova brand).