
Freeths LLP‘s corporate practice- headed up by Tom Rowley- regularly advises professional services firms, consumer goods businesses, and shareholders on both the buy and sell-side of M&A, investments, and share sales and purchases. Rowley is particularly adept at handling domestic and cross-border acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, and public company takeovers, while IT and hospitality expert Francis Dalton concentrates on both public and private M&A, alongside capital markets transactions. Other central practitioners in the department include Robert Chidley, Henrietta Rendell, and Ewen Lowrie.
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Key clients
- Rose Street Partners Limited
- Perci Health Ltd
- Innotive Diagnostics Limited
- Finli Group Limited
- ZetaDisplay AB
- Collective IQ Limited
- Abacus Information Technology LLC
- Agile Pharma B.V.
- MacIntyre Hudson LLP
- Hadleigh Timber Group
- Inspirit Bidco 20 Limited
Lawyers
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Practice head
Tom Rowley
Other key lawyers
Francis Dalton; Robert Chidley; Henrietta Rendell; Ewen Lowrie