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M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m

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Wallace LLP

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Wallace LLP‘s corporate practice is adept at handling an array of corporate transactions including M&A, disposals, and share capital sales. John Woodhouse leads the group and is sought after by consulting and technology businesses for his expertise in exits and M&A deals. Andrew Cooke is a notable name in the department for his breadth of specialism which covers domestic and international M&A, MBOs and MBIs, and restructuring. Recent addition to the team, Angus Young, who joined in April 2023 from Waterfront Solicitors LLP, stands out for his aptitude in venture capital and M&A matters, Young has additional strengths in MBOs, joint ventures, and restructuring, and is active in the technology, life sciences, and retail sectors.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘They are very responsive though all stages of the sale process, nice, and easy-going people to work with.’

  • ‘John Woodhouse is an easy-going guy with deep knowledge and experience.’

  • ‘Mid-large firm capability in a smaller firm package. They stand up well in negotiation against larger law firms.’

  • ‘John Woodhouse is a great commercial thinker, very responsive, and a strong negotiator. Sabrina Mitchell can be relied on totally to manage the detail. She looks to understand facts and points out client errors together with action plans to fix them.’

  • ‘Superb service, lateral legal thinking, and a commercial mindset distinguishes Wallace LLP from its peers.’

  • ‘John Woodhouse is a stand-out partner and manages on all our company matters, apportioning parts of a project where appropriate to specialists and associates. He is relationship-driven, high-intelligent, and swift to find commercial solutions and compromises to difficult problems.’

  • ‘Friendly, reliable, informal, speedy, and always great advice.’

  • ‘Andrew Cooke is always responsive and easy to reach.’

Key clients

  • ENIC/Tottenham Hotspur FC
  • Efficio Group
  • ParentPay Group
  • Flight Story Group
  • New Model Venture Capital
  • Martins Investments
  • Henry Schein Group
  • Workable Technology
  • Metavallon Venture Capital
  • Jellyfish Pictures

Work highlights

Advised Flight Story on the acquisition of Zebu Digital.
Advised the shareholders of Foliometrics on the sale to With Intelligence.
Advised the founders of Nash Maritime on the sale to APEM.

Lawyers

Practice head

John Woodhouse

Other key lawyers

Andrew Cooke; Angus Young; Rex Newman; Sabrina Mitchell; Ilya Alexandrov