Praised for its ‘highly technical’ and ’pragmatic’ approach, Mayer Brown International LLP advises a mix of FTSE 100 and Fortune 100 clients on the full range of corporate transactions, from joint ventures and leveraged buyouts to asset and share sales. The team is led by ‘superstar’ Kate Ball-Dodd, a trusted name for public companies navigating the Takeover Code, listing requirements, and company law. Rebecca Bothamley brings standout sector insight across mining, tech, telecoms, and insurance, while Richard Page regularly handles high-value deals across a host of sectors.
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Testimonials
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'We enjoyed dedicated advice from a capable team. While based out of London, the corporate team fitted into a wider international Mayer Brown team, ideally suited to our complicated needs: with capital from Asia, an HQ in New York, debt coming from Paris, and investments in Germany.’
‘Richard Page and Al Dolman, the two partners, offered deeply considered advice and maintained a high level of service throughout the project, which went through several deviations in the early stages and had to overcome various obstacles.’
'They are well resourced and client focussed.'
- 'They are particularly adept on complex, large value transactions that require lengthy negotiation and corporate structuring (including joint ventures).'
‘Caroline Humble is a formidable lawyer, highly commercial and a problem solver by nature. She acts as an advisor should, makes proper recommendations backed with clear, reasoned explanation. She can navigate deals carefully and looks for solutions before the problems arise.’
‘A highly regarded and commercially minded M&A team who are very responsive to our needs and are familiar with our particular M&A requirements. The team provide commercially focussed, timely and insightful legal advice with flexible billing arrangements. ’
‘Amazing team, which is both highly technical and pragmatic / business-oriented. They are also very client-centric, super eager to understand our constraints to address them properly and very reactive.’
‘Kate Ball-Dodd was a superstar, full of energy and drive to plough through no matter what came up along the journey. Kate is very smart, spot on with her advice everything. Kate gets deals done.’
Key clients
- Accor SA
- Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc
- Bain Capital
- Beazley plc
- bioMérieux SA
- The British Land Company plc
- Evergreen Financial Advisors
- JOST SE
- Klesch Group
- Mitie Group plc
- Morningstar
- Nippon Life
- Pernod Ricard, SA
- PETRONAS
- PRIO
- QBE Insurance Group Limited
- Shearwater Group
- Unilever plc
- VAALCO Energy, Inc.
- Wolters Kluwer
Work highlights
Advised Bain Capital on its strategic partnership with Aquila Group to build a leading European sustainable data centre platform.
Advising Nippon Life on the $10.6 billion acquisition of Resolution Life.
Advised Unilever on its acquisition of premium personal care product producer, Wild.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Kate Ball-Dodd
Other key lawyers
Rebecca Bothamley; Richard Page; Al Dolman; Caroline Humble