Shoosmiths acts for an extensive roster of Scottish and UK-wide clients on M&A, PE and venture capital transactions, with an ever-growing body of work focusing on tech and real estate deals. Alison Gilson helms the group and has a far-reaching practice that covers the full spread of corporate transactions, including corporate governance and shareholder issues. Kimberley Goh provides further M&A capabilities and a strong track record in the real estate sector, and Jen Paton is crucial to the firm’s venture capital offering.
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Testimonials
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- 'Alison Gilson and team are superb at simplifying the legal process and taking the ‘heavy lifting’ out of the process.'
- 'Alison Gilson and Jen Paton. Always positive, helpful and knowledgeable.'
- 'Excellent project managers, taking a holistic approach to deal delivery across the various disciplines.'
- 'Jen Paton has a cool head and provides carefully considered solutions with clear logic and rationale, and is a pleasure to work with.'
- 'Kimberley Goh was immensely helpful from the outset and kept a potentially fraught process on course, providing a great deal of helpful advice.'
Key clients
- Gatehouse Investment Management
- AA Corporation
- Extreme E Limited
- D9 Infrastructure Plc
- Housing Growth Partnership
- Dukes Education Group Ltd
- Morrison Community Care Group
- MV Commercial Limited
- Reilly Ventures Ltd / MGRE Consultancy
- Electric Sea Racing Limited
- St Andrews Pharmaceuticals Technology Limited
Work highlights
Advised UK PRS Holdings I Limited in the sale of UK PRS Properties I Limited to Citra Living Investments Limited, part of Lloyds Banking Group.
Advised Alexander Williams on the sale of the entire issued share capital of those entities to a Texas-based energy industry equipment provider, NASDAQ-listed ChampionX.
Advised the majority shareholders of UK software company, Engine B Limited, in the sale of Engine B to CliftonLarsonAllen UK Limited, the UK subsidiary of US accounting firm, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Alison Gilson
Other key lawyers
Kimberley Goh; Jen Paton