Lauded for its strength in M&A and corporate reorganisations, Osborne Clarke LLP has a wealth of experience in the technology segment and frequently advises on private equity and venture capital transactions. The practice is jointly steered by Greg Leyshon, a port of call for clients from the communications segment, and the expert for cross-border transactions, Sara Valentine. Mike Freer advises management teams on buy-outs, buy-ins, and equity release deals, while Robert Wood handles instructions related to the venture and growth capital market with a focus on transactions involving investor syndicates.
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Key clients
- Focus Group
- Solution 7 Limited
- Sterling Thermal Technology Limited
- Venture Dairy Services Limited (part of the listed GEA Group)
- Shaw Gibbs
- Cherwell Laboratories Limited
- GEA Group/ GEA Farm Technologies (UK) Limited
- Thea Green/Nails Inc. Limited
- Davies Group
- Business Growth Fund
- Apiary
- Ziff Davis, Inc. (IGN Entertainment)
Work highlights
Advised Focus Group and its shareholders on all aspects of its secondary private equity process, including vendor due diligence, regulatory advice across consumer credit, telecoms regulatory and data, as well as contractual negotiations and minority shareholder acquisitions, alongside the main sale and reinvestment process.
Advised the founder and CTO of Solution 7 Limited on the sale of his shares in the company to US buyer, Zone & Co.
We advised Nova Capital Partners and the management team of Sterling Thermal Technology Limited on its sale to Pemberstone Capital Partners.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Sara Valentine; Greg Leyshon
Other key lawyers
Robert Wood; Mike Freer; Rob Hayes