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Corporate and commercial: Bristol

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Michelmores LLP

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Jointly led by Richard Cobb and Henry Taylor, the team at Michelmores LLP handles matters related to corporate finance, private equity and M&A, working across sectors such as insurance, energy and private wealth. Cathy Bryant specialises in corporate tax, options and incentives work and early stage investment advisory matters, while Adam Kean , who joined the team in 2024, focuses his practice on private equity and venture capital matters. Ben Adams, who also arrived at the firm in 2024, is a further key contact.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Working with Michelmores provided a seamless experience as an adviser.’

  • ‘The team has provided high quality advice balancing legal and commercial factors and is always responsive.’

  • ‘I was impressed with the depth of experience across a wide set of sectors. The first important factor for me was the user friendly aspect. They are easy to engage with and nothing is too much trouble. If something requires further expertise there always seems to be an experienced person at hand and easy to access.’

  • ‘Cathy Bryant had the ability to communicate incomprehensible matters in plain language. Over and above this she understood from the clients perspective the commerciality of each step.’

Key clients

  • Partners
  • Succession Wealth
  • Freshways Group
  • Thrive Renewables plc
  • H2 Equity Partners
  • Maven Capital Partners LLP
  • BGF
  • Triple Point Energy Transition plc
  • Gresham House Investment Management
  • Armstrong Capital Management
  • Forestry Commission
  • Oriole Networks Ltd

Work highlights

Acted as lead legal counsel to Partners&, on multiple acquisitions over the past 12 months as part of the clients buy-and-build strategy.
Advised Vigo Software, on its sale to Kerridge Commercial Systems.
Advised startup Oriole Networks on its initial £10m seed funding round and subsequent £17.5m Series A funding round.

Practice head

Richard Cobb; Henry Taylor

Other key lawyers

Cathy Bryant; Adam Kean; Ben Adams