Mills & Reeve LLP‘s corporate team, led by seasoned practitioner Paul Johnson, is geared to handle a range of buy- and sell-side mid-market acquisitions, investments and mergers across core areas such as food, waste management and retail. The group is also seeing an increase in instructions related to cross-border technology deals. Martin Priestley heads up the commercial group, which has a tight focus on work for clients from the education and government sectors. Joanna Jowitt centres her practice on work for PE-backed buy-and-build portfolio clients, while Alex Kenworthy is active across mandates spanning investment into the UK, reorganisations and corporate governance.
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Key clients
- VetPartners Limited
- Rema Tip Top
- UK Infrastructure Bank
- Regal Foods Plc
- Essential Healthcare Solutions (UK) Limited
- 2CRSi Group
- RCM SA
- The Enva Group
- Ibstock Plc
- Nolte Kitchens
Work highlights
Advising on the sale of Romero Group and Club Insure to Assured Partners.
Advising the University of Sussex on a second-generation catering outsourcing.
Advised Optalysys on a fundraising through US and European private equity.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Paul Johnson; Martin Priestley
Other key lawyers
Joanna Jowitt; Alex Kenworthy; Vanessa Walton; Mark Ashton; Oliver King