“The team at Michelmores are commercially minded but also plain-speaking. They provide good guidance on complex matters and have a thorough coverage of knowledge, and are always being responsive.”
“The firm was able to navigate a complex deal with ease, pulling in different departments seamlessly to support. The team had a great depth of experience and were always professional and responsive.”
“The team did everything we needed them to with professionalism. Also very pleasant dealing with them. Very clear on timescales. Always hit deadlines.”
“The team seemed very down to earth, they took time to explain things in plain English and were always happy to take time to go through any specific detail.”
“Despite the lockdown requirements, the team were always available and communicated very effectively whilst working remotely.”
“A really capable team across the board – from Partner to admin. They have a totally joined up way of working and can convey the key points clearly and concisely.”
“Henry Taylor and Francesca Hubbard are an excellent team to have behind you in a transaction. Both calm and pragmatic, keeping everything focused. At higher intensity moments their support was invaluable. They explain the position and the options clearly, and maintain a focus on the desired end position. Dealing with professionals who are highly skilled in their field, but are also just genuine and likeable people”
Trusted corporate legal advice
Our award-winning Corporate team of 25 specialist lawyers advises clients across the UK, US, EMEA and beyond – on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts, impact investing, energy projects, microfinance initiatives and more.
We act as advisers for exciting start-ups and established players in natural capital, agritech, healthcare, finance, capital markets, consumer goods and mineral extraction for battery technology.
With broad market experience and niche expertise, a global network of connections and a collaborative approach, we’re adept at pushing deals through the most challenging commercial pressure points.
Collaborative, innovative and award-winning
Highly ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers Guide, we’re three-times winners of ‘Corporate Law Firm of the Year’ at the Insider Dealmaker Awards and ‘Best Legal Team for Early Stage Deals’ at the UKBAA Angel Investment Awards.
Our unique MiVentures programme helps innovative entrepreneurs and start-ups scale to success that matches (and often exceeds) their ambitions. Meanwhile, with our MAINstream Angel Investor Network, we leverage full-service expertise for founders, companies and investors on a variety of venture capital and fundraising transactions.
Working collaboratively with expert teams across the whole legal spectrum, we provide private corporate clients with a tailored service that achieves outstanding results.
Recent experience
Advising the founders of Jota Holdings (which runs the FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar racing team Hertz Team Jota) on an equity investment by US-based special situations hedge fund Knighthead Capital Management, LLC
Advising insurance advisory business Partners& on quadruple transaction success
Advising Novum Securities and Oberon Investments on the AQSE listing of Time to Act plc
Advising Upholstery2u on investment by Middleton Enterprises
Advising Nice Rice on investment round including an investment from Anotherway Ventures
Acting on the AIM Admission of Tribe Technology plc, the Northern Irish based disruptive developer and manufacturer of autonomous mining equipment
Advising Allenby Capital the IPO fundraising extended to an institutional placing, direct subscriptions, Advance Subscription Agreements (as part of the pre-IPO round), and a retail intermediaries offer through BookBuild
Advising Allenby Capital on the £2.17 secondary fundraising for Deltex Medical Group plc, the England-based maker of blood circulation monitoring systems, which included, in addition to an institutional placing, an retail intermediaries offer conducted via the Rex platform
Advising Mobeus Equity Partners and its UK-focussed small-cap buyout Fund, Mobeus V LP on investments into Gungho Marketing Limited and Gasworld.com Limited
Advising Mobeus Equity Partners LLP on the sale of its VCT Fund Management business to Gresham House plc, the specialist alternative asset manager and Manager of the Baronsmead VCTs
Advising TechMet on its USD 55 million investments from the United States International Development Finance Corporation
Acting for Pay4Later (a consumer finance platform that connects merchants and their customers to banks and finance companies), in securing Series A funding from MissionOG
Acting on the £42m sale of Aero Stanrew
Acting for the Shareholders of MagicSeaweed on the sale to Surfstitch (listed in Australia)
Acting on the sale of Fianium to NKT Photonics (listed in Denmark)
Acting for Mobeus on its investment in Tushingham Sails (Red Paddle Co)
Acting for (UK listed) Haynes Publishing Group plc on its acquisition of Teon Media
