About

Provided by Burges Salmon LLP

Our Corporate and M&A team combines a proven track record for legal and transactional corporate law expertise with industry insights across multiple sectors.

We deliver highly commercial tailored solutions to a broad range of clients, from multinational corporations and financial institutions to early-stage businesses, partnerships, co-operative societies, and high-net-worth individuals.

With extensive experience in complex private M&A and public takeovers, reorganisations and demergers, private equity transactions, and equity capital markets, our corporate lawyers provide expert guidance in the UK and internationally.

We work closely with our clients, leveraging expertise from colleagues across the firm including on merger control/NSIA, tax, employment and incentives matters to offer pragmatic, comprehensive and coordinated advice. For cross-border matters, we collaborate with international partners through our Preferred Firm Network, ensuring the best possible outcomes for your business.

Our team provides comprehensive support and guidance throughout every stage of your business’s growth and development.

• M&A

• Private equity and venture capital

• Equity capital markets

• Corporate governance and company law

• Joint ventures

• Reorganisations and demergers

• Strategic advice on restructuring, insolvency and distressed situations

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: £25 million and above - South West

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Burges Salmon continues to garner outstanding market recognition for representing large national and international clients in complex transactional matters. It has a deep bench of lawyers with sector expertise in a wide range of industries, including food and beverages, healthcare and leisure, alongside strength in the energy field. The team continues to develop its involvement in transactions surrounding the education and training sector, as well as the transport sector.

Work Highlights

  • Burges Salmon advised Fasadgruppen on its first acquisition in the UK, which sees the company acquire Clear Line Holdings Ltd, for a total consideration of £119.9 million.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Camilla Usher-Clark
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Camilla Usher-Clark
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Band 2
Camilla Usher-Clark deals with a broad array of corporate and M&A transactions and is noted for her specialism in the energy sector.

Camilla is a very smart and skilled lawyer.

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Mark Shepherd
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Band 2

Mark Shepherd acts for several financial institutions as well as public and private companies on both domestic and cross-border transactions. He has experience advising on management buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic investments.

Incredibly smart. We worked on a very complex transaction and Mark was always able to really quickly get to the heart of the issue and work out how to solve the problem. Really lovely to deal with.

Richard Spink
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Richard Spink
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Band 2

Richard Spink is head of the wider corporate and financial institutions practice group for the firm. He handles a wide range of corporate transactions and is noted for his in-depth expertise in private equity matters.

Rupert Weston
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Rupert Weston
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Band 2

Rupert Weston has experience handling transactions in the leisure and technology sectors. He advises on a full range of corporate matters, particularly on mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures.

Rupert was very knowledgeable and reliable as part of the transaction.

Rupert is technically incredibly strong, very pragmatic and commercially-focused. He is someone that you really feel is a trusted adviser.

Dominic Davis
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Dominic Davis
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Band 3
Dominic Davis regularly advises on M&A, joint ventures and ECM matters. He has experience of joint ventures, and much of his work pertains to cross-border deals.

Dominic is outstanding in all areas.

Dominic is very engaged, attentive and knowledgeable, with impressive recall of detail.

Nick Graves
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Nick Graves
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Band 3
Nick Graves is head of the corporate team at Burges Salmon. He advises on a broad range of transactions and has experience in a variety of industry sectors, including infrastructure, manufacturing and renewables.
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Tim Roberts
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Band 3
Tim Roberts has a broad transactional practice that takes in a wide range of M&A and private equity activity in the education, leisure and technology sectors, among others.

Tim gave us excellent specialist advice.

Ranked Lawyers at
Burges Salmon LLP

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South West

Corporate/M&A: £25 million and above

Camilla Usher-Clark
2
Camilla Usher-Clark
2
Band 2
2
Mark Shepherd
2
Band 2
Richard Spink
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Richard Spink
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Band 2
Rupert Weston
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Rupert Weston
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Band 2
Dominic Davis
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Dominic Davis
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Band 3
Nick Graves
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Nick Graves
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Band 3
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Tim Roberts
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Band 3