Corporate/M&A: £25 million and above - North West
Band 2
What the Team is Known For
DWF has a well-established corporate practice with a strong roster of practitioners across the North West. It provides extensive advice on M&A deals, especially in the financial services, retail and technology sectors. Its lawyers advise a range of large companies and private equity houses on both domestic and international transactions.
Strengths
DWF are great to work with.
They put our minds at ease, answered all our questions and dealt with everything for us to make sure it was all smart and easy.
DWF are very commercial and cost effective. They have capable teams across departments and are always very responsive.
Work Highlights
DWF advised Daisy on the £1.2 billion merger of its corporate services business with Wavenet.
Notable practitioners
Jonathan Robinson has extensive experience advising on corporate transactions. He regularly assists clients with M&A and MBOs, and has a particular focus on private equity mandates.
Jonathan is a great lawyer.
Jonathan is excellent at delivering a first-class service and is well respected by clients and peers.
Jonathan is a veteran of the Manchester private equity world. He's great to work with and a very good operator.
Alasdair Outhwaite regularly handles complex private equity mandates, including investment matters and buyouts. He can advise management teams as well as businesses and private equity funds.
Alasdair is a fantastic and very commercial lawyer.
Alasdair is really good. Clients love him, he has a nice calm manner and gives good commercial advice. I think he's brilliant.
Frank Shephard is the global head of corporate for DWF and has many years' experience in capital markets and M&A transactions. He represents private equity investors and public and private companies, and handles both national and international matters.
Frank is a first-class corporate lawyer with great commercial sense.
Frank is a great client partner and leads a strong team.
Darren Ormsby is a partner in DWF's Manchester team. He has particular experience advising on private equity transactions in the software and technology sector.
Darren is a really good lawyer and whenever I come across him his work and technical output is good.
Darren was amazing, really approachable, and made us feel very comfortable. He put everything in layman's terms and provided good communication and good reply times.
