UK Guide 2026 : East Midlands
Ranked Individual
Provided by Flint Bishop
Our Corporate & Finance team is one of the most active and dynamic in the region, recognised for delivering high levels of client service, with an attentive and dedicated approach.
The broad range of experience shared between our solicitors allows us to deliver effective and innovative solutions throughout the life-cycle of a business, providing tailored and commercially practical guidance.
Our solicitors invest time into understanding you and your business and then use this knowledge to guide you through transactions, focussing on what is commercially important to you and minimising risks.
Our Corporate & Finance team has over 30 years’ combined experience of advising business owners, directors and other shareholders on a range of growth and financing strategies.
With an enviable international client base, we frequently advise on all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder relations and finance, with typical deal values ranging from £5m to £100m. We are also often instructed as project managers to lead due diligence and transactional teams from all relevant fields and jurisdictions.
◼ Acquisitions and disposals
◼ Banking and finance
◼ Joint venture agreements
◼ Managements buy-outs and buy-ins
◼ Reorganising and restructuring
◼ Secretarial support and governance
Provided by Chambers
Flint Bishop Solicitors is a well-established corporate practice based in Derby. The firm advises on a range of corporate and M&A transactions primarily for SMEs and owner-managed businesses.
Provided by Chambers
Flint Bishop acted for the Altrad Group on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Provincial Safety Services, an industrial safety equipment supplier based in Oldbury, West Midlands
Provided by Chambers
The lawyers are pragmatic, relatable, straightforward and experienced in subject matter.
The team at Flint Bishop provide timely, pragmatic advice.
Flint Bishop are excellent at explaining difficult legal concepts in a concise and understandable way.
Provided by Chambers
Martyn Brierley is head of the corporate and finance department and offers strengths across a wide range of transactions. He represents clients of all sizes in M&A and corporate restructuring across various sectors like the construction and manufacturing industries.
Martyn is knowledgeable and understands our requirements.
Martyn Brierley's is excellent overall.
Martyn offers strong commercial overview and technical expertise, and has a solid grasp of all transaction components.
Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses
Provided by Flint Bishop
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