Corporate/M&A
UK Guide 2025 : Wales
Band 2
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Provided by Geldards LLP
We are one of the leading corporate teams in Wales, dealing with the full range of corporate work in a wide range of sectors. We handle multi-million pound deals and investments involving world-class companies and high-profile organisations. We are renowned in the market for delivering expert, high quality advice.
We advise private, public and third sector clients. In the last 12 months, we have continued to expand our work in the private equity, venture capital, gaming, manufacturing and healthcare sectors, acted on a range of transactions for professional services businesses, and consolidated our position as the leading transactional advisers to the public sector.
We advise a number of private equity and venture capital funds in Wales and beyond on investments in several sectors, especially technology, IT and life sciences businesses. We have been on the Development Bank of Wales legal panel continuously since 2008 and we are also their sole provider of corporate and funds formation/management advice
The team was shortlisted for the 2018 Insider Legal Team of the Year, and worked on several of the transactions shortlisted for Deal of the Year and Venture Capital Deal of the Year. The DevOpsGroup investment (on which we advised BGF) won the 2018 Venture Capital Deal of the Year award.
Chambers Review
Geldards has a highly respected corporate practice benefiting from deep expertise across the public and private sectors. Adept in handling high-value transactional work for both corporate clients and private equity firms, with particularly strong expertise in the gaming, manufacturing and healthcare sectors. Also demonstrates strong credentials in the venture capital arena, where it regularly handles financing deals in the technology space for a number of local and national investment firms.
Work Highlights
- Geldards advised Admiral on its exchange of agreements to purchase Luko Insurance.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Geldards is a very capable firm that's been instrumental to our success. The firm offers great services and does an excellent job of anticipating questions and proactively offering comments."
"It's an excellent firm with expertise, responsiveness and a very good team."
"Geldards is a very capable firm that's been instrumental to our success. The firm offers great services and does an excellent job of anticipating questions and proactively offering comments."
"It's an excellent firm with expertise, responsiveness and a very good team."
Notable Practitioners
Andrew Morris enjoys a standout reputation for handling big-ticket corporate transactions. He heads the firm's corporate department in Wales.
"Andrew has strong knowledge of acquisitions and provides expert guidance on such transactions."
"Andrew delivers first-class legal advice."
"Andrew is very pragmatic and business-oriented, with excellent interpersonal skills. He is able to quickly identify the needs and functioning of the group in order to provide appropriate advice."
"Andrew is proactive and can find solutions in complicated situations."
Alex Butler's broad base of corporate expertise includes acquisitions as well as private equity and venture capital deals, with experience acting for clients in a wide range of sectors.
"He made me feel like I was his only client and was exceptional in every aspect."
"Alex Butler does outstanding work."
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Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Private Clients / Individuals
Retail
Software & Computer Services
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