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Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market

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GT London’s core practice is M&A. The firm excels in high-end deals, and is also committed to building long-term relationships with its clients, offering them high-quality services on transactions ranging from large, transformational deals to smaller transactions.


The practice is led by Paul Maher, a Global Vice Chair of Greenberg Traurig, and Fiona Adams, London Co-Managing Shareholder and Co-Chair of the Global Corporate Practice.

Our specialist M&A team helps our clients to structure, negotiate and complete complex international and domestic M&A transactions, including private acquisitions and disposals, public takeovers, private fundraisings, joint ventures, investment fund structuring, auction sales, strategic business combinations and reorganisations for large and middle-cap companies and for unlisted and privately owned businesses.

  • Negotiated mergers and acquisitions​
  • Recommended and hostile takeovers including anti-takeover defence initiatives
  • Public offers and schemes of arrangement
  • Sales and purchases of assets
  • Pre-sale and other reorganisations
  • Put and call option agreements
  • MBOs
  • Spin-offs
  • Auction processes
  • Joint ventures
  • Investment fund formation
  • Dissident shareholder proposals
  • Investment agreements
  •  Commercial contracts
  • General transactional and M&A advisory matters



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Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market - UK

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What the Team is Known For

Greenberg Traurig regularly advises on transactions for clients in the pharmaceutical, chemicals, telecommunications, and manufacturing sectors. It fields expertise in a broad range of areas, such as M&A, joint ventures, real estate deals and shareholder agreements. The department counts a number of significant corporates and financial institutions among its client base and leverages strong resources in the US to assist on cross-border work.

Work Highlights

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  • Greenberg Traurig advised Papaya Global on the acquisition of the Azimo Group.

Strengths

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"Greenberg Traurig provides outstanding support in M&A transactions. The team is very experienced, to the point and very smart."

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"Greenberg Traurig has a great deal of experience dealing with difficult and complex structures and transactions."

Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market respondent
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"Greenberg Traurig houses a very accomplished team with a very strong commercial edge."

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Notable Practitioners

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Paul Maher
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Paul Maher
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Eminent Practitioners
Paul Maher maintains a strong corporate practice incorporating strength in domestic and cross-border M&A. His diverse sector capabilities include experience in pharmaceutical, retail and financial services. He serves as the firm's global vice chair.
"Paul is one of the best commercial negotiators I have ever worked with and he is incredibly client-focused."
"Paul provides very high-end strategic support. Whilst incredibly intelligent and a great technical lawyer, he can boil down the issues that matter to our business succinctly and very quickly."
"Paul is an exceptional negotiator and very smart."
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Fiona Adams
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Fiona Adams
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Band 2
Fiona Adams maintains a successful practice advising household-name corporate clients on high-end transactions. She co-chairs the firm's global practice and is managing shareholder of its London office.
"Fiona is sharp, clear, balanced and she has the ability to quickly navigate in complex technical and commercial fields."
"Fiona is technically astute whilst being inherently commercial."
"Fiona is a super M&A lawyer; she is very smart and experienced."
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Henrietta Walker
4
Band 4
Henrietta Walker displays strength across a variety of transactional matters, including in significant cross-border M&A, joint ventures and corporate governance issues. Her sector focus includes demonstrable expertise in pharmaceuticals, chemicals and financial services, among others.
"Henrietta is very experienced and excellent with clients."
"Henrietta is an extremely capable lawyer. She has a very broad but deep knowledge of her subject and she always has an immediate response with easy-to-digest advice."
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Sarah Moyles
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Band 4
Sarah Moyles is recognised for her broad practice, working on both public and private M&A. She is particularly experienced in cross-border transactions.
"Sarah is a very technically strong lawyer. She is always available and responsive and always ensures strong project management on any transaction."
"Sarah is always responsive and she is very personable."
"Sarah is experienced and commercial."
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Paul Maher
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Fiona Adams
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Fiona Adams
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Henrietta Walker
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Sarah Moyles
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