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Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million
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Howard Kennedy's M&A team advise entrepreneurs, family businesses and international businesses expanding into the UK and Europe, investors and family offices. We help businesses and individuals achieve their ambitions, whether through acquisition, investment or exit.
Our team gets the entrepreneurial mindset and we always apply this to the way we work with our clients. We fit into the way that clients want to do business and we know that for an acquisitive client the way we conduct ourselves on a deal impacts their reputation.
We help entrepreneurs grow their businesses, prepare for sale and guide them through exit. We work closely with our Private Client team to ensure that our client's personal and family arrangements are also well looked after.
Likewise, privately and family owned companies come to us to support them with their succession planning.
We act for large corporates looking to M&A as part of their growth and innovation strategies. We are well versed in all aspects of M&A from the terms and structure of deals, negotiations, the strategic aspects of growth and exit planning – right through to execution.
We also help clients (working with their other advisers) to re-structure their corporate affairs, whether supporting on personal wealth or tax planning, change in business focus, or for reasons of family or business succession.
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Howard Kennedy acted for the collective holders of the entire issued share capital of Canelo Digital Publishing on the sale of the entire issued share capital of the company together with its subsidiary, Hera Books, to Dorling Kindersley.
Strengths
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Howard Kennedy's strengths include its commercial decision-making and advice. The team has a key skill in breaking down complex mandates to manageable workstreams.
Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million respondentUKHoward Kennedy's team is pragmatic, responsive and has an exceptional ability to marshal resources across the firm for the client's benefit. Its corporate team is outstanding in these respects.
Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million respondentUKHoward Kennedy provides an excellent service which is responsive, pragmatic and calm. They have good advisers.
Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million respondentUKThe team provided excellent advice without any apparent flaws. All of the team was excellent throughout. There was a practical understanding of the commercial aspects of the deal.
Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million respondentUK
Notable Practitioners
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Band 4 Gillian White
Gillian White maintains a notable practice representing clients on complex acquisitions, sales and investments. She is particularly adept at advising on IP-related matters and sits as head of the firm's M&A team.
Gillian White is an incredible lawyer with great commerciality. Gillian has a wealth of experience and brings precision and detail with commerciality and a friendly approach.
Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million respondentUKGillian has been absolutely phenomenal across all areas here.
Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million respondentUKGillian is a superstar. She is responsive and has excellent presence with clients without sacrificing attention to detail.
Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million respondentUKGillian is a commercial, practical and responsive lawyer. She can get to the crux of an issue and identify the desired outcome very quickly.
Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million respondentUK
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Gillian White
Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million
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