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Corporate/M&A: £100-800 million - London (Firms)

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What the Team is Known For

Reed Smith is active on a wealth of corporate matters, including cross-border public and private transactions. It draws from an extensive global platform across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the USA to offer an integrated service on corporate deals. The department is well known for working with companies from the technology, energy, life sciences and defence sectors, among others.

Work Highlights

  • Reed Smith advised Bauer Media Group on its GBP510 million acquisition of Clear Channel’s Europe-North out-of-home advertising business.

Strengths

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Reed Smith's team exemplifies outstanding service levels and responsiveness. Its commitment to client satisfaction is evident in its proactive approach to communication and problem-solving.

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Reed Smith has talent in depth. Reed Smith has a nice mix of career lawyers with professional services experience and those who have experience of working in industry, which I think helps greatly.

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The Reed Smith team is consistently on top of every aspect. It is highly responsive, available whenever needed and extremely reliable. The team is also very easy to work with in general.

Corporate/M&A: £100-800 million respondent
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The Reed Smith team has been knowledgeable, dependable, responsive and strategic. The team is always very responsive and attentive.

Corporate/M&A: £100-800 million respondent
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The team provides a rare combination of technical excellence, strategic foresight and a client-centric service. It anticipates the commercial context behind issues and tailors advice accordingly.

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Notable Practitioners

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Philip Taylor
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Philip Taylor
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Clients look to Philip Taylor for advice on prominent mid-market M&A deals, among a diverse array of other transactional matters. He is well versed in deals in the media and financial services spaces, among others.

Philip is well regarded across the business. His advice is always commercial, sensible and measured.

Philip is excellent throughout and always available. He has great commercial acumen.

Philip is quite simply the best corporate lawyer I have ever worked with. He is clearly very experienced and nothing seems to faze him.

Philip provides exceptional strategic and legal guidance. He has deep market knowledge and is always hands on. He has an impressive ability to navigate complex negotiations.

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Michael Young
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Michael Young
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Michael Young draws praise for his adroit handling of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. He is particularly adept at advising clients in the media, technology and financial services sectors. He currently serves as EME co-chair of the firm’s global corporate group.

Michael is experienced and a solution-finder.

Michael has broad experience and very current knowledge of our industry. He has a very pragmatic approach and works with us to achieve our objectives and solve our issues.

Michael is very experienced.

Michael is a fantastic lawyer.

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Philip Taylor
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Philip Taylor
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Michael Young
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Michael Young
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