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Thomson Snell & Passmore

Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above

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Thomson Snell & Passmore

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Our award winning team of experienced corporate lawyers provide highly practical advice to help ambitious businesses develop and grow.

We offer a comprehensive service, combining true business acumen with in-depth legal knowledge, helping accelerate growth and transformation for our clients.

We regularly advise on highly complex (and often cross-border) transactions, for both domestic and international clients, with particular expertise in the mid-market space.

Our expertise:

  • M&A - mergers, acquisitions and disposals
  • Private equity and venture finance, including MBOs and MBIs
  • Exit and succession planning
  • Cross border transactions
  • Starting up and managing joint venture arrangements
  • Shareholder arrangements
  • Corporate restructurings & demergers
  • Company law and corporate governance advice
  • Advising borrowers and lenders on banking and finance transactions 

Our approach

We understand that each client requires a bespoke approach, in line with their unique aims and goals. We seek to develop an understanding of our clients’ businesses and their commercial strategy. We then harness our expertise and experience to provide advice that contributes to this, and we work tenaciously with our clients to help them achieve their objectives.

Many of our client relationships are long lasting and in-depth which gives us an ever-increasing knowledge of what they want to achieve and the business environment in which they operate.

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Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above - The South

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Thomson Snell & Passmore is a solid regional practice with a strong focus on acting for owner-managed businesses based throughout the UK and internationally. The team has further expertise in advising the UK subsidiaries of large international companies on M&A and other corporate matters. It has notable experience of transactions in the transport, food and beverage, and technology industries.
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Work Highlights

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  • Thomson Snell & Passmore advised Nurture Landscapes on its acquisition of Tivoli Group.

Strengths

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  • The team has a wealth of experience that they can leverage to support clients across all sorts of deals. From partners to trainees, the whole team contributes to the collective efforts.

    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

  • Personal attention, thoroughness and attention to detail are strengths. The team's speed at grasping and understanding complex scenarios is unbelievable.

    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

  • The TSP team are highly professional experts who are very well regarded by their peers and clients. The team apply commercial intelligence and rationale to complex legal challenges.

    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

  • TSP had strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with stakeholders with different needs. They worked with agility and creativity to find the best outcomes.

    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

  • The team is principled and knowledgeable, with a pragmatic approach. There is a range of expertise within the team so problems are quickly escalated.

    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

Notable Practitioners

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  • Joanne Gallagher
    Joanne Gallagher

    Joanne Gallagher

    Head of department Joanne Gallagher consistently operates at the highest level of the market. She has a depth of expertise in M&A, private equity deals and matters of corporate finance.

    • Joanne is an excellent overall leader on legal work.

      Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

    • Joanne is one of the best lawyers I have ever had the privilege of working with.

      Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

    • Joanne is a rock of support. My anxiety levels are contained because I know she is a phone call away.

      Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK
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  • Faye Cook
    Faye Cook

    Faye Cook

    Faye Cook is recognised for her work in M&A, joint ventures and corporate restructurings, among other matters. She acts for owner-managed businesses and larger private companies.

    • Faye is a superb lawyer with a solution-driven approach.

      Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

    • Faye has a true understanding of my group.

      Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

    • Faye and her team were a pleasure to work with. She was professional, showed strong commercial awareness and was highly attentive.

      Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK
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  • Jason Varney
    Jason Varney

    Jason Varney

    Jason Varney is head of the firm's technology group. He offers excellent counsel to clients across a breadth of corporate transactions including joint ventures and corporate governance.

    • Jason is an exceptional lawyer. He has firmly won my trust through his diligence, knowledge, commercial drive and ability to reassure clients.

      Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

    • Jason has huge experience across a wealth of deals and is responsive, knowledgeable, pragmatic and great to work with.

      Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK
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