Lewis Mathys Emmerson LLP

Firm Details

Managing Partner: Steve Lewis
Number of partners: 5
Number of other fee-earners: 3 (+3 trainee solicitors)
International Offices: 1

Firm Overview:
Lewis Mathys Emmerson (LME) is a London-based firm with international pedigree. Established in 2015, the firm draws on the extensive experience of the partners, the majority having spent much of their careers working in top international firms, including in senior management positions. Having advised some of the most sophisticated clients in the world, the firm operates a partner-led service that is guided by the client’s strategic and commercial priorities.

At its outset, LME targeted the Japanese market, landing some of the largest corporate clients from the country. In the following years, the firm has continued to grow its Japanese business, while attracting clients from the UK, Europe and across the world. It has also cemented connections to top law firms in every corner of the globe.

The firm’s practice is broad with particularly strong expertise in cross-border M&A, data protection and regulation, capital markets, employment, and commercial contracts and regulation.

Main Areas of Practice:

Mergers and Acquisitions

• 3 partners, 3 associates
• Lewis Mathys Emmerson advises a range of UK and international companies on domestic and cross-border M&A and other corporate transactions. The M&A team has deep experience in high-value and complex deals, along with mid-cap transactions and other smaller corporate matters; this includes share sale and purchases, asset sale and purchases, initial public offerings, public company takeovers, private equity, corporate reorganisations, joint ventures and strategic collaborations.Team members have experience of deals involving more than 70 jurisdictions and are known for their connections to Japanese, Asia-based and other international businesses.
• Partners: Steve Lewis, Nick Emmerson, Oliver Neil
• Contact: Steve Lewis - 020 7794 0250

Data Regulation

• 3 partners, 2 associates
• Lewis Mathys Emmerson has a long history of cross-border Data Regulation advice to large international businesses right down to start-ups and growth companies. As a core department within the firm, it has a dedicated team of specialists with a background in helping businesses to address complex and evolving regimes, while recognising their commercial imperatives. The department frequently assists clients with the preparation ofessential policies, training management and staff, and implementing data processing and transfer agreements between group companies and with external vendors, as well as discrete matters such asrespondingto data breaches, handling data accessanderasure requests, and structuring new products and services.
• Partners: Nick Mathys, Nicholas Mitchell, Oliver Neil
• Contact: Nick Mathys - 020 7096 0298

Employment

• 2 partners, 2 associates
• Employment is a central component of Lewis Mathys Emmerson’s commitment to client service. The firm’s established and growing relationships with large multinationals, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and start-ups, have resulted in an entrenched understanding of employer and employee priorities. The team specialises in advising corporate clients on senior executive employment matters, including service contract negotiation, executive remuneration, benefits and restrictive covenants. It also has extensive expertise in post-M&A integration, alongside workforce management and employee incentivisation in order to retain key staff and realise the value of an investment.
• Partners: Steve Lewis, Oliver Neil
• Contact: Steve Lewis - 020 7794 0250

Commercial Contracts and Regulation

• 1 partner, 2 associates
• Lewis Mathys Emmerson has developed substantial expertise in commercial contracts and supply chain regulatory matters. The firm has worked intensively in the transactional and regulatory aspects of agency, distribution, supply and logistics agreements. It also has a background in consumer contracts, e-commerce, consumer law, product safety and compliance, food law, advertising and sales promotion rules, along with payment-related contracts and regulations (including payment services and e-money).
• Partners: Nicholas Mitchell
• Contact: Nicholas Mitchell – 020 7993 9021

Practice Areas:
Mergers and Acquisitions
Data Regulation
Employment
Commercial Contracts and Regulation

Offices
Lewis Mathys Emmerson LLP
One Pancras Square
London
N1C 4AG
T: 0207 993 2161