Catherine Eley

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Catherine is a highly experienced M&A corporate partner, with a particular specialism in private equity.

She has over two and a half decades of experience in helping businesses like yours with a plethora of corporate matters, including acquisitions, disposals, joint venture arrangements and securing external investment, as well as providing general day-to-day corporate advice. Catherine also undertakes a significant amount of private equity work, acting for either the private equity house providing the investment and/or for the corporate/business to whom the investment is provided and/or for the relevant management team. She has worked as a dedicated corporate lawyer since qualifying in 1996 and has been a corporate partner since 2007. Her extensive client base includes many corporates and private equity funds (both national and international).

Catherine is known for:

• leading deals from the front; a true "partner-led" approach

• her no-nonsense style, focusing on the key issues

• client service excellence; securing for you — the client — as optimal an experience as possible

• building and establishing long-term, trusted client relationships

"Catherine Eley did a fantastic job in extremely short timescales and with wonderful drafting, responsiveness and commerciality. First class!" Greg McMahon, General Counsel, Mitchells & Butlers plc

“The team (led by Catherine Eley) was very much at the top of any team that I have dealt with over the past 20 years.” David Fraser, Non-Executive Chairman, Paddock Holdings Limited

“Eversheds was invaluable to us during the sale process. Having worked with Catherine Eley and her team on several projects over the past five years — from acquisitions to debt refinancing — they were our obvious choice when it came time to sell. Their expertise and commercial approach ensured a smooth exit process, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to others.” Charles Eggleston (CEO) and Clare Wilson (CFO), Treetops Nurseries

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