Mallory Coxe

Practice Areas

Mallory is a Partner in the Corporate team acting for owner managed businesses right through to large corporates operating in various sectors.

Mallory provides corporate support on a range of transactions and projects including mergers and acquisitions, disposals, corporate reorganisations and demergers, corporate structures, early-stage investments and all aspects of general company and stakeholder matters.

She is well regarded by her clients for having an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of a corporate transaction, being focussed in achieving strategic objectives and being wholeheartedly committed in driving deals over the line in an unflappable, efficient, and collaborative manner. Mallory really values the relationships she builds with clients and third-party advisors over the lifecycle of a deal and will always continue to be on hand once the dust has settled for further legal support in their follow-on projects, new endeavours or indeed, a completion celebration.

Career

Mallory joined Wright Hassall in 2023 from Freeths LLP where she spent over 7 years in their corporate department working with a particular focus in the East Midlands market and managing the team around her. She otherwise worked cross-office under the national corporate umbrella focussing on other local deals, private equity and the firm’s large corporate clients. Prior to joining Freeths LLP, she worked for Eversheds Sutherland on mostly private equity and cross-border related transactions.

Experience

Key experience includes:

- Advised the majority shareholder of Risk Decisions on the sale to Lumivero LLC;

- Advised CroBio on a cross-border seed fundraising round;

- Advised the shareholders of Intelligent Real Estate Due Diligence Limited on their sale to Adler Fairways;

- Advised "Urban Planters" on the receipt of their investment from top FTSE30 company Rentokil Initial plc;

- Advised the shareholders of iBlocks on their sale to Tracsis plc;

- Advised EG Group (trading as Euro Garages Limited) on its acquisition of the largest KFC franchise in the UK & Ireland from Belfast-headquartered, The Herbert Group;

- Advised See Tickets on the acquisition of LiveBuzz Group Limited, LiveBuzz Limited and LiveBuzz Web Design Limited;

- Advised DivideBuy on its £60m investment and debt financing from private equity investors and UK banks;

- Advised Omar Group on its acquisition of UK Sundecks;

- Advised on the sale of Omar Group by Rutland Partners;

- Advised Travis Perkins plc on its acquisition of air conditioning distributor, TF Solutions;

- Advised PE backed Away Resorts on the acquisition of Sandy Balls Holiday Village;

- Advised Elysian Capital on its acquisition of Sambro International, a maker of licenced toys that is partnered with Disney, Universal and Nickelodeon, alongside its management; and

- Advised Inflexion on its sale of Ideal Shopping Direct to Blackstone.