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Sean Wright

Sean Wright

UK 2026

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Practice Areas

Sean heads up the National Private Equity practice and leads the South Corporate team covering its Solent, Thames Valley and Milton Keynes offices.

Sean has built the private equity team into the first class national practice it is today. Acting for equity providers, management teams and financial sponsors the team have a unique national footprint, with a top class equity offering across the UK from Manchester to Solent.

Major deals where Sean has recently acted include:

acting for LDC on the sale of Property Software Group to Zoopla for £75m, the £105m MBO of ByBox and its £16m investment into national salon Rush;

acting for Management on the buyout of Phlexglobal by Vitruvian Partners from Bridgepoint Development Capital;

acting for the Sellers on the acquisition of Drew Smith by Galliford Try plc;

acting for the shareholders of Hamleys on its £100m sale to China based C.Banner International;

acting for the shareholders of Raymond Brown Minerals and Recycling on its sale to Elysian Capital;

acting for Dukes Education Group on various acquisitions including Cardiff Sixth Form College, Earlscliffe and the Fine Arts College; and

acting for August Equity and the shareholders on the sale of Compass Community to Graphite Capital.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Corporate/M&A: £25 million and above - The South

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Sean Wright has established a formidable practice in private equity and complex corporate transactions. He represents clients in a range of sectors, including marketing and retail, and is active across the country.

Strengths

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  • We have worked with Sean for many years and always enjoyed the experience. His handle on combining the law with the commercial reality is refreshing.

    Corporate/M&A: £25 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Sean Wright is very bright, very experienced, a great client handler and very commercial.

    Corporate/M&A: £25 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • His handle on combining the law with the commercial reality is refreshing.

    Corporate/M&A: £25 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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