Public and private M&A

Michelle has advised on a broad range of M&A transactions, including:

CLS Group

Advising CLS Group on its sales of:

• Future Climate Info to Dye & Durham Corporation for £55 million; and
• CLS Risk Solutions to Specialist Risk Group.

Trafalgar Entertainment

Advising Trafalgar Entertainment Group on its acquisitions of:

• HQ Theatres; and 
• the Helen O'Grady drama academy.

Focusrite plc

Advising Focusrite plc on its acquisition of Linea Research Holdings.

Arcola Energy

Advised the sellers of Arcola Energy, a systems engineering company, on the company's acquisition by Canadian listed company Ballard Power Systems. Ballard acquired 100% of Arcola for total upfront and earn-out cash and share consideration of up to US$40 million, based on the achievement of certain performance milestones.

Arthur J Gallagher & Co. 

Advising Arthur J Gallagher & Co. on its acquisition of specialist insurance broker The Bollington Wilson Group.

Focusrite plc

Advising AIM listed Focusrite plc on its acquisition of Linea Research Holdings.

BTG plc

Advising on BTG plc's £160 million joint underwritten cash box placing in connection with the acquisition of PneumRx, Inc.

Joint ventures

3 Step IT strategic partnership with BNP Paribas

Advising Finnish-based 3 Step IT on its strategic partnership with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions to create a leading integrated IT leasing business across various European jurisdictions.

Anglia Maltings

Advising Anglia Maltings on a three way joint venture with Frontier Agriculture (a JV between ABF and Cargill) and Camgrain (a farmer owned cooperative) to create Europe's largest oat processing plant.

Growth and venture capital

Highview Power

Advising Highview Power, a London-based cryogenic energy storage company, on initial and follow-on growth investments totalling US$70 million, from Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Janus Continental Group, TSK and existing investors.

Litta App

Advising ethical, waste removal tech platform, Litta App, on their £2 million Series A fundraising from VCT, Beringea.

Picnic Media

Advising AdTech company, Picnic Media, on their £2 million fundraise from EIS and VCT fund, Guinness Asset Management.

Finch Capital

Advising VC fund, Finch Capital, on its initial investment and follow-on rounds in AI data analytics company, Brytlyt.

Equity capital markets

e-therapeutics plc

Advising e-therapeutics plc on its £12.4 million fundraise. Based in Oxford, UK, e-therapeutics aims to transform the drug discovery process by leveraging its computational power and biological expertise to accelerate the path to identifying and developing effective therapies.

Time Out Group plc

Advising Time Out Group on their placing and open offer to raise up to £49 million.

Hotel Chocolat plc

Advising British chocolatier, Hotel Chocolat, on their £22 million placing, having also worked on their AIM IPO in 2016.

Life sciences

e-therapeutics plc

Advising e-therapeutics plc on its £12.4 million fundraise. Based in Oxford, UK, e-therapeutics aims to transform the drug discovery process by leveraging its computational power and biological expertise to accelerate the path to identifying and developing effective therapies.

BTG plc

Advising on BTG plc's £160 million joint underwritten cash box placing in connection with the acquisition of PneumRx, Inc.

FTSE 250 healthcare company

Advised in relation to a private acquisition of a university spin out.

Technology

3 Step IT strategic partnership with BNP Paribas

Advising Finnish-based 3 Step IT on its strategic partnership with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions to create a leading integrated IT leasing business across various European jurisdictions.

Litta App

Advising ethical, waste removal tech platform, Litta App, on their £2 million Series A fundraising from VCT, Beringea.

Picnic Media

Advising AdTech company, Picnic Media, on their £2 million fundraise from EIS and VCT fund, Guinness Asset Management.

Finch Capital

Advising VC fund, Finch Capital, on its initial investment and follow-on rounds in AI data analytics company, Brytlyt. 

Power and renewables

Highview Power

Advising Highview Power, a London-based cryogenic energy storage company, on initial and follow-on growth investments totalling US$70 million, from Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Janus Continental Group, TSK and existing investors.

Arcola Energy

Advised the sellers of Arcola Energy, a systems engineering company, on the company's acquisition by Canadian listed company Ballard Power Systems. Ballard acquired 100% of Arcola for total upfront and earn-out cash and share consideration of up to US$40 million, based on the achievement of certain performance milestones.