Corporate/M&A: £25 million and above
UK Guide 2025 : South West
Band 3
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Foot Anstey assists national and international companies, entrepreneurs and private equity clients with a broad range of corporate transactions. It offers expertise in complex M&A, venture capital and governance work. The firm has a dedicated Islamic finance team that has expertise in equity investment structuring.
Work Highlights
- Foot Anstey acted for Qinecsa in connection with the acquisition of Commonwealth Informatics from Genpact.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Foot Anstey has depth of experience and a wide bandwidth of staff. The team have deep experience; they quickly understand the issues and provide solutions and are responsive."
"They run an excellent service and are very responsive."
"Foot Anstey are pragmatic and explain things well and clearly to enable us to make the best decisions."
"Foot Anstey's depth of experience and expertise are particular strengths.The team are quick to come back and clear with their timings."
"Foot Anstey has depth of experience and a wide bandwidth of staff. The team have deep experience; they quickly understand the issues and provide solutions and are responsive."
"They run an excellent service and are very responsive."
"Foot Anstey are pragmatic and explain things well and clearly to enable us to make the best decisions."
"Foot Anstey's depth of experience and expertise are particular strengths.The team are quick to come back and clear with their timings."
Notable Practitioners
Head of Foot Anstey's corporate practice, Matthew Stoate is an M&A practitioner who has extensive experience handling private equity transactions.
"Matthew is a good lawyer and we rate his work."
Chris Worrell has longstanding experience acting for both domestic and overseas corporates on a variety of significant transactions, including M&A.
Duncan Sykes advises on all aspects of corporate and M&A work, with notable expertise in the science and technology sector. He also regularly works on private equity deals.
"Duncan Sykes is very approachable and always looking to get things done."
"Duncan is a very reassuring head in tense negotiations."
"Duncan is able to anticipate commercial issues and provide well-rounded advice as a result."