Francis Dalton
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million
Band 4
About
Provided by Francis Dalton
Practice Areas
Francis acts for a wide range of national and international clients, with a particular emphasis on private equity, venture capital and strategic transactions. Francis’ expertise includes extensive experience with private equity portfolios, covering mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, management incentivisation, and various other corporate matters.
Francis is ranked as a leading individual in Chambers & Partners (2024 edition). He is also listed as a Recommended Lawyer and recognised as a Next Generation Partner by The Legal 500 (2024 edition) in M&A.
Career
Corporate Lawyer
Clients
Agile Pharma B.V., Pawatech group, Hanover, Lavazza Professional UK Limited, Brilliant Planet, Btomorrow Ventures, Medneo UK Limited.
Work Highlights
Advising Rose Street Partners (RSP), a newly established investor in UK private companies, on its acquisition of Fuelsoft Limited, a leading provider of ERP software for bulk fuel distributors and fuel card agents.
Advising Medneo Logistics Limited (wholly owned by Medneo UK S.A.R.L), a leading provider of Mobile Imaging suppliers to NHS Trusts and Private providers, on the sale of its entire shareholding to Morley UK Bidco Limited.
Advising Abacus Group, a global IT managed services provider for financial services firms, on its acquisition of Tribeca Technology Holdings, the parent company of Tribeca Technology Ltd.
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Francis have experience in a blend of national and international transactions and is used to working across multiple jurisdictions with different laws.
Industry Sector Expertise
Technology and IT, regulated sectors, industrials, Healthcare, Retail, Financial Services, Private Funds, Fintech and Payment Services.
Languages Spoken
French and English
Experience
Francis trained at Herbert Smith Freehills and spent 7 years there before joining Freeths in 2017.
Education
Repton
University of Reading
Degree in law and French
Université de Paris X - Nanterre
Diploma in French law
Chambers Review
UK
Francis Dalton has developed a strong corporate practice at Freeths with demonstrable capabilities in public and private M&A. He is particularly focused on deals in the technology, media and healthcare sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Francis is an excellent all-around lawyer."
"Francis is very reliable."
"We are consistently impressed with Francis."
"Francis is an excellent all-around lawyer."
"Francis is very reliable."
"We are consistently impressed with Francis."
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Key Sectors
Provided by Freeths LLP
Health and Life Sciences
Retail and Consumer
Industrials, Engineering and Manufacturing
Government and Public Sector
Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT)