Jonathon Roy

Practice Areas

I am a partner in the Corporate team at Paris Smith. I enjoy taking a commercial and constructive approach to getting deals done quickly and efficiently.

My main practice areas include:

- corporate acquisitions and disposals;

- corporate fundraisings;

- private equity;

- MBOs and similar transactions;

- corporate restructures; and

- joint ventures

I have been handling M&A transactions for more than 20 years, advising a wide range of clients including FTSE 100 companies, SME’s and owner managed businesses.

I have worked on hundreds of deals in multiple sectors, including many complex and high value transactions, as well as cross border transactions.

- Purchase of Viking Garages Limited by Peter Cooper Motor Group – completed June 2023

- Purchase of Altus Partners Ltd by LCap Group Limited – completed June 2023

- Purchase of Comparison Technologies Limited by an MBO team (Project Connect Topco) – completed July 2023

- MBO of STR Group – completed January 2023

- Sale of Hargroves Cycles Limited to Pedal Group (UK subsidiary of a listed Australian group) – completed September 2022

- Sale of 49% holding in Cloud 21 Limited by X-Tention Limited to Tegria Services Group Inc (completed August 2021) and subsequent sale of further 21% holding – Completed September 2022

- Sale of Berry Telecom to Babble Group – Completed September 2022

- Purchase of Alfred Homes Limited from Comland – Completed September 2022

- Sale of Big Sur (Sparkford) Limited by Stelling Properties (Holdings) Limited to Sparkford Holding Company Limited – Completed July 2022

- Purchase of Integris Solutions Limited by Cloud 21 Limited – Completed April 2022

- Sale of Cloudskiff SAS to Snyk Limited – Completed October 2021

- Acted for Bowman Power Group on a rights issue – Completed January 2021

- Acquisition of AFS Group by Meachers Global Logistics – Completed March 2021

- Acted on the MBO of GRI American European LLC, GRI USA Inc and GRI Services Limited – Completed February 2021