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Band 3

Corporate/M&A: £800 million and above

London (Firms)

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Provided by Nick Rumsby

UK

Practice Areas

Nick Rumsby’s practice focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, restructurings, joint ventures, demergers, and equity financings.

He is uniquely placed to advise on UK takeovers having completed a two-year secondment to the UK Takeover Panel as a senior case officer (2008-2010) where he was involved in all major decisions and policies made during that time. Following his secondment, Nick has spent over a decade advising targets and UK and overseas bidders on some of the largest and most high-profile takeovers in the UK market.

Career

In addition to his time at the Takeover Panel, Nick spent over two decades as a renowned M&A lawyer at a leading magic circle law firm, leading one of their corporate groups for six years.

He joined Cleary Gottlieb as a partner in 2023.

Professional Memberships

England and Wales

Publications

Nick contributes regularly to the Takeover Panel’s public consultations. He contributed three chapters to the second edition of Butterworths Takeovers: Law and Practice and edited the Gore-Browne chapter on takeovers for more than seven years.

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Corporate/M&A: £800 million and above - London (Firms)
3
Band 3

Nick Rumsby is experienced in domestic public M&A, in addition to boasting expertise in joint ventures, demergers and corporate restructurings. His practice benefits from time on secondment at the Takeover Panel.

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