Nick Rumsby
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Corporate/M&A: £800 million and above
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About
Provided by Nick Rumsby
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.
Chambers Review
UK
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Nick is a very experienced and extremely sensible partner with strong commercial judgement and the ability to concisely communicate."
"Nick's knowledge of M&A is incredible."
"Nick is a strong lawyer and a nice person."
"Nick is a very experienced and extremely sensible partner with strong commercial judgement and the ability to concisely communicate."
"Nick's knowledge of M&A is incredible."
"Nick is a strong lawyer and a nice person."