Corporate/M&A: £25 million and above | UK

Shoosmiths has an expert transactional team demonstrating excellent credentials in strategic M&A matters on behalf of domestic SMEs, regional businesses and international corporates. It also handles a steady diet of investment work for management teams, as well as private equity and venture capital firms. The firm has market-leading expertise across a wide range of sectors, including healthcare, financial services, insurance and retail.

Steven & Bolton LLP is a full-service firm that handles complex private equity and corporate transactions for clients ranging from fast-growing entrepreneurial businesses to national and international corporations. It offers a solid team of experts capable of handling the full gamut of corporate work, including notable experience in cross-border mandates, and provides clients with the benefit of wide-ranging expertise thanks to banking, tax, pensions and IP specialists within the firm.

Blake Morgan has a broad-based corporate practice acting for a wide range of clients, from SMEs to listed companies and private equity houses, on the full gamut of national and international corporate matters. It benefits from a strong team of lawyers with recognised sector expertise in the retail, healthcare, education and technology fields.

Cripps is a full-service firm with recognised sector strengths in healthcare, financial services, technology and media. It calls upon a deep bench of lawyers with experience acting for domestic and international corporations on M&A and other corporate transactions, including private equity matters. Possesses complementary expertise in tax and capital markets matters.