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Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above | UK

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This section covers both public and private company transactions. Typical work includes M&A, private equity, joint ventures and share acquisitions. It also includes dispositions, capitalisations, entity selection and formation, operating and partnership agreements, and securities and governance matters. Priority is placed on the representation of buyers and sellers. The section is split into tables for matters that are £5 million and above, £25 million and above, and ones dealing with SME/Owner-managed businesses.

Rankings overview for Departments

1

Band 1

  1. Clarion
    Clarion 2 Years Ranked
  2. Gordons LLP
2

Band 2

  1. Freeths LLP
    Freeths LLP 2 Years Ranked
  2. Shoosmiths LLP
    Shoosmiths LLP 2 Years Ranked
  3. Lupton Fawcett
  4. Schofield Sweeney
3

Band 3

  1. Mills & Reeve LLP
    Mills & Reeve LLP 2 Years Ranked
  2. Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP
  3. Hill Dickinson LLP
  4. Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP

All Departments profiles

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Band 1

  1. Clarion
    1
    Clarion
    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above
    2025 | Band 1 | 2 Years Ranked
    Clarion has a proficient corporate practice which excels in lower mid-market transactional and governance work across Yorkshire. It calls upon additional resources in its commercial teams to offer a full complement of services in complex deals. The firm is particularly esteemed for its strengths in the digital media, manufacturing and logistics sectors.
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  2. Gordons LLP
    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above
    2025 | Band 1
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2

Band 2

  1. Freeths LLP
    2
    Freeths LLP
    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above
    2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Freeths is a respected corporate practice advising clients on M&A, private equity, restructuring and reorganisation, MBOs and MBIs, and due diligence. The Yorkshire team is noted for its work on private acquisitions and disposals, particularly for owner-managed businesses.
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  2. Shoosmiths LLP
    2
    Shoosmiths LLP
    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above
    2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Shoosmiths has an increasingly established corporate practice in Yorkshire advising clients on transactional matters in private equity and venture capital, M&A and corporate restructuring both domestically and internationally.
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  3. Lupton Fawcett
    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above
    2025 | Band 2
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  4. Schofield Sweeney
    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above
    2025 | Band 2
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Band 3

  1. Mills & Reeve LLP
    3
    Mills & Reeve LLP
    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above
    2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    Mills & Reeve offers excellent advice across a broad range of transactional matters out of its Leeds office. Its clientele of public and private companies and private equity houses look to the firm for advice in complex domestic and cross-border M&A. Areas of particular strength include the technology, retail and insurance spaces.
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  2. Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP
    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above
    2025 | Band 3
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  3. Hill Dickinson LLP
    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above
    2025 | Band 3
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  4. Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above
    2025 | Band 3
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Related Rankings

Corporate/M&A - Yorkshire
Corporate/M&A: £25 million and above - Yorkshire
Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses - Yorkshire