360º Legal Thinking

360º legal thinking

More than just lawyers One firm, 400 talented individuals Success as a team

■■ Top 100 law firm

■■ Winners of ‘Regional Law Firm of the Year 2013’ at Citywealth Magic Circle Awards

■■ Winners of ‘Corporate Law Firm of the Year 2012’ at SW Headquartered in Exeter with Business Insider Dealmakers Awards London and Bristol offices ■■ Winners of ‘UK & Ireland Regional Legal Team of the Year 2013/14’ at STEP Private Client Awards CORPORATE LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR ■■ Ranked as ‘Leading Firm’ by Chambers & Partners UK and ‘Top Tier Firm’ by Legal 500

■■ Awarded ‘one star’ status in the Sunday Times ‘Best Companies to Work For’ employee survey 2013 Client insight and understanding

Michelmores is a leading national law firm, with over 400 staff, 60 partners and a turnover in excess of £25m.

We provide Business, Real Estate and Private Client expertise to a wide range of national and international clients.

We put ourselves in our clients’ shoes and look at the world from your perspective. We are committed to achieving the best possible outcome for you. Your team, creating success for you

Malcolm Dickinson Stephen Morse Emma Honey Jonathan Riley Managing Partner Partner, Head of Business Partner, Head of Real Estate Partner, Head of Private Wealth

Our clients include… Jo Probert Partner, Corporate

We continue to grow

We can provide the right team In the last 12 months we have: to achieve your objectives. ■■recruited over 100 new joiners to the firm With over 150 lawyers, ■■recruited 9 new partners we have experts for all your needs. ■■promoted 3 associates to partners ■■promoted 9 associates across all areas of the business ■■retained all 7 of our trainees on qualification as solicitors Success in numbers

Turnover Staff numbers £250,000 ‘one star’ status1,300 100+

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5 4 5 2013 “ they have an outstanding commitment in terms of What they say about us Business Team getting the job done”

The quality of UK law practices is monitored each “ their lawyers will always make time for you and have year by independent researchers. become a part of our team” Inclusion in the Legal 500 and Chambers Directory is based solely on the research teams findings. “ if it’s anything really important, I go to them - I want No-one can ‘buy their way in’. Real Estate Team to be absolutely sure I am getting the right advice” “Michelmores always gives 100%, and its competitive pricing is a major plus for clients” “ strength in investment, public sector, local authority “the firm has made it its business to and residential real estate matters” find out about our business and get to know us, which has made for a “ the group operates coherently and seamlessly. Its client good relationship” Private Client Team service is second-to-none”

“ the well-connected team gives clear, independent and professional advice”

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS Our reputation for business Top 10 business deals over £20m in the last year

Client Type of deal Value Details International element Corporate finance is at the heart of the Michelmores success story. Disposal £610m Disposal of City Inns Ltd trading as Mint Hotels US buyer Our success is built on a reputation for intuitively sound commercial advice. People use and recommend us because of the quality Restructuring £100m Restructuring of Kew Green Hotel Group of our people and the depth of experience across the whole team. This experience gives Acquisition of Motorola’s PTP Acquisition £57.2m US buyer, US seller, 24 countries real weight to our views on the commercial broadband division pressure points of a deal, and a reputation in the market for getting deals done. Raising Finance £40m £40m syndicated unsecured loan facility

Advising on the first UK publicly-listed solar Raising Finance £40m finance bond

MBO £28m Management buyout of EMCAS

Group “ an exemplary £26.5m Global reorganisation of US food group US reorganisation reputation for Reorganisation

Disposal of DAD Holdings Limited providing high- Disposal £26m US buyer end corporate and subsidiaries

Sale of Manor Farm (Solar Park Limited) to advice to national Disposal £25m and international Lightsource Limited

Chambers 2013 Credit facility from OPIC (a US Government clients” Financing $50m Pan-Africa / US development finance agency) Key members of the Business Team

Richard Cobb Tim Richards Ian Holyoak Charles Maunder Rehman Noormohamed Andrew Tobey Joe Whitfield Andrew Oldland, QC Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner

Richard is an experienced Tim heads the Commercial Ian heads the Commercial Charles is a specialist non- Rehman heads up the Andrew has a wealth of Joe specialises in international Andrew specialises in a wide corporate finance lawyer Litigation Team and has vast Team, which handles a diverse contentious restructuring Technology, Media & experience on employment law and domestic investment range of regulatory matters, with particular knowledge experience in effectively variety of contracts and and insolvency lawyer. He Communications Team. issues, both contentious and and financing transactions, and has particular expertise in of mergers and acquisitions, resolving a range of disputes transactions for business. is experienced in advising He advises end users and non-contentious. He has including mergers and financial regulation (including private equity, listed PLCs including shareholder and His main practice areas include all types of stakeholders in supply chain, offering particular experience in dealing acquisitions, joint ventures, anti-corruption, anti-money and AIM. He is increasingly contractual claims. He is also an energy/natural resources; distressed corporate situations strategic, tactical and day- with high value senior private equity and funds, laundering and fraud undertaking international expert in alternative disputes project finance and other and complex restructuring to-day advice. His expertise executive severance claims and corporate finance, and banking prevention) maritime, fisheries, work, particularly in the media resolution. Tim specialises in funding structures; EU and transactions, including advising includes large scale ICT, related breach of contract transactions. He advises transport, environmental and technology sector. the generation, ownership, competition law (including insolvency office holders on BPO and transformational disputes, particularly those corporations and government law and health and safety. protection and exploitation of state aid); and public/private their duties and responsibilities. projects; systems integration, involving the enforcements of agencies on a wide variety He regularly acts for large intellectual property rights. collaboration. Ian also has software licensing and SLAs; restrictive covenants and of complex cross border corporate clients and insurers. extensive knowledge of e-commerce; data protection; injunction claims. transactions in some of the corporate transactions information security; FoIA; most challenging emerging more generally. IP protection and exploitation; markets. spin outs and structuring; and competition law. International capability

Michelmores acts for UK and international clients undertaking cross border and international investment activities worldwide. Canada Norway Finland Denmark We are experienced in international investment and Germany transactions services, including mergers and France Switzerland Russia China acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate finance and Spain Italy Mongolia banking transactions, private equity and funds and USA Bangladesh foreign direct investment (both into overseas Iraq Japan Turkey jurisdictions and the UK). Israel Hong Kong Sierra Leone Uganda Pakistan We are a member of IAG International, India Cambodia Tanzania Yemen a group of independent legal and tax Ivory Coast DRC Kenya firms around the globe. Michelmores represents clients Ghana based in, or investing in, a large number of overseas Zambia Brazil Nigeria Indonesia territories. Current and recent jurisdictions include: Malawi Vanuatu Cameroon Mozambique Australia Chile Angola Madagascar Zimbabwe Mauritius South Africa

Argentina Our reputation for real estate Top 10 real estate deals in the last year

Client Type of deal Value Details Michelmores is recognised as a leading force in real Setting up the residential element of a mixed use scheme comprising 159 apartments Mixed use estate law. The firm draws upon its vast experience £200m+ in a 21 storey building in Paddington, London. Involved working in partnership with development and depth of knowledge to provide individuals and Nabarro, and roadshows in Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. teams of lawyers with the exact skill sets required to Acting on the set-up of a mixed-use development site at Finsbury Park in London, Mixed use meet any property challenge. £200m comprising commercial, affordable housing and over 300 open-market development residential units. Our Real Estate Team has a wide and specialist involvement building a considerable reputation for site Acting on the acquisition of the site of the former St Margaret’s School in St Redevelopment Confidential acquisition, assembly and disposal, residential, retail, Leonard’s, Exeter for development. industrial, office and leisure developments as well as infrastructure and planning agreements. Estates Acting on behalf of the Carlyle Group in respect of the management and lettings at The Carlyle Group Confidential Management Piccadilly Place, Manchester and Colmore Plaza, Birmingham.

Phase 2 of the regeneration of North Prospect with Plymouth Community Homes Regeneration £45m under the HCA Development Partner Panel, for 172 affordable units and 172 private units. More phases to come on a 10 year roll out.

Representing the University on its major student residences project covering public Student Confidential procurement, projects, funding, property, planning, environmental, construction and Residences facilities management.

Options and acquisition of land in excess of 500 acres for the development of solar parks generating in excess of 35MW of installed generating capacity. This Renewables Confidential culminated in the first ever UK publicly listed solar finance bond which raised £40m against two solar parks.

Acting for the developer on the pre-letting and development of a new 60,000 sq ft Development Confidential SkyPark postal distribution centre to be occupied by GeoPost UK Limited on a 25 year lease. Acting for Dorset County Council as the Accountable Body in relation to the allocation and securing of over £4million of Growing Places Fund monies to a “This team is a Funding Confidential number of key projects including developments at Osprey Quay, Portland, Boscombe dominant force” and Poole. Chambers Instructed by the Metropolitan Police Service (on behalf of the Mayor’s Office Disposal Confidential for Policing and Crime) in relation to the implementation of its Estate Disposal Programme, as part of its Estate Strategy. Key members of the Real Estate Team

Paul Paling Carol McCormack, OBE Richard Honey Joanna Damerell Mark Howard Sally Rice Rob Nicholson Jason Phelps Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner

Paul’s particular expertise is Carol is highly experienced Richard specialises in acting Joanna specialises in Mark advises on planning and Sally advises a wide range Rob is a litigator with a broad Jason specialises in EU and in real estate investment and in negotiating, drafting, for a range of central commercial property environmental matters, and on of public and private sector spread of specialist commercial UK procurement, competition, development work. He has coordinating and advising government departments, development, including regeneration projects. As well clients, and is Head of the property litigation experience, merger control and state aids acted for real estate funds, on all aspects of PPP projects executive agencies and site acquisitions, disposals, as working with developers to Secured Lending Team. and heads up the Property law, and is Head of the EU institutional investors, off for private companies and non-departmental public development agreements, deliver projects, he undertakes She is experienced in Litigation Team. He advises Procurement & Competition shore investors, enterprise Government Departments bodies. In particular, he joint ventures, options and defence work for clients on commercial development on a wide range of disputes Team. He advises a wide range zone developers, sponsors and and Agencies. Carol is an advises on complex real overage arrangements. environmental and regulatory projects, regeneration involving both commercial and of public sector and private syndicates as well as occupiers expert in public private estate developments projects She also advises higher breaches. projects, secured lending residential property. sector clients on these complex and end users. Paul is Head of partnerships, including joint and high value (and often education institutions on and funding arrangements. matters. the London office. ventures, grant funding and politically sensitive) acquisitions real estate matters. Joanna integrated procurement. and disposals. is Head of the Care Team, with a particular specialism in the property aspects of care homes. Our reputation for private client advice

The Private Client Team comprises nearly 50 lawyers Advice to individuals and families Advice to businesses Advice to charities and institutions and provides comprehensive advice to individuals and We are recognised as one of the leading firms Our clients include business owners, landed We advise charities, schools, universities and families, businesses, charities and institutions. in advising private clients on a broad range of estates, agricultural businesses, entrepreneurs, colleges, sports bodies, religious organisations, issues relating to family matters, estates and financial institutions and trust companies. Royal Charter bodies, galleries and museums, and We have built our reputation on providing accurate, private property, tax planning and family and other public bodies. practical and commercial advice. divorce issues. Increasingly our advice incorporates international elements: we advise on trustees’ powers, This advice comes not just from the Private Client The scope of the team is wide, but at its core is We also act for international private clients, both obligations, risk management and the tax efficient Team, but from lawyers across the wider firm, all wealth protection, enhancement and succession. those resident but non-domiciled in the UK, and administration of trusts with multi-jurisdictional of whom are experts in their specialist fields and those non-resident in the UK. We advise on all settlors and beneficiaries. familiar with commercial issues in these sectors. aspects of wealth structuring, succession planning and UK tax planning, and help to protect wealth We understand the importance of long-term and manage succession issues effectively. solutions to ensure the success of your business, both now and in the future.

”excellent for trusts, will planning and tax problems” Chambers 2012 Key members of the Private Client Team

Will Michelmore Peter Williams Simon Thomas Sandra Brown Vivienne Williams Chris Close Richard Hedger Tony Cockayne Senior Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner

Will is responsible for looking Peter advises in relation to Simon is Head of the Family Sandra has over 25 years’ Vivienne specialises in all Chris is Head of the Private Richard has over 20 years’ Tony is Head of the Disputed after the affairs of a large agricultural disputes. His clients Team and advises on all family experience across a range of aspects of contentious Client Property Team, and experience in private client Wills & Trusts Team. Tony number of established private include landowners, tenants, related matters with particular private client services and is agricultural work. She advises specialises in high-value matters including wills and regularly advises on disputes clients, and deals with lenders, borrowers and a range emphasis on the financial renowned for her knowledge of on agricultural property residential conveyancing living wills, Court of Protection involving legacies to charities investments, trusts, tax and of agricultural businesses. He is consequences of divorce. wealth management and personal disputes, including landlord and agricultural property work, lasting powers of and the validity of wills, claims probate. Will holds a number an Honorary Member of the His expertise also covers tax and trusts. Sandra also and tenant. Her practice matters. He deals with all attorney, probate and under the Inheritance (Provision of trusteeships, and is a past- Institution for Chartered pension sharing, family specialises in advising clients on includes farming partnership property mattes for individuals, administration of estates. for Family and Dependents) chairman of the Society of Surveyors, a Fellow of the business issues, financial preserving their personal wealth disputes, co-ownership and including sales, purchases, Act 1975, problem executors, Trust and Estate practitioners Chartered Institute of provision for children, pre- and how best to provide for trust disputes and agricultural tenancies and related matters. claims against solicitors, in the South West. Arbitrators, and a Fellow of the nuptial agreements and themselves and their families. banking and insolvency. difficulties arising from the sale British Institute of Agricultural cohabitation matters. He is an of property within an estate, Consultants. He has higher expert on the effect of a equitable claims (including rights of audience at the Civil spouse’s conduct in divorce. proprietary estoppel) and Courts. He regularly lectures Simon is also a qualified undue influence and fraud. and is the author of the collaborative lawyer. leading textbook Scammell and Densham’s ‘Law of Agricultural Holdings’. More than just lawyers

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