Bio
Elizabeth is a Corporate Solicitor.
Elizabeth advises businesses, investors, shareholders and management teams across a range of corporate and transactional matters, supporting clients throughout the full lifecycle of corporate transactions, and on their ongoing governance requirements.
Her expertise spans mergers and acquisitions, investment and shareholder arrangements, corporate restructurings, share buy-backs, constitutional matters, board governance and general company law advice.
She regularly assists clients with preparing and negotiating transaction documentation, implementing corporate actions, and ensuring that legal arrangements remain aligned with commercial objectives.
Elizabeth has particular expertise in acquisitions and investment transactions, including undertaking legal due diligence, assisting with the review and negotiation of share purchase agreements, disclosure letters and ancillary transaction documents, arranging signing and completion processes, and assisting with post-completion implementation matters.
She has also assisted on corporate structuring and shareholder matters (including share buy-backs, subscription arrangements, board governance, and the implementation of management incentive and investment structures), alongside advising developer clients on management company matters associated with residential developments (including the transition of management company control from developers to residents).
Examples of Elizabeth’s work include:
- Advising Cardo Group on a number of strategic acquisitions of businesses operating in the construction, building maintenance, fire protection and property services sectors.
- Supporting on a complex private equity continuation vehicle transaction involving the reinvestment of a portfolio company into a new investment structure.
- Dealing with a cross-border share buyback involving the repurchase of shares in a Jersey-incorporated holding company as part of a wider private equity-backed group structure, involving co-ordination with Jersey counsel.
- Advising shareholders on the sale of their majority shareholding in a food manufacturing business to a long-standing international supplier, while retaining a minority interest and remaining invested in the next phase of the company’s growth.
- Assisting buy-side on the acquisition of a graphic machine manufacturing business.
- Assisting buy-side on the acquisition of a specialist airline catering business from a private equity investor and management shareholders.