Corporate and M&A

Our specialist corporate lawyers provide high quality, commercially astute and proactive advice to a wide range of organisations, from start-ups through growth companies to multi-national corporations and public sector bodies.  We also have a wealth of experience of private equity, venture capital and other investments, whether advising the investors, the company or the management team.

We draw on our vast experience in various sectors including hospitality and leisure, gaming, sport, healthcare and media, working with other transactional specialists at Hugh James to provide a seamless, premium quality service.

We are regularly instructed on high profile and complex corporate deals, both domestic and cross-border. Examples include advising:

• The Port of Milford Haven on its purchase of the luxury St Brides Spa Hotel
• Welsh Rugby Union on the sale of Dragons RFC
• Great Point Studios on the purchase of Seren Studios from Welsh Government
• Victorian Sliders (the largest manufacturer of vertical sliding windows in Europe) on a follow-on investment from BGF
• Cardiff Rugby on its takeover by Helford Capital
• on the disposal of Nautilus Consulting to Accenture UK
• S.A. Brain & Co on the sale of its interest in Coffee #1 to Caffè Nero
• on the sale of Princes Gate Spring Water to Nestlé
• Welsh Rugby Union on a joint venture which transformed two of Cardiff’s most iconic buildings into the luxury Parkgate Hotel; and on its multi-million pound joint venture providing hospitality services at the Principality Stadium
• Welsh Government on the £83.7m International Convention Centre Wales

We also undertake advisory work for longstanding heavyweight clients including Welsh Government, Rockwool International and Avicenna.