Sophie is a corporate lawyer with M&A and corporate governance experience.
Sophie is a Senior Associate in our corporate division. She has experience acting on a variety of corporate transactional matters, including public and private M&A, joint ventures and general corporate governance matters for listed and non-listed clients. Sophie has particular experience of the consumer and financial services sectors. Sophie spent nine months on secondment to the Corporate and M&A Legal team at Lloyds Banking Group in 2016/17.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- Link Group on the sale of its UK and Irish funds management business to Waystone
- Made.com on its acquisition of Trouva, a marketplace for more than 700 independent boutiques across Europe
- Miller Insurance Services, a specialist (re)insurance broker, on the establishment of a managing general agent and related shareholding arrangements
- WiseTech Global, developer of leading cloud-based logistics execution software, on its acquisition of data entry automation business Shipamax and its acquisition of Bolero, a provider of electronic Bills of Lading and digital documentation capabilities
- Willis Towers Watson on the sale Miller Insurance Services to Cinven, the international private equity firm, and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund
- EML Payments on its acquisition of Sentenial Limited (including Nuapay), a European Open Banking and Account-to-Account payments provider
- Fiera Capital Corporation, a Canadian asset management firm, on its acquisition of 80% of Palmer Capital Partners Limited, a UK-focused real estate investment manager based in London
- ARRIS International plc, a provider of entertainment and communications solutions, on its US$7.4 billion acquisition by CommScope Holding Company, Inc
- The Ardonagh Group, on its acquisition of the Swinton Insurance group, a UK personal lines broker from MMA Holdings UK Plc, part of the Covéa Group
- Old Mutual plc on the sale of Rogge Global Partners plc, a global fixed income asset management business, to Allianz Global Investors GmbH.
- Hammerson plc on its disposal of a 75% interest in Italie Deux Shopping Centre, Paris to AXA Investment Managers - Real Estate and its acquisition of further interests in various retail villages across the UK and Europe
- British American Tobacco on its acquisition of tobacco, IP and retail assets from Fabrika duhana Sarajevo
