Antonia Kirkby

Antonia specialises in giving technical advice on company law, listed company regulation and M&A, with a particular focus on public M&A. She writes regularly on developments in these areas and delivers a wide range of legal training to colleagues and clients, as well as lobbying on legal and regulatory developments.

She is a member of the Joint Takeovers Working Party of the City of London Law Society Company Law Sub-Committee and Law Society Company Law Committee. From 2003 to 2006, she was secretary to the City of London Law Society Company Law Sub-Committee.

Over recent years she has written articles for publications such as PLC magazine and contributes to an number of books, including a Practical Guide to the City Code and as co-editor of A Practical Guide to the UK Listing Regime, published by ICSA.

Background

Antonia qualified in 1997 and practised as a transaction lawyer specialising in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions before becoming a professional support lawyer.