Ben works as special counsel in the corporate team.
He advises on private equity, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets (AIM and main market) and on company law and partnership/LLP law. Ben works in a range of sectors including technology, financial services, real estate, sport, luxury retail, art and support services.Ben acts for a number of acquisitive and fast growing tech companies. He has acted on numerous private equity and m&a transactions, including the acquisition of Autonomous Research by Alliance Bernstein, the investment by Inflexion in Chambers and Partners and the investment by Synova Capital in specialist insurer AllClear and Ben has acted on a number of significant hotel and corporate real estate transactions. Ben works closely with our regulatory team on financial services acquisitions in light of the associated controller applications and specialist due diligence required. Ben advises a number of clients on their controlling interests in quoted companies and the associated regulatory implications. He also advises on art transactions.
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The mantra for me and my team is not to accept second best
I am passionate about the law and applying my legal knowledge and expertise to identify the best solution available for my clients. I strive with my colleagues to ensure that Withers remains the leading law firm in its areas of expertise and the mantra for me and my team is not to accept second best.
I am also keen to contribute to the development of the law and regulation to benefit everyone and in that vein have recently consulted with the Takeover Panel on the codification of the acting in concert presumption for close relatives and related trusts, with the AIM team on disclosure of interests in AIM companies and with the ICSA on the PSC regime.