Mike had experience in all types of public and private transactions, with an extensive track record spanning both cross-border and domestic across a range of industry sectors. He advised private equity funds, corporates and financial advisers in relation to private equity and M&A, joint ventures, IPOs and equity issues, and corporate restructurings. He was considered a leading transactional lawyer for advising on transformational domestic and cross-border deals, with Chambers and Legal 500 stating that Mike was “superb choice of counsel for…high-value M&A deals” and “a first-class PE lawyer”. He was recognised as an “exceptional lawyer”, “phenomenally hard-working and universally respected”, known for his “attentiveness and versatility” and for bringing “a depth of experience and deliver[ing] a great service.”
Mike was recognised by numerous legal and industry commentators over the years, including: reported by The Lawyer as the most recommended Private Equity lawyer in the UK by general counsel; featured in Private Equity Manager magazine’s ‘Legal Power 30’ list of the 30 most influential private equity lawyers; shortlisted as one of the UK’s Top Innovative Lawyers in the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards; awarded “Partner of the Year” at The Lawyer Awards; recognised as “Deal Lawyer of the Year” at the Legal Business Awards; and listed in The Times’ “Law 100: UK’s Most Powerful Lawyers”.
Mike was named as one of FN’s “20 Most Influential Lawyers for 2021 and as one of the “Fifty Most Influential Lawyers” for 2023 and 2022 whose list recognised Europe’s top business lawyers, and to Legal 500’s M&A Private Practice Powerlist: UK 2024. He was ranked in Band 1 and as an Eminent Practitioner for both Private Equity and M&A in Chambers UK, and as a ‘Market Leader’ in IFLR1000 UK. He was one of just two lawyers in London to be ranked in the Hall of Fame category for both Private Equity and M&A in Legal 500 UK 2022.