As well as managing the corporate team in East Lancashire, Richard handles a wide range of corporate work including company/business acquisitions and disposals, equity fundraisings and investments, mergers, reorganisations and restructurings, joint ventures and start-ups.
He has particular experience in the financial services, leisure and healthcare sectors, along with significant experience in distressed corporate restructurings and acquisitions.
Richard acts for a range of clients but has a history of acting for large corporates as well as smaller owner managed businesses.
He is recommended by industry ‘bible’ The Legal 500 and in 2021 Richard joined Napthens executive board.
Experience
Recent deals include:
- Leading the corporate team advising client Nelson Packaging, a Nelson based manufacturer with annual sales of around £6m, on its sale to trade buyer EDCAWI
- Leading the team that advised the management of Granby Marketing, a company providing direct marketing services and support, on their £3.8m buyout, backed by Enterprise Ventures
- Heavily involved in the North West Business Insider Dealmakers award-winning £50m+ Deal of the Year 2022, with the Sale of Protec Fire & Security Group to Bosch
- Advising the shareholders and long standing clients of Connect 2 Cleanrooms on its sale to New York Based private equity firm Asgard Partners portfolio company Angstrom Technology
- Leading a team of lawyers from Napthens on the sale of established client Northern Industrial to US based Radwell International
Affiliations
- Member of the Law Society
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