Accelerated M&A

"Commercial and forward-thinking, putting the client relationship first. Commercially astute providing clear and concise advice."

Accelerated transactions may be initiated either by buyers who are able to use their cash resources to make approaches that would previously have been unwelcome, or by a company which is itself suffering the dramatic economic consequences of being unable to survive in its normal state or market.

As the name implies, accelerated mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are designed to be faster than a normal M&A transaction, but it may also bring much wider benefits.

Accelerated M&A should be deployed for transactions which are only effective and worth doing if they complete quickly: For example, to preserve the business, to retain the skilled workforce, client base and supply chain etc.

While the circumstances will be different in each case, many of these transactions might be deliverable without entering into an insolvency process. The benefits of the speed of execution, must balance the risks of doing a deal at a time when financial forecasts are bound to be much less reliable, and the due diligence and warranty cover is less than normal.

We have an Accelerated Deal Team ready to assist with these new deals. Our approach draws on the combined strengths and skillsets of Michelmores’ Banking, Restructuring & Insolvency, Corporate Finance, Commercial and Employment teams.

We would be delighted to speak to you and your accountants or corporate finance advisers with a view to exploring how you may benefit from accelerated M&A deals or advice in relation to more distressed situations.

Recent experience

Advising TechMet on its USD 55 million investments from the United States International Development Finance Corporation

Acting for Orchard Funding Group plc on its AIM IPO

Acting for Pay4Later (a consumer finance platform that connects merchants and their customers to banks and finance companies), in securing Series A funding from MissionOG

Acting on the £42m sale of Aero Stanrew

Acting for the Shareholders of MagicSeaweed on the sale to Surfstitch (listed in Australia)

Acting on the sale of Fianium to NKT Photonics (listed in Denmark)

Acting for Mobeus on its investment in Tushingham Sails (Red Paddle Co)

Acting for (UK listed) Haynes Publishing Group plc on its acquisition of Teon Media

KEY CONTACTS
Richard Cobb
Richard Cobb
Senior Partner
TEAM
Henry Taylor
Henry Taylor
Partner
Stephen Morse
Stephen Morse
Partner
Ian Binnie
Ian Binnie
Partner
Sacha Pickering
Sacha Pickering
Partner
Karen Williams
Karen Williams
Partner
James Baker
James Baker
Partner
Andrew Tobey
Andrew Tobey
Partner
Ian Holyoak
Ian Holyoak
Partner
Tom Torkar
Tom Torkar
Partner
David Thompson
David Thompson
Partner
Anne Todd
Anne Todd
Partner
Hollie Suddards
Hollie Suddards
Solicitor