Adam Kean
Partner
What sets Michelmores apart is their commercial acumen and high standards of delivery. They not only understand the detail of the legal agreements as you would expect, but also the wider commercial context.
Legal 500 2026
The team at Michelmores is highly flexible. They have excellent communication within their team which reflects well to the client. They always make extra effort to provide a solution even when the situation is atypical or somewhat impractical. They have fantastic experience with dealing with third parties
Legal 500 2026
We work in partnership with you as an extension of your business, not simply as an external law firm. By understanding your strategy, appetite for risk and growth objectives, we bring together the right legal expertise to deliver practical, commercial advice at pace, helping you develop and execute your buy-and-build roadmap with confidence.
We advise private equity investors, portfolio companies, founders and management teams throughout every stage of their investment cycle.
Private equity is about more than completing transactions. It's about creating value, accelerating growth and delivering successful outcomes for all involved. We help you achieve that by keeping transactions moving, identifying and resolving issues early and focusing our advice on the risks and opportunities that matter most to your investment.
From platform acquisitions through to bolt-ons, portfolio management and exit, we bring together specialists across Corporate, Banking, Tax, Employment, Commercial, Intellectual Property, Regulatory and Private Wealth. One joined-up team, focused on helping you execute your strategy to maximise value.
We advise on:
Advising the founders of Jota Holdings (which runs the FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar racing team Hertz Team Jota) on an equity investment by US-based special situations hedge fund Knighthead Capital Management, LLC
Advising BP Marsh & Partners PLC in respect of its investment in US Risk (UK) Limited
Advising the management team in respect of the MBO of EMC Advisory Services Limited, funded by Lonsdale Capital Partners
Advising the management team in respect of the MBO of Aero Stanrew, funded by Momentum Corporate Finance, HSBC and Westbridge Capital
Advising Committed Capital Limited and its investors on investments into Moneygate Group Limited, Trade River Finance Limited and Lightwave RF Plc
Advising Royal Bank of Scotland PLC in respect of its funding of the MBO of Latimer Trend
Advising the management team in respect of the MBO of Atlas Packaging Limited
Acting for Vector Capital on the purchase of Cambium Networks from Motorola
Acting for Akur Partners on the management services agreement with Guggenheim Franklin Park Management LLC, relating to Infrastructure India PLC.
Acting for City Inns Limited’s shareholders on its £600m disposal to Blackstone.
Advising the Soros Economic Development Fund and the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries on their investment in CleanStar Mozambique, an integrated food, energy and forest protection business.
Acting for FinnFund and Norfund (two emerging market investment funds owned by the Finnish and Norwegian governments respectively) on a quasi-equity investment into Green Resources AS, a Norwegian forestry, carbon offset and renewable energy company operating in Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda.
Acting for the African Agriculture Fund on its investment in Golden Lay Limited, the foremost producer of table eggs in Zambia.
Acting for the African Agriculture Fund on its investment in Feronia Inc in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Feronia Inc is one of the largest palm oil producers in Africa and is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada.
Acting as lead legal advisors on an equity and debt investment by the African Agriculture Fund and FinnFund, an emerging market investment fund owned by the Finnish government, into Goldtree, a palm oil plantation and milling project in Sierra Leone.
