Matt Lappin is an experienced corporate lawyer who acts on a broad range of transactional matters. He has a particular interest in private equity transactions, including acting for management teams, and transactions involving innovative technology companies.

Matt has previously spent time on secondment to the legal team of an innovative technology and engineering business, which had particular expertise in electric vehicle battery technology.

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  • Advising the shareholders of Appsbroker on the sale to CTS (backed by Marlin Equity Partners), creating Europe’s largest Google Cloud-only digital consultancy.
  • Advising The Brandtech Group, a US$1 billion-plus marketing technology group, on its acquisition of Jellyfish, a global digital marketing agency.
  • Advising Baird Capital on its investment in the fintech platform Freemarket.
  • Advising NorthEdge Capital on its investment in Torbay Pharmaceuticals.
  • Advising the shareholders of ShipServ, the maritime online procurement platform and marketplace, on the sale to Marcura (backed by Marlin Equity Partners).
  • Advising Inspirit Capital on its acquisition of Alpha3 Manufacturing group and the subsequent implementation of a management incentive plan.
  • Advising FPE Capital on its institutional investment into 15gifts.
  • Advising the management team of Anyvan on the buyout of the business (backed by Vitruvian).
  • Advising the management team of Opus Talent Solutions on the buyout of the business (backed by Graphite Capital).
  • Advising The Brandtech Group on its acquisition of Pencil, a generative AI platform.
  • Advising the management team of Thames Clippers on the buyout of the business (backed by Northleaf Capital Partners).
  • Advising Ricardo PLC on the disposal of the Ricardo Software business to FOG Software Group.
  • Advising the management team of Solevo on its reinvestment/incentive plan as part of the buyout of the business (backed by DPI).
  • Advising the shareholders of the hotel technology business Avvio on its sale to SHR/Serent Capital.
  • Advising Cyclife, a subsidiary of EDF, on its acquisition of Aquila Nuclear Engineering Ltd.
  • Advising the management team of Datapharm on the buyout of the business (backed by CGE).
  • Advising the management team of Oddschecker on their management incentive plan.

Education

  • University of Nottingham, LL.B. (Hons.), 2012

Admissions

  • England and Wales, 2015
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