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Timothy M. Stead
Partner
Tim Stead is a partner in our Corporate Practice based in our London office. His practice covers all aspects of corporate finance, particularly mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. Tim is a key member of the Private Equity team and specialises in UK and international private equity and mergers and acquisitions (acting for private equity funds, management teams and selling to private equity).
- Advising Capital D private equity on the buyout of Electrify Video Partners, an investor in creator-led video channels.
- Advising Healthcare Business Solutions UK (and its shareholders and management), one of the UK’s leading online outpatient service providers, on its sale to AXA Health.
- Advising LRQA on its acquisition of Ergon Associates, a market-leading labour standards, human rights and gender equality consultancy.
- Advising Barkdene (trading as Henry Seymour), a leading provider of insurance broking services and solutions to the UK salon industry, on its sale to Jensten Group (backed by Livingbridge private equity).
- Advising Cera Care, one of the UK’s leading tech-enabled, digital first social and health care providers, in its acquisition of Apex Prime Care Group.
- Advising Alcuin Capital (private equity) on the buy-out of Mar-Key Group, a leading designer, manufacturer and installer of permanent and temporary structures for event and commercial clients.
- Advising the shareholders of Vital York, a leading provider of IT solutions to schools and education facilities, on its sale to Turn IT On Group.
- Advising The Brandtech Group, a US$1 billion-plus marketing technology group, on its acquisition of Jellyfish, a global digital marketing agency.
- Advising The Brandtech Group on its acquisition of Pencil, a generative AI platform.
- Advising Capital D private equity on the buyout of Phrasee, a generative AI platform for enterprise marketers.
- Advising Inflexion-backed Peach on its acquisitions of Honeycomb (UK), Adtoox AB (Sweden), Advalidation AB (Sweden) and ByCape B.V. (Holland).
- Advising management of LRQA on the buyout of the LRQA Group, backed by funds managed by Goldman Sachs.
- Advising shareholders and management of Mozaic, a leading UK independent consultancy, on its buy-out backed by Sovereign Capital (private equity).
- Advising Skills Alliance (and its shareholders and management) on its buyout backed by Palatine private equity.
- Advising Rubix on numerous acquisitions, including the acquisitions of (i) Hydra Engineering, (ii) West Country Tooling, (iii) Matara, (iv) Knowlton & Newman, (v) Compcare Compressed Air, (vi) Haler Group and (vii) KJN Automation.
- Advising CMS Distribution on numerous acquisitions, including the acquisitions of (i) CCI Distribution, (ii) Interactive Ideas, (iii) TNS Distribution (Ireland), (iv) Newgen, (v) Avesta (France), (vi) Bonus Limited, (vii) PDT, (viii) Sysob (Germany), (ix) VLC Distribution (US), (x) Cables Direct and (xi) Cablenet.
- Advising AE Live (and its shareholders and management) on its buyout backed by Inflexion private equity. AE Live is a world-leading provider of sports broadcast solutions.
- Advising MVF on numerous acquisitions, including the acquisitions of (i) WBE, (ii) Start-Ups, (iii) TechCo, (iv) Everyday Hearing, (v) Inspire Digital, (vi) Appwiki and (vii) Expert Reviews.
- Advising FS Cables (and its shareholders) on the sale of the group to Diploma plc.
- Advising i-Media (and its shareholders) on a significant corporate transaction.
- Advising Gravitas Recruitment on its acquisition of R2 Group B.V. (Holland).
- Advising Lloyd's Register on the disposal of its Rail Accreditation division to Ricardo.
- Advising Tasker Insurance (and its shareholders, including Alcuin private equity) on its exit to Jensten Group.
- Advising Opus Talent Solutions (and its shareholders and management) on its buyout backed by funds managed by Graphite Capital.
- Advising Harnham Recruitment (and its shareholders and management) on its buyout backed by funds managed by BGF.
- Advising Altodigital (and its shareholders) on the sale of the group to Xerox.
- Advising Lloyd's Register on the disposal of its energy division to funds managed by Inspirit Capital.
- Advising Gravitas Recruitment Group (and its shareholders and management) on its buyout backed by funds managed by Alcuin private equity.
- Advising Tenzing private equity on the buyout of Motion Picture Licensing Company, a global licensing and rights-management company representing leading Hollywood studios.
- Advising Tempcover (and its shareholders and management) on the buyout of the group backed by funds managed by Connection Capital.
- Advising Lloyd's Register on its acquisition of Green Steam Holdings.
- Advising Cera Care on numerous acquisitions, including the acquisitions of (i) Cyprian Care, (ii) Mears Care (England & Wales), (iii) Mears Care (Scotland), (iv) Premier Care, (v) Homecare4U, (vi) HCRG, (vii) Nobilis Care, (viii) Alpenbest and (ix) GSA Homecare.
- Advising Tenzing private equity on the buy-out of Motion Picture Licensing Company, the world’s leading non-theatrical TV and movie licensing company.
- Advising Gravitas Recruitment on its acquisition of Hamlyn Williams HK.
- Advising Ntrinsic Recruitment (and its shareholders and management) on the sale of the company to Outsourcing Inc.
- Advising Hollywood Bowl management on the buyout of the business, backed by Electra Partners.
- Advising Annodata (and its shareholders) on the sale of the group to KYOCERA Document Solutions.
- Advising Inflexion private equity on the buyout of Group IMD (now Peach), acquired from Vitruvian Partners.
- Advising a leading IT consultancy on its investment by private equity.
- Advising MVF (and its shareholders and management) on the buyout of the MVF Group backed by Bridgepoint Development Capital.
- Advising management of Dr Martens on the buyout of the business, backed by Permira.
- Advising management of Cordium on the buyout of the business, backed by European Capital.
- Advising Cera Care on its acquisitions of Cyprian Care, Mears Care (England & Wales), Mears Care (Scotland), Premier Care, Homecare4U, HCRG, Nobilis Care, Alpenbest and GSA Homecare.
- Advising Avantia (and its shareholders) on the buyout of the group, backed by ECI Partners.
- Advising Reiss (and its shareholders and management) on the buyout of the Reiss Group, backed by Warburg Pincus.
- Advising Inside Ideas Group on its disposal to The Brandtech Group.
- Advising John Ross Jr (and its shareholders) on its disposal to PRFoods.
- Advising Apps IT Recruitment (and its shareholders and management) on its buyout backed by funds managed by Collective Capital.
- Advising shareholders and management of Roboyo on the buy-out of the Group, backed by MML.
- Advising Lloyd’s Register on the sale of Lloyd’s Register Rail consultancy and assurance business to Ricardo plc.
- Advising shareholders and management of Admedia, a leading outdoor advertising agency on a significant corporate transaction.
Education
- Nottingham Law School, 2002
- University of East Anglia, 2000
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2004