About Jonathan
Jonathan Ross is a partner in the Corporate Practice, with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, private equity and joint venture transactions, including in the technology, financial services and real estate sectors. He also advises on group reorganisations and restructures. Jonathan is the managing partner of the Leeds office.
Jonathan started his career in the corporate team of a city of London firm before relocating to Australia in 2006, where he worked in the Melbourne office of a global firm. He returned to the UK and joined our firm in 2015.
Jonathan has significant experience dealing with in-house legal teams and has worked in-house, completing six-month secondments with both Shell (London) and BlueScope Steel (Melbourne).
Experience
Advised the shareholders of Ligentia on the disposal of the Ligentia Group to Asyad Logistics (2026).
Advised the management team of Mercia Power on the sale of the Mercia Power group to Supernova Power and related reinvestment (2026).
Advised Power Balancing Services on the acquisition of two development projects and its investment in Bordersley Power Limited and related shareholder arrangements (2026).
Advised the shareholders of Nonwovenn on the disposal of the Nonwovenn Group to CorpAcq and related rollover (2025).
Advised Capital & Centric on a strategic joint venture, The Impact & Places Partnership, with Swiss Life Asset Managers and Homes England which will deliver more than £860 million of new high-quality homes over the next decade (2025).
Advised Powertree on its investment in ADV 001, which owns a 7.5 MW gas-powered flexible generation gas-fueled low-carbon power project and related shareholder arrangements (2025).
Advised Pharmacy2U Limited on its acquisitions of The Lloyds Direct online pharmacy business (2023), The PharmPet Company (2024), the Lloyds online doctor business (2025) and Care Quality Pharmacy (2025).
Advised Strata Homes on its joint venture with Placefirst to deliver over 500 single family rental homes (2025).
Advised the Mansion Group on a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) platform targeting more than £500 million GAV with ActivumSG, one of Europe’s largest independent real estate investment managers (2025).
Advised TransUnion on various divestments, including the sale of the Noddle business to Credit Karma, as well as the recent investments in Bud Financial and Omnisient and the investment in, and subsequent acquisition of, Monevo (2017-2025).
Advised BGF on its £11.5 million investment in Tevalis, a UK leisure and hospitality electronic point of sale (EPOS) solution provider (2024).
Advised Buzz Bingo on the acquisition of two key sites from Merkur Casino (2024).
Advised the shareholders and management team of SmartSearch on the sale to Triple Private Equity that completed (2024).
Advised Campus Living Villages, a student accommodation owner and operator, on the sale of its shares in two Jersey companies holding two separate portfolios to institutional investor Arlington (2020), and the disposal of the shares in a Jersey company holding a portfolio of eight properties to Dutch institutional investor DIF (2023).
Advised Evelyn Partners on the acquisitions of Index Wealth Management Limited (2019) and Dart Capital Limited (2023).
Advised IP Integration on the acquisition of Managed Networks (2018) and advised the shareholders of IP Integration in relation to the investment by Ethos Partners (2023).
Advised Ligentia on the acquisition of VGL Solid Group in Poland (2022).
Advised FORE Advisors on the disposal of a Jersey company holding a property at Windmill green in Manchester (2021), the establishment of an assisted living joint venture (2021) and the sale of a Jersey company holding the Tower Bridge Court project in London, plus a related joint venture with KKR (2022).
Advised Twig Education on a series of investments, including a strategic investment from Imperial College and the subsequent sale to Weld North Education (2021).
Advised ScaleUp Capital on the acquisition of Instep UK Limited and related equity arrangements (2021).
Advised Amcor on the disposal of its Ilkeston conversion plant, which specialises in the manufacture of bread bags, to Canada-based packaging company St John’s Packaging (2020).
Advised Heitman on the acquisition of the Space Station self-storage business via the acquisition of A Space Station plc (2020).
Advised Imperial College Innovations on its investment in various spin off companies, including in relation to formation, ongoing investments and disposals (from 2020 – ongoing).
Advised the shareholders of Mercia Power on the sale to Foresight-managed Blackmead Infrastructure and related rollover (2019).
Advised ClearCourse on various acquisitions, including of EKM, eWorks, Adelante Software, GiftPro, Secure Collections and Club Systems International (2018-2023).
Advised Cott Corporation (now Primo Water) on the UK aspects of the US$1.25 billion sale of its traditional beverages business to Refresco (2018).
Advised the shareholders of Pharmacy2U Limited on the sale of a majority stake to healthcare private equity fund G Square and associated £40 million investment in the group (2018).
Advised Burton’s Biscuits on the acquisitions of Dorset Village Bakery Limited, which operated the Thomas Fudge’s brand and Paterson Arran Limited (2019).
Advised Yalumba, an Australian wine brand, on its investment in a UK wine distribution business (2018).
Advised SIG plc on the disposal of its £100 million turnover carpet and flooring business to Endless (2017), and its circa £20 million disposal of SIG Buildings Plastics and SIG Windows to General All-Purpose Plastics (2017).
Advised LDC on its investment in pest control product manufacturer Pelsis (which has operations in the UK, the US, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland and France) (2017).
Advised the Business Growth Fund (BGF) on the merger of Pharmacy2U and Chemist Direct and its subsequent investment in the merged business (2016).
Advised the shareholders of the Chaucer Foods Group on the US$130 million disposal to Nagatanien Holdings (2016).
Advised the Six Degrees Technology Group, a provider of integrated managed communication services, including datacentre co-location, managed hosting and cloud computing, on its acquisitions of Insite, the Sunrise Group and C24 and on subsequent reorganisation and refinancing transactions (2015-2018).
Credentials
Education
- College of Law, York, Legal Practice Course, 1999
- University of Leeds, LL.B., 1998
Admissions
- High Court of Australia, 2009
- New South Wales, 2008
- England and Wales, 2001
Expertise
Services
- Corporate
- Private Equity
Industries
- Healthcare