Max Beazley

Associate

London

P: +44 (0)20 7826 4504

F: +44 (0)20 7588 0555

Max Beazley is a senior associate in our London office. Max’ primary practice focus is on cross-border M&A and equity capital markets.

Max has extensive experience of cross-border and UK domestic private and public acquisitions and disposals. Max advises banks and issuers on IPOs and secondary issues, both on AIM and the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Max also provides advice on the UK and EU securities law elements of cross-border fundraising, and has experience advising on private equity, venture capital and angel investments. Max regularly provides companies and financial advisers with UK corporate governance and Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 compliance advice.

Representative Transactions

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advising Blackwell Limited on the acquisition of the Lindsay & Croft UK business from YBP Library Services, and the related sale of Blackwell North America and Australia-based James Bennett to Baker & Taylor, Inc.
Advising Shed Productions plc in connection with its acquisitions of Screentime Partners Limited, Twenty Twenty Productions Limited and Wall to Wall Holdings Limited
Advising Shed Productions plc on its £100 million takeover by Warner Bros. by way of scheme of arrangement
Advising C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. on the acquisition of international freight forwarder Walker Logistics
Advising Rightnow Technologies Inc. on the acquisition of Q-go.com B.V. for c. $34 million
Advising Dover Corporation and Triton Systems of Delaware, Inc. in connection with the acquisition of a number of private UK companies, and the subsequent MBO of the UK and US businesses
Advising Lai Berg Holding AS in connection with the multi-jurisdictional divestiture of certain of its subsidiaries to Parker Hannifin Corporation for a consideration of NOK 450 million
Advising Lawson Software, Inc. in its combination with Intentia International AB, with a transaction value of $480 million

AIM and Official List

Advising Seymour Pierce Limited on the delisting from AIM of Tottenham Hotspur plc
Advising Canaccord Genuity Limited on the AIM IPO and £10 million placing by Ubisense Group plc
Advising Microsaic Systems plc on its AIM IPO and £5 million placing
Advising SKIL Ports & Logistics Limited on its AIM IPO and £75 million placing
Advising the nominated adviser and broker in connection with the AIM IPO of a BVI company and related £25 million placing
Advising Inland plc in connection with its AIM IPO and £50 million placing (as well as its £10 million pre-IPO placing)
Advising Innovation Group plc in connection with a 2 for 5 rights issue raising c. £35 million
Advising target, IDS Group plc, in a contested takeover bid. The target was eventually acquired by Schroder Ventures for £20 million

Professional Activities

Member of the Law Society of England and Wales
Trustee and Director of School Food Matters, a UK registered charity working with government and other partners to improve school food and support food education