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Richard Wrigley Partner, Head of Corporate Group
T: 0870 763 1586
Richard is head of our corporate group, head of the Mergers
and Acquisitions Team and a member
of the Firm’s Executive Board. He has led legal teams advising
on a large number of acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures,
buy-ins and buy-outs and private
equity funded transactions.
Among the transactions on which Richard has played a leading role
are:
- a series of acquisitions and disposals for Footsie 250 company
Homeserve plc; including the £20m disposal of the commercial
division in 4 separate sales;
- the public offer by Claverley Company
for AIM quoted The Guiton Group;
- the reorganisation and sale of
a chain of pharmacies valued at £120m;
- a series of acquisitions
of brands and engineering and textiles businesses for Harris Watson
Group including the Viyella retail chain;
- the £6.5m MBO of Homelux from Newel Rubbermaid;
- a £22m sale of a chain of over 150 convenience stores and CTN's
Richard has considerable experience of cross border deals with North America, including the acquisition by Homeserve plc of a water pipe policy book from United Water; a $20m joint venture of an international brand and an acquisition for NYSE listed CTI Group Inc.
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