Lizzy is a private equity and M&A Partner, with extensive experience of advising both institutional and corporate buyers and sellers, together with founders and management teams.
Lizzy advises a broad range of clients across multiple sectors, with particularly strong experience in the retail/consumer sector and healthcare sector.
Her clients are a mix of corporates, private equity instititutions, private equity portfolio companies and management teams, and Lizzy advises them across the full spectrum of private equity and M&A transactions.
Lizzy acts for her clients across multiple jurisdictions, with a particular geographic focus on the North West of England and with broad experience of coordinating multijurisdictional transactions.
Lizzy's private equity experience includes advising:
- Phoenix Private Equity on its first acquisition in the Childcare sector
- H2 Equity Partners on its investments into NRS Healthcare (and on its subsequent sale), Search Recruitment, Cadogan Tate, Aquilant and Optegra
- Sovereign Capital on its investments into Utility Bidder, Premier Park and Bioscript
- NorthEdge on its take private of Catalis
- Livingbridge on its MBO of Nationwide Hire and its investments into M247 and Nationwide Hire
- Arcline on its investments into Chargepoint and CoreDux
Her M&A experience includes advising:
- Wm Morrison on the disposal of its M-Local convenience store business
- Co-Operative Bank on its £157m disposal of a subsidiary property holding company
- Fairpoint Group on its acquisitions of law firms Simpson Millar, Colemans-CTTS, Abney Garsden and Lamport Bassitt
- Epwin Group on its acquisitions of Stormking Plastics, Vannplastic and Specialist Plastic Distribution
- Moneypenny on its acquisition of Made Simple Group
- Urban Splash on its joint venture with Sekisui House and Homes England
- Ranked in the latest editions of Chambers UK and The Legal 500
- Partner within the Eversheds Sutherland private capital team, winners of the 2020 British Private Equity Awards "Law Firm of the Year"
- Named in 2019 by LegalWeek in its article entitled "40 Under 40: The Rising Stars in Private Equity"
- Manchester Law Society Legal Awards 2016, "Associate of the Year"
- Ranked in Chambers UK 2018, 2019
- The Legal 500 Next Generation Lawyer 2018/2019
- Named in Chambers UK as Associate to Watch
- LLB in Law, Nottingham University, 2005-2008
- Legal Practice Course, BPP, 2008-2009