Lawyers / Professionals

Mr. Beresford concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions (including cross-border), AIM listings and secondary offerings, private equity and early stage venture capital funding. He also has experience with large joint ventures. He has advised a number of companies on reverse takeovers of or by listed companies; and has substantial experience taking companies from the pre-incorporation stage through private funding rounds and on to private equity funding, floatation or trade sale.

On the private equity side he acts for investee companies and private equity houses in expansion capital fund raisings and for management, vendors and private equity houses in buy-out and buy-in transactions. He works with a number of clients active in the alternative/renewable energy, and clean/greentech sectors.

Additional areas of experience include advising on insolvency-related issues, general corporate matters (reductions of capital, group reorganizations and simplification) and shareholders agreements.