Krishna Patel

Managing Associate
Krishna helps clients navigate complex corporate transactions with strategic insight and solutions.
Krishna helps clients navigate complex corporate transactions with strategic insight and solutions.

About

Krishna is a seasoned corporate lawyer who joined Stevens & Bolton in 2018 and became a managing associate in May 2023, having previously trained at a top 50 UK law firm in London.

He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital investments, group reorganisations, and general company law matters, both domestic and cross-border. Krishna has a particular focus on the technology, insurance, and sports sectors, providing pragmatic and commercially sound advice to help clients achieve their goals.

Krishna is adept at explaining complex legal concepts clearly and providing strategic advice that balances commercial and legal considerations, helping to drive successful transactions.

Expertise
Corporate advisory Corporate transactions

Experience

  • Recent work
    • Advising the shareholders of Intelligentgolf, a leading web-based provider of golf club and competition management software, on the sale of their entire shareholding to ClearCourse Partnership.
    • Acting for the buyer on the acquisition of Formby Hall Golf Resort, a leading spa hotel and championship golf course near Liverpool.
    • Acting for the sellers of Grove Solutions, a cyber security and cloud services company, on its sale to Integrity360.
    • Acting for the Ardonagh Group on multiple acquisitions of insurance brokers.
    • Advising Marsh, Berry & Company LLC on the acquisition of IMAS Corporate Finance, a prominent UK-based M&A advisory firm.
    • Acting for the sellers of Stackhouse Poland Group Ltd, a large-scale specialist UK insurance broker generating more than £55m in annual revenues, on its sale to US headquartered global insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
    • Acting for the founders of Actica Consulting, a specialist provider of digital transformation, cyber security and technical consultancy services, on its sale to private equity firm Sovereign Capital Partners.
  • Qualifications and recognition

    Krishna is noted as a key lawyer in the Legal 500 (London M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m).

  • Advising the shareholders of Intelligentgolf, a leading web-based provider of golf club and competition management software, on the sale of their entire shareholding to ClearCourse Partnership.
  • Acting for the buyer on the acquisition of Formby Hall Golf Resort, a leading spa hotel and championship golf course near Liverpool.
  • Acting for the sellers of Grove Solutions, a cyber security and cloud services company, on its sale to Integrity360.
  • Acting for the Ardonagh Group on multiple acquisitions of insurance brokers.
  • Advising Marsh, Berry & Company LLC on the acquisition of IMAS Corporate Finance, a prominent UK-based M&A advisory firm.
  • Acting for the sellers of Stackhouse Poland Group Ltd, a large-scale specialist UK insurance broker generating more than £55m in annual revenues, on its sale to US headquartered global insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
  • Acting for the founders of Actica Consulting, a specialist provider of digital transformation, cyber security and technical consultancy services, on its sale to private equity firm Sovereign Capital Partners.

Krishna is noted as a key lawyer in the Legal 500 (London M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m).

Krishna Patel is an excellent senior associate who moves the transaction along.

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