Joe advises on a wide range of corporate and finance transactions.
Joe is head of the corporate practice. He joined Stevens & Bolton in 2000 and became a partner in 2007, having previously trained and worked in the City.
Joe advises on mainstream M&A, sponsor-backed transactions, growth by acquisition strategies, corporate structuring and finance. He advises on the shaping of deals for public and private companies, sponsors, seller groups, management teams and leading UK and European banks.
Recent highlights include:
- Advising FTSE 100 value-add distribution group Diploma plc on its £100m acquisition of R&G Fluid Power Group and a number of other acquisitions
- Advising on the USD188m sale of Seal Software to DocuSign, having acted for Seal and its shareholder from incorporation, through multiple funding rounds, to exit
- Acting for global insurance brokers, Ardonagh Group, on numerous UK acquisitions, supporting the rapid expansion of the group’s insurance broking business portfolio
- Advising Business Growth Fund on various investment and exits, including two of the Top 50 SME’s as featured in The Sunday Times SME Export Track 100
- Advising insurance, financial services and regulated market technology specialist Davies Group on strategic acquisitions
- Acting for specialist secure paper manufacturer Drewsen Spezialpapiere GmbH on its strategic acquisition of Portals Paper Ltd (originally a spinout from DeLaRue, including a UK banknote paper printing facility) from private equity firm Epiris
Joe has been recommended in both Chambers UK and The Legal 500 as a leader in his fields.
Joe was a founder member of ACG UK, the UK division of the Association of Corporate Growth – a global community for mid-market dealmakers.