Cordelia Stephens

Associate

Gateley Legal

Cordelia Stephens

Expertise

Cordelia is an associate in the corporate team, based in our Leeds office, advising on a broad range of corporate matters including acquisition and disposals, management buy-outs, investments, shareholders’ agreements, reorganisations and general corporate governance matters.

Cordelia acts for a wide variety of clients including individuals, start-ups, owner-managed businesses and investors across a number of sectors.

Cordelia is also a committee member of the P100 Club in Leeds, a network group of young professionals from a variety of professional services firms and sectors.

Experience

  1. Acting for the shareholders of Sano Physiotherapy on the sale of the group to and investment by Bestport Private Equity.
  2. Acting for the shareholders of an independent IFA business on the sale to a financial services consolidator, Perspective Financial Group Ltd.
  3. Acting for the shareholders of an independent insurance business on the sale to a leading global insurance intermediary.
  4. Acting for a business in connection with two acquisitions of two tile and bathroom trade and distribution suppliers.
  5. Acting for Pointer Group Ltd on the acquisition of HDC (Group Holdings) Limited and The Homework Diary Company Limited.
  6. Assisting Mercia Ventures in relation to a further investment of £2.75 million in Salesfire Ltd.
  7. Acting for the management buyout team on the buyout of a UK-based power and cooling systems company.
  8. Acting on behalf of a software systems business with the establishment of an Employee Ownership Trust and the transfer of the controlling interest in the equity share capital to the corporate trustee of the Trust.