Jonathan Pollard

Partner

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Jonathan Pollard

Expertise

Jonathan undertakes UK and international corporate mergers and acquisitions transaction work, disposals, investments, restructurings and capital market transactions for both public and private companies across a variety of industry sectors. He also acts for both management teams and private equity houses on private equity transactions.

Jonathan has over 20 years of corporate transactional experience including significant time spent working both in a major international law firm and undertaking UK and international client in-house secondments. Jonathan has experience of undertaking cross-border reorganisations for multinational corporations.

How do you help clients?

I help and advise clients on their legal work, particularly transactions, from initial approach and discussions through to completion. This includes identifying, managing and protecting clients from potential legal risks. I enjoy advising and efficiently guiding clients through transaction processes, identifying and managing any relevant risks, and ultimately seeing them realise appropriate value and reward.

Experience

  1. Advising the shareholders of Outco Limited, the UK’s market-leading tech-enabled provider of outdoor estate maintenance services on the sale of the group to and investment by Perwyn and management.
  2. Acting for the shareholders of Technology Services Group Limited, one of the UK’s leading Microsoft Solution Partners, on the multimillion-pound investment from private equity house Pictet Group.
  3. Acting for London stock exchange main market-listed furniture company SCS Group Plc on the £100m recommended takeover by Cerezzola Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Italian company Poltronesofà S.p.A.
  4. Acting for Sheffield-based Pneumatic Components Limited, a portfolio company of German SME investment specialist INDUS Holding, on the acquisition of Colson X-Cel.
  5. Acting for New York-listed global software engineering firm DataArt on its acquisition of leading UK and Romania-based software development agency Lola Tech.
  6. Acting for management of York-based YorkTest Laboratories on the sale of the business to NVM Private Equity and management.
  7. Acting for the selling family shareholders of Hull-based recycling and waste management firm Biowise Ltd, part of the Wastewise group, to Urbaser Limited, a UK subsidiary company of Spanish-headquartered Urbaser Group.
  8. Acting for the shareholders of North-East UK wealth management company CDC Wealth Management Ltd on the sale to Verso Wealth Management, a portfolio company of Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP.