Corporate team secures deals topping £500m

The corporate team at the Leeds office of law firm Mills & Reeve has advised on deals worth more than £500m in the last year and is looking to expand further.

The number of deals completed totalled 24, including advising Taiwanese company, Coretronic Corporation, on its acquisition of Bradford-based electronic display equipment manufacturer Calibre UK Limited and the admission to AIM of Aura Energy Limited, a uranium development company.

It also advised on the sale of Orange County Limited to Flowtech Fluidpower plc, a technical fluid power products supplier.

The team launched less than two years ago when partner Paul Johnson joined from Irwin Mitchell. He was joined by principal associate Shubhu Patil from Walker Morris and associates Amanda Hughes and Jaspaul Dhesi from Gordons and Rollits.

The team is now looking at making further senior appointments to meet growing client demand.

Paul said: “It is very rewarding to help our clients to realise their full potential, whether through merger and acquisition or raising capital, particularly in the technology and healthcare sectors where we have been able to build on the extensive expertise we have nationally.”