Alex Clifton is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial department having trained and qualified with the Firm. Alex specialises in corporate acquisitions/disposals, corporate restructuring, shareholder agreements and EMI Schemes in the SME and owner-managed business market.

Alex has been awarded Next Generation Partner by the Legal 500 and Band 3 in Chambers & Partners, the leading legal industry guides.

Work highlights include:

  • Advised the shareholders of Meet & Engage on their sale to the private equity-backed Unseen Group.
  • Acted for the vendor on the vendor-initiated MBO of ACCO Systems Limited, an electrical and electro-mechanical component supplier and service provider
  • Advised Thompson Lloyd and Ewart Limited on a complex multi-step group reorganisation and capital reduction demerger.
  • Acted for a founding shareholder in relation to a bank-funded vendor-initiated management buy-out of a promotions business.
  • Advised on a £4m secured loan raise and facility.

You can always rely on Alex Clifton to deliver high-quality work.

Legal 500

Alex Clifton is my go-to corporate and commercial specialist. He is straight-talking and clear in his advice yet has the ability to tackle difficult topics in a sensitive manner.

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