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.
I work very closely with Alex Clifton. He is extremely knowledgeable, very efficient, but with the ability to look at issues from numerous angles.
You can always rely on Alex Clifton to deliver high-quality work.
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.
