Stephen Archibald
Partner
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Stephen has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate advisory work as well as public company takeovers and institutional equity issues.
Main area of practice
Stephen deals with corporate transactions.
Clients
His clients include owner managed businesses, SMEs and publicly listed corporates. Stephen works within a wide range of sectors including retail, technology and recruitment.
Stephen delivered as promised and was excellent to work with.
Career
Stephen qualified in 1996 and worked with Clifford Chance prior to joining the firm in 1999. He became a partner in 2005.
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Significant Experience
- Swedish-based international flower delivery provider Euroflorist AB, on its acquisition of the UK online gift retailer, Don’t Buy Her Flowers (DBHF Ltd).
- The shareholders of Retail Manager Solutions, a Hampshire-based business focused on delivering the Metro all-in-one digital workplace solution for operations, compliance, HR, communications and workplace planning, on its acquisition by Forma Innovations backed by Tern Capital and Shawbrook Bank.
- On the investments by Focus Group, one of the UK’s leading independent providers of essential business technology backed by HgCapital, into Silver Lining Convergence, a Hampshire-based IT and telecommunications solutions and IT reseller and Atmoso, a managed cloud services and PCI-compliance provider.
- The shareholders of The Bay Tree Food Co, an award-winning, Devon-based manufacturer of artisan chutneys, relishes, sauces and jams on its sale to Bramble Foods Group, a leading LDC-backed manufacturer and distributor of fine foods to independent local retailers, garden centres and farm shops.
- Redgrave Partners, the executive search firm operating primarily at board level for FTSE100 multinationals, privately owned and private equity-backed businesses on its investment from Dublin-based private equity firm Woodberry Capital.
- Harwood Wealth Management Group plc, a leading Hampshire-headquartered UK financial planning, discretionary wealth management and investment services business, on its £91m recommended takeover by Hurst Point Topco, an investment company indirectly controlled by funds managed by The Carlyle Group effected by a High-Court sanctioned scheme of arrangement.
