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David Coates

Partner

David specialises in corporate finance advisory and transactional work for both public and private companies.

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About

David specialises in corporate finance advisory and transactional work for both public and private companies. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate reorganisations. David also acts for a number of growth companies and angel investors.

David is admitted to practise in England and Wales.

Experience

  • Advising Stonegate Pub Company on the acquisition of Sports Bar & Grill and Be At One
  • Advising INEOS on the acquisition of Belstaff
  • Advising Puma Investments on a range of VCT and EIS qualifying investments
  • Advising the shareholders of Silver Cross on the sale to Fosun
  • Advising the shareholders of Vital Ingredient on the sale to LDC
  • Advising Caring Homes Healthcare Group on the £300m sale and leaseback of its elderly care portfolio to Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc
  • The separation by Cable & Wireless plc of its Worldwide Group by a demerger to Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc (David spent 6 months on secondment at Cable & Wireless as part of the high profile demerger)

Our thinking

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Private Equity on its £3.5 million investment into TravelLocal

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Private Equity on its £5m investment into Pockit Limited

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Private Equity on its investment into Thingtrax Limited

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Atkins on the sale of its Scandinavian engineering Services business to Systra

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  • Corporate deal round-up H1 2023

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    Insights

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Private Equity on its £5.5 million investment into IRIS Audio

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Lovett Care on its acquisition of three care homes from Angela Swift Developments

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Private Equity on its investment into HR Duo

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys releases H2 2022 deal highlights

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises shareholders on the sale of Rosebourne Limited to Hillier Nurseries

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Private Equity on its investment into MUSO

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys has advised long-standing client Stonegate on a series A investment into Peckwater Brands

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises on the acquisition of the Douglas & Gordon property sales business

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Private Equity on its investment into Deazy

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Private Equity on their investment into Everpress

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises shareholders of eCommonSense on sale to ECI Software Solutions

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys releases H1 2021 deal highlights

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises shareholders of Modern Networks on sale to Horizon Capital

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises shareholders of Douglas & Gordon Estate Agents on its sale to Foxtons

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Exeter Property Group on its acquisition of two property SPVs from the Tritax group

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