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Nathan Lightman

​Senior Associate​​​

Nathan advises on a broad range of corporate matters, with a particular focus on private company mergers and acquisitions, and private equity and venture capital transactions.

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About

Nathan's experience includes private company mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions, and corporate reorganisations. He has experience of many industry sectors but has a particular interest in the healthcare sector.

Nathan is admitted to practise in England and Wales.

Experience

  • Advised US-based growth equity firm Mainsail Partners in its $63 million growth equity investment in MirrorWeb, a leader in the digital communications archiving, supervision and surveillance software space serving financial services firms, governments and other regulated industries across the globe.
  • Acted as UK counsel for Joachim Herz Foundation, one of Germany’s largest foundations, on the acquisition of a minority stake in Weidmüller Holding AG & Co. KG, a global leader in the areas of electronic connection technology, industrial automation and digitalization as well as the industrial Internet of Things. The Weidmüller Group is based in Germany and had sales of approximately EUR 1.1 billion in 2023, with around 6,000 employees based in some 80 countries worldwide.
  • Acted for Lovett Care on its acquisition of a group of bespoke luxury care homes.
  • Acted for Live Group, a global events and communications agency, on an investment by Foresight Ventures.
  • Acted for Entrepreneurial Food Group on the sale of Zorba Foods and SK Chilled Foods to PAI-backed Compleat.
  • Acted for Spanish aerospace business Aciturri, on its acquisition of Malichaud Atlantique from Chromalloy, a French provider of maintenance, manufacturing and repair services for gas turbine engines.
  • Acted for the sellers of CRGH, London’s largest private fertility clinic, to CVC-backed FutureLife.
  • Acted for Lum Chang, the Singaporean construction company, on the £54m disposal of a mixed-use development in north-west London to Crosstree.
  • Advised Hong Kong-listed Symphony Holdings Limited on the $28 million disposal of its Pony international footwear brand, in part to Iconix Brand Group and in part to a new joint venture between Symphony and Iconix.
  • Acted for Farfetch on its joint venture with Clipper, the logistics provider.
  • Acting for the shareholders of a care home group on their disposal of 31 homes.

Recognition

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Our thinking

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Mainsail Partners in its $63 million growth equity investment in MirrorWeb

    Daniel Rosenberg

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Nortal on its acquisition of 3DOT Solutions

    Hamish Perry

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys acts as UK and French counsel for Hamburg-based Joachim Herz Foundation on the acquisition of a minority stake in Weidmüller Holding AG & Co. KG.

    Daniel Rosenberg

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Entrepreneurial Food Group on the sale of two food production businesses to The Compleat Food Group

    Hamish Perry

    News

  • The Times quotes Nathan Lightman and Joanna Stevens on whether Maths is a useful skill for lawyers

    Nathan Lightman

    In The Press

  • Financial News quotes Nathan Lightman on the upcoming FCA review of private market valuations

    Nathan Lightman

    In The Press

  • PE Hub quotes Nathan Lightman on private equity deals in the UK

    Nathan Lightman

    In The Press

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

    David Coates

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys has advised the owners of The Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health (CRGH) on its sale to FutureLife

    Michael Lingens

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Farfetch on its joint venture agreement with Clipper Logistics plc

    Andrew Clarke

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises on the sale of No.1 Lounges Ltd to SwissportALD

    Hamish Perry

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys releases H1 2021 deal highlights

    David Coates

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises the owners of Safeonline LLP on its sale to Howden Broking Group Limited

    Hamish Perry

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Fit Cloud Technology Ltd on Maven investment

    Andrew Clarke

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises CareTech on the acquisition of Smartbox

    Michael Lingens

    News

  • Public Company update - May 2020

    Mark Howard

    Insights

  • Points-of-practice-tips-on-FCA-and-LSE-completion-processes

    Nathan Lightman

    Insights

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Allenby Capital as nominated adviser and broker on ECSC Group placing

    Andrew Collins

    News

  • COVID-19 update for listed companies

    Victoria Younghusband

    Insights

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Predator Oil & Gas on oversubscribed placing

    Andrew Collins

    News

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