Edward Dawes is a partner in the Corporate Transactions, Finance & Governance Practice Group in Birmingham. Ed has more than 20 years of experience helping companies to plan and execute corporate transactions with particular focus on advising UK-based public companies on both recommended and hostile takeovers, equity market fundraisings, corporate acquisitions and disposals, and regulatory compliance. 

Ed is ranked as a leading corporate/M&A lawyer in the Midlands by Chambers & Partners in its client’s guide to the UK legal profession, with market sources commenting that he is “very capable at handling high-value acquisition work” and is a "commercial, no nonsense lawyer".

Ed was instrumental in the development and publication of the CBI’s Practical Guide to Corporate Governance and is a member of the London Stock Exchange’s Regional Advisory Group.

Representative Experience

• Advising Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc on its €64m acquisition of RESORBA including an associated £34million share placing on Aim, a new term loan facility of €25m and a new £8m revolving credit facility.
• Advising an AIM-quoted property investment company on its successful £30 million hostile takeover of a target company listed on the London Stock Exchange’s main market, and the Channel Islands Stock Exchange, together with a subsequent £70 million placing.
• Advising a FTSE 250 instrumentation and controls supplier on a series of cross-border acquisitions.
• Advising a FTSE 250 company in the leisure, entertainment and hotels sector on a number of transformational acquisitions.
• Advising a FTSE 250 support services provider on a £116 million recommended takeover of an AIM company using cash, loan notes and shares with a mix and match alternative, and constituting a class 1 transaction for the bidder.
• Advising a well-known privately owned multinational manufacturer on a significant restructuring and strategic review culminating in the sale of the business.
• Advising one of the UK’s largest consumer cooperatives on a series of corporate acquisitions and disposals.