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Carys Holland is an Associate in the Corporate Transactions team in the firm’s London office. Carys has experience in public and private M&A, equity capital markets, private equity, reorganisations, and general corporate advisory and corporate governance matters.

Carys works with a variety of clients, from smaller specialist businesses to large, listed clients, and across a range of sectors, including hospitality, real estate and financial services.

Relevant experience

  • Columbia Threadneedle on the disposal of assets of one of its managed portfolios to 3i Infrastructure plc, including a majority stake in Lefdal Mining Datacenter.
  • Dishoom on its partnership with leading consumer focused investment firm L Catterton.
  • Finsbury Food Group on its acquisition of a majority stake in Lola’s Cupcakes, its entry into the direct-to-consumer market.
  • Pinewood Technologies, a leading cloud-based software provider for the automotive retail industry, on its conditional agreement to acquire Lithia’s 51% interest in their North American joint venture.
  • LondonMetric Property Plc, the UK's leading triple net lease REIT and a FTSE 100 company, on its concurrent recommended acquisitions of Urban Logistics REIT Plc and Highcroft Investments Plc. 
  • Windward, the formerly AIM-listed pioneering maritime AI company, on its recommended cash takeover by US private equity house FTV.
  • United Trust Bank, a leading UK specialist bank, on an agreement with Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, for Warburg Pincus to acquire a minority equity interest in UTB.
  • Horizon Capital and management of Dains Accountants on the sale of Dains Accountants, a leading provider of accountancy and business advisory services in the UK, to IK Partners.
  • Winking Studios, a publicly traded company on the Catalist board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX:WKS), on its listing on AIM, the first company to achieve a dual-listing on these markets.

Education

  • 2022 – LPC, University of Law, Moorgate.
  • 2021 – MA Law, University of Bristol, Bristol.
  • 2019 – BSc (Hons) Politics, University of Southampton, Southampton.

Insights by Carys

CMS advises on the disposal of assets of a portfolio managed by Columbia Threadneedle Investments to 3i Infrastructure plc

16 Mar 2026 2 min read

CMS acts on sale of leading restaurant group MW Eat to Fairfax

27 Nov 2025 3 min read

CMS advises Dishoom on partnership with consumer investment firm L Catterton

05 Aug 2025 3 min read
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