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Matthew Davies
Partner

Matthew Davies

Manchester, United Kingdom
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Matthew is a Partner in our Corporate group, based in the Corporate team in Manchester.

Matthew specialises in UK and multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions, corporate re-organisations and restructurings and corporate law and governance issues, as well as having particular experience in investment transactions, including joint ventures, partnerships and shareholders' agreements. Matthew has a particular focus on the Financial Services sector.

Relevant experience

  • Selling shareholder on the sale of FX business Eurochange to Notemachine.
  • Selling shareholders on the sale of multi-jurisdictional fiduciary services business Ogier Fiduciary Services to Electra Private Equity PLC.
  • Selling shareholder on the sale of multi-jurisdictional fiduciary services business Salamanca Group to Management.
  • Selling shareholders on the sale of trust administration business Jersey Trust Company (JTC) Group Limited to CBPE Capital.
  • SGG Group on the acquisition of multi-jurisdictional fund administration business Augentius.
  • Skipton Building Society on the sale of Homeloan Management Limited (HML) to Computershare.
  • Selling shareholders on the sale of e-money provider Tuxedo Money Solutions to Swedish and Austrian investors.
  • Saga on the creation of wealth management JV, Saga Investment Services, and the ABS and JV arrangements for Saga Law.
  • Investors on the investment arrangements and JV regarding the establishment of a challenger bank.
  • Selling shareholders on the sale of recruitment sector business de Poel (GRI) to Bain Capital.

Education

2005 – Legal Practice Course – The College of Law, York
2004 – Common Professional Examination – University of Northumbria, Northumbria
2003 – BA (Hons), History – University of Durham, Durham

Practice Areas
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Financial Services & Regulation

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News United Kingdom

CMS advises Worldline on asset divestments in Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg

28 May 2021 2 min read
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Payments Solutions

24 Mar 2020 1 min read
News United Kingdom

CMS launches new initiative for high-growth Northern start-ups

07 Oct 2019 2 min read
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