Nick Graves Partner

Nick heads the firm's corporate team. He specialises in complex corporate transactions. His experience includes advising clients on complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets fundraisings and corporate governance projects.

He advises a wide range of public and private companies and private individuals on company law and corporate governance issues. Nick has also worked alongside a number of UK government entities on a range of complex business transformation projects.

He also provides general corporate and regulatory advice, including advice on the Listing Rules, the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Prospectus Rules and the Takeover Code.

Nick advises clients active in a range of sectors including infrastructure, manufacturing, nuclear and renewables.

• Advising svt Holding GmbH on the acquisition of Technical Fire Safety Group
• Advising an international defence and security company on a complex hive-down project
• Advising UK listed companies on Private M&A transactions
• Advising The Co-operative Group Ltd on an intra-group reorganisation and £249 million disposal to the Wellcome Trust
• Advising BEIS on the transfer of assets (valued at £3.5bn) from the UK’s seven Research Councils, Innovate UK and the research and knowledge exchange functions of HEFCE to United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI)
• Advising the CMA on the corporate law aspects of the sales of Gatwick (£1.5bn), Edinburgh (£807m) and Stansted (£1.5bn) Airports