Kieran Shields
Solicitor
Biography
Kieran advises on all aspects of corporate law, including private M&A, private equity, venture capital and complex group reorganisations.
Key Highlights
- Advised the shareholders of solar panel provider Contact T/A Contact Solar Ltd on its sale to EDF Energy
- Advised Risk Capital Partners on its investment in specialist tour operator Far & Wide Limited (trading as Simpson Travel)
- Advised Praetura Ventures on its investment in Ocula Technologies
- Advised Bluestones Investment Group on its acquisitions of Australia and New Zealand recruitment specialists Australasian Recruitment Company and Home Recruitment, and of PACE Investments Group’s portfolio of recruitment businesses
- Advised Apis Assay Technologies on general corporate matters
- Advised the shareholders of Pushfar Limited on its sale to ScaleUp Capital
- Advised the shareholders of T4 Mechanical and Electrical Ltd, React 4 Group (Holdings) Ltd and Lidex Control Systems Ltd on their sale to FR. Sauter AG
- Advised Liverpool Chirochem on various investment rounds, receiving investment from Praetura Ventures, Maven Capital Partners and Deepbridge Capital
- Advised Manchester Metrology on its acquisition of Apex Metrology
- Advised property investors Praxis on their Joint Venture investment in Breakspear Park
- Advised Millwall Holdings Limited on general corporate matters
- Advised various HNW individuals on structuring tax-efficient corporate investment vehicles
- Advised a UK investment company on the divestment of its entire portfolio to facilitate a winding up.