Michelle Gomes

Partner, corporate

Michelle is a partner in the corporate team, specialising in private M&A, joint ventures and private company fundraising within a broad range of sectors, including life sciences, technology and green tech.

Michelle advises clients across a broad range of sectors, with a specific focus on life sciences (having spent time on secondment with both BTG plc and Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd), technology and energy sectors. She advises on various matters including early stage fundraisings, joint ventures, M&A and general corporate advisory.

Michelle's recent experience includes acting for: Life sciences company on its divestment of a legacy product; Piramal Enterprises Limited on the sale of its molecular imaging business; AIM listed Focusrite plc on its acquisition of Linea Research Holdings; Anglia Maltings on their entry into a three way joint venture with Frontier Agriculture and Camgrain; Highview Power on their growth capital round which totalled $70 mllion; Sellers of Arcola Energy on their sale to Canadian listed company Ballard Power Systems; CLS Group on the sale of Future Climate Info to Canadian listed Dye & Durham; 3 Step IT on its strategic partnership with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions to create a leading integrated IT leasing business across various European jurisdictions and various early stage companies on their equity funding rounds (from Series A onwards).

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