"Mike Matthews has a particularly good grasp of financial and corporate issues and can simplify complex transactions with his ability and pragmatism. In addition, Mike has can move quickly deliver and plough through time sensitive transactions with ease and is a safe pair of hands."
"Mike Matthews is a star performer: great at grasping situations, finding solutions and managing clients."
"Mike was outstanding from start to finish in both communication to help put our minds at ease, as well as all dealings with the buyer's side."
"Mike Matthews was very professional yet easy to speak to he gave a complete breakdown of each step throughout the process to ensure my understanding. He gave professional and informative service throughout the process."
“I've really enjoyed working with you guys and I hope to work with you again soon. I am really impressed with Roythornes, I've worked with a lot of law firms on various projects - you are by far the best!”
Mike Matthews
Mike qualified with Roythornes in 2012 and was promoted to Partner in 2019.
He heads our Mergers and Acquisitions team and deals with a wide range of transactions, from the sale and purchase of small family businesses to the sale and purchase of businesses worth many tens of millions of pounds. These are a mixture of trade sales, private equity sales and management buy-outs/buy-ins.
Described by clients as “absolutely excellent. Intelligent, intuitive, hardworking and conscientious” and “a credit to the industry, making complex scenarios understandable and having a commercial approach to progressing deals”, Mike has developed a widely recognised specialism and is a trusted advisor not just to his own clients, but also to corporate finance advisors and accountants alike.
Mike specialises in:
- Share purchase agreements
- Asset purchase agreements
- MBOs / MBIs
- Share for share exchanges
- Shareholders’ Agreement
- Finance arrangements
A number of Mike’s matters have featured in the press, including:
- acting for the management team on the sale of a majority stake in a leading biogas producer to Macquarie Capital Principal Finance
- acting for the sellers on the sale of the distribution company Tesam Distribution Limited for £11.75m to public listed company, Clipper Logistics plc
- acting for the sellers on the sale of the well known technology company, ParentMail, to Iris Software
- acting for the manufacturer of many well known cereals, Pioneer Foods, when it acquired the Good Carb Food Company Limited and the popular Lizi’s granola brand