Nick is a highly experience corporate finance lawyer and one of the leading lawyers in this field on the South Coast. Since qualification in 1994, Nick has worked as a senior associate at Bond Pearce (now Womble Bond Dickinson), joining Blake Lapthorn (now Blake Morgan) as a partner, before moving to Trethowans in 2010.
Nick is head of the firm’s Banking, Commercial & Corporate Group.
Notable work highlights
Nick represents corporate and individual clients across a broad spectrum of corporate finance related matters, covering the sale and purchase of private companies and businesses, equity investment (including leveraged arrangements), corporate restructures, mergers and joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements and corporate governance.
Recent work highlights include:
- Acting for the shareholders on the sale of two well know leisure parks, one to a buyer backed by private equity (with the transaction structured as a ‘takeover offer’), the other to a trade buyer.
- Acting for The MCG Group to secure £25m growth capital through the first integrated finance investment made by Tosca Debt Capital.
- acting for Betting Shop Services Limited on its acquisition of Bet 21 Limited, an operator of licensed betting shops across England.
- Acting for shareholders on the sale of Orbis Technologies Limited (with subsidiaries in Malaysia and New Zealand) to PDI Software Inc, a US acquirer.
- Acting on the equity investment to support the management buyout of Inbox Insight, backed by Mobeus Equity Partners.
- Acting on the debt and equity restructuring of the UK’s leading independent supplier of industrial cleaning equipment.
Accreditations & Memberships
Areas of expertise
- Share sales and acquisitions
- Business sales and acquisitions
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Management buyouts
- Private equity fundraising
- Equity joint ventures
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Share buybacks and capital reductions
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Corporate restructures
- Shareholders’ agreements and articles of association
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Corporate governance
Testimonials
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Insights
Insights and thoughts written by Nick
Trethowans advises shareholders of Unity Farm Holiday Centre Limited in sale to private equity firm
13 Nov 2024
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Trethowans win Mid-range Deal of the Year (£10m – £50m) at the Solent Deals Awards 2024
02 Apr 2024
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Trethowans advises Just Develop It on private equity investment to support acquisition of Total Security
21 Dec 2023
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Dorset Corporate Finance Drinks
24 Oct 2023
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Trethowans corporate team acts for the shareholders of Jimmy’s Iced Coffee Limited in its sale to Britvic
03 Aug 2023
•2 min read
Trethowans sees a trio of wins at Solent Deals Awards 2023
29 Mar 2023
•2 min read
