What can I do for you

Jonathan is a partner in our corporate team. His team supports clients across a range of corporate transactions, including domestic and international M&A and private equity investment. While Jonathan advises across a range of sectors, he has a particular focus in the life sciences and technology sectors.

What do others say

Legal 500 recognises Jonathan as a ‘standout partner’, noting his expertise in “M&A deals... and mid-market corporate work”. 

Clients appreciate the value Jonathan brings to a transaction, commenting that he is “incisive and very helpful", demonstrates “immense patience” and exerts “considerable efforts” to help them achieve successful outcomes for their transactions.

 

Supporting your ambitions

Jonathan’s clients include private and public companies, PE houses and high net worth investors. His recent work includes:

  • Advising Cambridge headquartered F-star Therapeutics – a clinical stage biotech developing next generational immunotherapies to transform the lives of patients with cancer – on its merger with Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals in the US and admission to NASDAQ.
  • Advising the sellers of MAP Patient Access – a company that specialises in helping biopharma optimise their results – on their sale to Kester Capital.
  • advising the founders of global language learning app Mondly on their sale to Pearson Plc, the world's largest learning company.
  • advising Bluestone Investment Holdings Limited – a business providing complex credit for consumers’ mortgage needs – on its sale of Bluestone Mortgages to Shawbrook.
  • advising Downing LLP – a private equity house with particular focus around RE backed businesses – on a series of acquisitions in the K-12, SEN sector.
  • advising GRC International Plc – the data protection specialists – on a series of acquisitions, including of DQM Group, and associated placings.
  • advising PragmatIC on Semiconductor – a World leader in flexible electronics – on its $125million Series C fundraise.

What else should you know?

Jonathan heads up the Cambridge office’s CSR team, leading the relationship with our Cambridge office charity and other local charitable groups.

jigsaw

What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

“All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.”

“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”