Sophie Thompson

Senior Associate

London

Sophie is a corporate lawyer with M&A and corporate governance experience.

Sophie is a Senior Associate in our corporate division. She has experience acting on a variety of corporate transactional matters, including public and private M&A, joint ventures and general corporate governance matters for listed and non-listed clients. Sophie works with clients across a range of sectors, with a particular focus on financial services and fintech. Sophie spent nine months on secondment to the Corporate and M&A Legal team at Lloyds Banking Group in 2016/17.

Experience & expertise

Selected matters

EML Payments on its acquisition of Sentenial Limited (including Nuapay), a European Open Banking and Account-to-Account payments provider
Willis Towers Watson on the sale of specialist insurance and (re)insurance broker Miller Insurance Services to Cinven, the international private equity firm, and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund
Fiera Capital Corporation, a Canadian asset management firm, on its acquisition of 80% of Palmer Capital Partners Limited, a UK-focused real estate investment manager based in London
ARRIS International plc, a provider of entertainment and communications solutions, on its US$7.4 billion acquisition by CommScope Holding Company, Inc
The Ardonagh Group, on its acquisition of the Swinton Insurance group, a UK personal lines broker from MMA Holdings UK Plc, part of the Covéa Group
Old Mutual plc on the sale of Rogge Global Partners plc, a global fixed income asset management business, to Allianz Global Investors GmbH.