Catherine Hayes
Partner
Corporate | Corporate governance & advisory | International | Mergers & Acquisitions | Restructuring & Demergers
About Catherine
Catherine is a Partner in our Corporate M&A team
Catherine specialises in domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate joint ventures and group reorganisations. Catherine regularly advises UK and overseas corporates, founders and management teams.
Experience:
- Advising US sports marketing agency rEvolution on the acquisition of UK based agency, WePlay.
- Advising rEvolution on the acquisition of UK based agency, Revolution Sports Marketing Group (RSMG).
- Advising Swedish multi-national company Alfa Laval on its acquisition of innovative marine technology provider NRG Marine.
- Advising Alfa Laval on its transfer of certain business operations from the UK to Denmark.
- Advising German private equity firm Flex Capital and its portfolio company Optix (Group) Limited on the acquisition of Opticabase, a UK based supplier of software solutions for optometrists.
- Advising a North American based facility services provider on its expansion into the UK market by way of acquisition of a UK based commercial and industrial cleaning services group.
- Advising the shareholders of Wrapology, a sustainable packaging business across UK, China and Hong Kong, to PE-backed Carton Group.
- Advising the shareholders of Pooch and Mutt on its sale to its longstanding manufacturing partner, VAFO Group, a leading European manufacturer of premium pet food.
- Advising shareholders on the partition demerger of a group of auctions services companies from a global art advisors and appraisers group.
- Advising the shareholders of NRG Marine, a specialist overhead lines labour supplier, to Hercules PLC, a national labour supply company.
- Advising the shareholders of Defries Weiss, a London based accounting and business advisory firm, to Simmons Gainsford.
- Advising US private equity firm Rubicon Technology Partners and its portfolio company OutMatch, a leading provider of a SaaS-based talent intelligence platform, on its acquisiton of UK based LaunchPad, a provider of market leading SaaS-based recruitment automation and video interviewing platform.
- Advising on the sale of the EC Group, an expert fulfilment and distribution company, to an Employee Ownership Trust.
- Advising UK-based golf equipment supplier on the sale of its business and assets to Europe’s largest golf retailer.
“Catherine Hayes and John North offer professional and proactive advice through all steps of the project”
RWK Goodman client
