Testimonials
“From the very start Kyri was extremely impressive, working seamlessly with our M&A advisor. He was always pragmatic and shared with us at all times his thinking and strategy to get us to the best possible deal. He was patient, receptive to concerns and ever good humoured. Sharing the more light hearted moments with him was great client care on his part and at all times he was there for us working exceptional hours. What he said he would do, he did and he did well. In summary, he was just great."
Selling Client
Engineering Consultancy sector
“Kyri is an experienced and astute commercial lawyer. He has a refreshing entrepreneurial approach to delivering legal briefs. He is a valuable contributor to commercial opportunities, and is a trusted colleague with whom I work on several different ventures. I have no hesitation in recommending and referring him to contacts and/or clients.”
Client
“We were supported by Kyri in a complex acquisition of a telecoms company located in the City of London. A business lawyer with real entrepreneurial flair”
Client
“We were guided through our sale process incredibly well and Kyri ensured that he fought hard for all the necessary details. A brilliant job well done by experts in the field. I cannot recommend Kyri and his team enough.”
Client
Expertise
Kyri is a specialist corporate finance and commercial lawyer with a particular focus on M&A, disposals, venture capital and private equity investments and corporate restructuring, with a notably strong interest in the UK’s tech sector.
He is noted for his work with entrepreneurs in scaling to exit. He supports fast-growth businesses with every key stage of business – from start-up and growth phase to exit. He advises on a broad range of commercial projects and leads clients on a broad range of equity investment fundraising rounds – venture capital, growth capital, Series A and beyond. He offers value enhancing strategies tailored to the client’s needs to help entrepreneurs maximise business value at the time of sale.
Kyri also advises international companies, across a diverse range of sectors, in investing in the UK through acquisitions. With his extensive network, he is well-positioned to bring in the right talent to facilitate doing business in the UK.
Kyri is a regular speaker at events and conferences on and has been quoted in a number of publications and news articles.
Kyri Advises
- Entrepreneurs and founders
- Start-ups, scale ups and high-growth companies
- Investors, funds and family offices
- Companies looking for investment
- International companies investing in the UK
- Management Teams
Experience Highlights
- Advising on the sale of a coach operator to a UK quoted multinational public transport company. Reported in national press to be the “biggest sale involving a family-owned coach business”
- Advising on the sale of a software development company to a private equity backed Health & Safety, Employment Law and HR Service Provider
- Advising on the sale of an award-winning furniture and consultancy supplier to a Canadian private equity firm
- Advising a professional association football club on its equity fund raise
- Advising a private equity company on a series of acquisitions and investments
- Advising a national property management company on multiple acquisitions
- Advising the management team on a purchase out of administration of an engineering consultancy and equipment manufacturer for the construction of long-span bridges and power stations
- Advising an exclusive and globally renowned couture design business on its investment strategy and equity fund raise
- Advising an electronics company on a reorganisation, involving a Section 110 liquidation
- Advising a boutique investment firm specialising in real estate and private equity on its investment fund partnership with a global institutional investment management firm
- Advising a fintechbusiness involved in global trade finance on a pre-Series A fund raise and share buyback
- Advising on a reverse takeover and placing of a copper mining company
- Advising multiple tech entrepreneurs in relation to private equity and VC fund raising rounds
- Advising ultra-high net worth clients with succession plans, wealth preservation and investment structures
- Advising a well-known luxury, high-end audio-visual company on a buyback of its shares
- Advising a private equity house in relation to an equity investment of a US hedge fund
- Advising a management team involved in commercial electronic entertainment on its acquisition growth plan
- Advised on a brand/business development programme for a former World No.1 tennis player
Career History
Previous Law Firms
- Pinsent Masons
- Stuart Hodge Corporate Lawyers
- Healys LLP
- Seddons
- Judge Sykes Frixou
- Fletcher Day
Memberships
Education
- Royal Grammar School, Worcester
- College of Law (LPC)
- University of Wales, Cardiff (LLB)
Other
- City AM, “Karen Brady and a lesson on the duties of directors”
- Computing Magazine, “Top Tips for Tech Start Ups”
- UKTN (the home of UK Tech), “Directors need to be more aware of their duties”
- Estates Gazette, “Managing Potential Conflicts of Interest”
- The Caterer, “How to make your business attractive to investors”
- The Independent – “Victory for Nigerian oil tycoon Michael Prest’s wife as ‘cheats charter’ overturned in landmark Supreme Court divorce case