Testimonials
“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.”
“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”
“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.”
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