Max Beazley

Expertise

Max advises UK and international businesses on a wide range of legal issues. Max helps business owners and companies navigate all stages of the corporate lifecycle – from start-up through early and later stage fundraising, M&A and exits. Max has been ranked by both Chambers UK and Legal 500 in M&A and Capital Markets.

Max has extensive experience of:

• Cross-border M&A (public and private)
• VC and early-stage / angel investment transactions (advising both investors and corporates)
• Joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements and LLC / LLP agreements
• LSE equity transactions (advising both issuers and banks on AIM and the Main Market)
• Commercial contracts
• General corporate advice

Max also holds a number of board positions, including as trustee for UK-based charity School Food Matters and non-exec director of an international agritech business. Max is fluent in French and is admitted to practice in New York as well as England and Wales.

Max Advises

• UK and international companies
• Entrepreneurs and owner-managed businesses
• Start-ups
• Investors

Experience Highlights

• Advised US technology company on its acquisition of Danish multi-factor authentication business and parallel strategic UK investment
• Advised NYSE-listed conglomerate on multiple UK acquisitions in the manufacturing and aerospace industries
• Advised leading travel management company on M&A transactions and related matters
• Advised NYSE-listed technology company on $400m UK acquisition in the electronics industry
• Advised investment banks Cenkos, Numis, Charles Stanley, Canaccord and others on multiple AIM IPOs and secondary placings
• Advised US banking major on > £500m in financing and refinancing transactions
• Advised US brewing major on multiple joint venture projects
• Advised world-leading e-commerce company on international acquisitions and subsequent restructuring

Career History

Previous Law Firms

• Dorsey & Whitney (Europe) LLP, London

Education

• CLT / BARBRI, London – New York Bar Preparation Course
• College of Law, London – Legal Practice Course
• University of Leicester – LLB Law with French Law & Language
• Université Robert Schumann, Strasbourg – Diplôme d’Etudes Juridiques Françaises
• Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, London – French Baccalauréat