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We have extensive experience of advising buyers, sellers and investors on tech-centric M&A transactions. We provide our clients with a seamless, single-team service, whether the deal is domestic or cross border, with specialists from across our international offices working together to deliver our clients' most critical and transformative transactions. Our top-ranked venture capital practice also advises companies on corporate venture capital investments and the strategic partnerships that underpin our clients' digital transformation strategies. Our expertise also plays into the wider legal issues around tech investments, whether that's foreign investment controls around strategic technology, evaluating the target's IP strategy, understanding the governance obligations on your directors as the business's digitalisation focus intensifies, or supporting integration of the target's tech specialists into your workforce. 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The panel covered an interesting range of M&A developments in the US and UK in the Workforce Solutions sector including... 12/03/2021 Strategic Tech Investments and M&A Supporting digitalisation through strategic tech acquisition Digital transformation strategies can be given a significant boost by acquiring an existing business and its digital tools or skills... 10/12/2020 Corporate New powers will allow UK government to block buyers over security concerns The UK government has finally published its much-anticipated National Security and Investment Bill, which creates a new stand-alone regime for... 12/11/2020 Previous Next 1 2 3 Connect with one of our experts Nick Johnson Partner, Head of Digitalisation, UK +44 20 7105 7080 Email Nick Full biog Mathias Loertscher Partner, UK +44 20 7105 7528 Email Mathias Full biog Katherine Kirrage Partner, Transformation Manager – Digitalisation, UK +44 207 105 7514 Email Katherine Full biog Stephanie Delage Partner, France +33 1 84 82 41 04 Email Stephanie Full biog Steve Wilson Managing Partner, US +1 917 545 3672 Email Steve Full biog Previous Next 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Experience Feedr Advised Compass Group UK and Ireland, on its acquisition of Feedr - a mobile ordering and pre-pay technology enabling Compass to transform the way people interact with on-site restaurants, with employees able to browse menus, pay and collect more flexibly, enhancing their food at work experience. 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