In this webinar, you will hear from experts about the impact of Coronavirus on funding, floating and selling you business. It will be an opportunity to learn and ask questions, which may have an impact on policies to support UK entrepreneurs.
This webinar will cover:
Planning the sale of your business? How not to miss the next boom
The role of private capital
Is debt the answer?
To sell or to float? Why the dynamics have now changed
Practical effects of lockdown on M&A and how they are being addressed
Protective/defensive acquisitions and disposals
The evolving role of Warranty & Indemnity Insurance
A buyer's market? – a landscape of opportunity for trade and PE buyers
Lord Leigh co-founded Cavendish Corporate Finance in 1988 following several years working as a Chartered Accountant specialising in taxation and M&A.
Howard served as Chairman of the Faculty of Corporate Finance of the ICAEW, earning him the Faculty’s Outstanding Achievement in Corporate Finance Award in 2008.
He was elevated to the Peerage as Lord Leigh of Hurley in 2013 and speaks regularly in the House of Lords on business, finance and tax matters – accompanying the Prime Minister on the trade trip to China in 2013.
Howard chairs a number of charitable concerns and was appointed a Treasurer of the Conservative Party in 2000, and subsequently as Senior Treasurer.
Kevin McCarthy is a Partner and Chair of the Corporate department at Mishcon de Reya. With over 20 years' experience in M&A and private equity, he has built a strong reputation in both UK and international transactional work. Kevin's clients include business owners, equity investors, family offices, corporates and management teams. His practice spans a wide range of sectors including technology/software; hospitality & retail; sport & leisure; media & entertainment and financial services.
On joining the Firm in 2005 Kevin established the Firm's Private Equity Group and guided it to its current position as a leading, mid-market, management advisory practice.
Clients look to Kevin for strategic counsel and tactical input on a wide range of commercial and legal matters including transaction negotiations and related disputes. Much of his activity is international in its nature, in relation to which he has particular experience in the Asia Pacific and South East Asia regions. He advises overseas clients on UK matters as well as UK parties on their international investment strategy and activity.
Kevin is a Notary Public and also currently sits as a director of Union Chapel, a leading live events organisation which funds and supports associated social and charitable programmes.