David Milne
Partner
David specialises in private equity transactions, as well as UK and international mergers and acquisitions (M&A). His private equity experience includes acting for numerous private equity houses and a wide range of management teams and shareholders of businesses in diverse industry sectors. He has advised on investments, acquisitions, buyouts and disposals across the financial and professional services, manufacturing, engineering, food and drink, consumer, technology and healthcare sectors. He has completed more than 150 M&A deals, including many cross-border transactions, and has acted for multinational corporations in complex reorganisations across several jurisdictions.
Clients have described David as “calm under pressure”, “technically excellent” and “of all the international counsel we have, David is the most responsive and easiest to work with”.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, David was a political lobbyist in Westminster.
- Acting for the management team of Euro Garages on the £1.3 billion sale to TDR Capital.
- Acting for LDC on their investments in the Pagabo Group and Bullen Healthcare.
- Acting for Elysian Capital on the acquisition of Activate Group.
- Acting for Synova on the acquisition of Mallcomm.
- Acting for Inflexion on its acquisition of Sparta Global and on the sale of ITM.
- Representing the management team of Perspective on its sale to Charlesbank and various bolt-ons.
- Advising the Progeny Group on its sale to Further Global and multiple bolt-ons.
- Advising Broadstone on numerous acquisitions.
- Advising Biocomposites on various acquisitions.
- Advising Prestige Gifting and Flowerline on their merger.
- Acting for Hippo Digital on its sale to GCP.
- Representing the management team of the GBUK Group on the investment by A&M Capital Europe.
- Acting for Raisio plc on the €100 million sale of Big Bear Confectionery to Valeo, as well as the €88 million acquisition of the Benecol business from Johnson and Johnson.
Education
- College of Law, York, Distinction, 2005
- University of Leeds, First Class BA (Hons), 1999
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2008