Michaela Britton

Partner

Michaela Britton

Partner

Services

Sectors

Michaela is a partner in the corporate team in London. She advises on a breadth of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, fundraising and investment agreements, exit strategies and general corporate advisory work. Her clients range from entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs to high-net worth individuals, family-owned and managed businesses and family offices.

A significant part of Michaela’s work has an international element and she regularly advises non-UK based clients, with a particular focus on Europe, the USA, the Middle East and Asia. She often participates at International Bar Association Conferences and contributed to the UK chapter of the Global Legal Post’s FDI Jurisdictional Guide and to the Council of British Chambers of Commerce in Europe publications.

I sit at the centre of my clients’ business matters and advise them on all corporate matters and transactions. As a trusted advisor, I am often asked to assist with their wider legal concerns, when I bring in expertise from around the firm. I am sought after for my pragmatic and solution-driven approach.

Michaela joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2016 from another leading city firm. Previously in her career, she spent time advising on tax issues both for individuals and companies and obtained the STEP Advanced Certificate in UK Tax for International Clients. She has been appointed as the vice chair of the western group of the International Bar Association’s European regional forum committee.

Recent work highlights

International sale

Acting for the sellers of an international group of companies in the chemicals sector.

Acquistion and corporate structure advice

 Advising on the acquisition of yachts and private jets with values ranging from £5 million to £15 million and on the corporate structures relating to the acquisition of tankers valued at £300 million.

UK-Sweden trade

Acting for the UK sellers of yachting appliances to Swedish buyers.

Complex contentions matter

Advising on the acquisition of a Slovenian sales and purchase agreement as settlement in a complex contentions matter.

Partner negotiations

Negotiating a complex and contentious settlement between the partners of a limited liability partnership in the energy sector and a leaving partner.

Tech commercial advisory

Advising the founder of an AI company on general corporate matters .

Cross-border restructuring

Advising the founders of a software-as-a-service business in connection with cross border restructuring, investor matters, shareholders matters and corporate governance matters.

Cross-border restructuring

Advising the founders of a software-as-a-service business in connection with cross border restructuring, investor matters, shareholders matters and corporate governance matters.

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She is an excellent professional and I really like working with her. She tackles complex matters with ease and can address difficult and pressing situations with composure and effectively and efficiently sort out things.

Michaela Britton’s particular strengths lie in cross-border transactions involving simultaneously both developed and emerging markets and where pragmatic solutions are essential.

Michaela Britton