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Rachael McDonald

Rachael McDonald
Senior Associate

about Rachael

Rachael works in our corporate team and specialises in mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, reorganisations and general corporate governance matters.

recent experience

Advised Belvoir Group PLC on £4m property group acquisition. Read more
Advised Business Growth Fund (BGF) on a key growth investment into specialist mobile data SIM business, Jola Cloud Solutions Ltd. Read more
Advised CEO Paul Stobbs on the buyout of award winning theme park and attraction ticket specialist, Attraction Word, for an undisclosed consideration. Read more
Advised IT Services Provider Littelfish on successfully securing a minority investment from leading mid-market private equity investor LDC. Read more
Advising mid-market private equity specialists LDC on the secondary management buyout of Neilson Active Holidays. Read more
Advised SDL Property Services Group Limited on its joint venture, Wise Living Homes, with ICG Longbow.
Advising the vendors and management on the management buy-out backed by NorthEdge Capital of Belfield Furnishings. Read more
Advising AIM listed Belvoir Lettings on its proposed acquisition of Northwood GB for consideration of up to £22 million. Read more
Advising Tarkwa Investments Limited on its acquisition of Gee Tee Signs Ltd. Read more
Advising CP Foods (UK) Limited on its £12.3m acquisition of Foodfellas Limited.

related opinions

Refusal of companion amounts to breach of trust and confidence

In Stevens v University of Birmingham (UoB), the High Court held that the refusal to allow an employee to be accompanied by a companion…

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EAT rules unused annual leave due to sickness can be carried over for 18 months

In Plumb v Duncan Print Group Limited, the EAT has ruled that a worker is permitted to take annual leave, which is unused due to sickness, within 18 months of the leave year in which it accrued.

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Judicial review of Tier 2 licence suspension dismissed

In R, on the application of Raj & Knoll Ltd v Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Administrative Court ruled that the claimant’s application for a judicial review into the revocation of their Tier 2 sponsor licence should be dismissed.

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Type 2 diabetes ruled not to be a disability

In Metroline Travel Ltd v S, the EAT has ruled that diet controlled type 2 diabetes does not necessarily constitute a ‘disability’ under the Equality Act 2010 (Act).

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Legal updates

COVID-19 and declaring dividends

COVID-19 is currently having an unprecedented impact on the global economy. The legal framework in place for lawfully declaring dividends has not been relaxed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, so companies must take care to follow all of the usual rules when seeking to declare a dividend.

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Legal updates

Mergers and acquisitions transactions and COVID-19 - 22 April update

We’ve already discussed various practical implications that COVID-19 is having on M&A transactions, but if transactions are continuing to go ahead, what are some of the legal considerations to bear in mind in the current climate?

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Legal updates

Mergers and acquisitions transactions and COVID-19

The global COVID-19 pandemic has seen unprecedented levels of employees working from home and now the Government has insisted on “lockdown”, how is the UK’s mergers and acquisitions market going to cope with the disruption?

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