Kimberley is a Legal Director in Shoosmiths' Corporate practice in Glasgow. Kimberley’s practice spans our core corporate pillars of M&A, private equity and VC, and she also applies her transactional capabilities to corporate restructuring (including tax driven corporate reorganisations and insolvency/distressed M&A).
Kimberley's focus is corporate transactions. She has developed a strong repertoire of M&A and private equity deals, from advising domestic family-owned businesses through the entire corporate life-cycle, leading upper mid-market M&A across a variety of sectors, including in particular Technology, to leading project teams in delivering global PE backed M&A deals.
Kimberley has particular experience in Corporate Real Estate deals, supporting our active Real Estate client base with indirect investment and property portfolio M&A deals, particularly in the Living sector.
Kimberley also regularly advises corporate clients on large-scale group reorganisations in preparation for sale or in implementation of complex tax restructurings.
Kimberley currently sits as a member of our Shadow Board, supporting our Executive Leadership team on Executive board matters and implementation of firm strategy.
Kimberley is an executive member of the firm’s M&A group, helping the firm to drive its Corporate M&A strategy nationally and is a member of our Simplification Advisory Group, supporting clients on corporate reorganisations.
Her transactional experience includes
Leading the transactional team for Gatehouse Bank in the £175m sale of a Jersey SPV which developed, owned and operated c900 properties across the UK to Citra Living Investments Limited (part of the Lloyds Banking Group).
Lead adviser to US client Certara Inc. in its mid-market acquisition of Formedix Limited, a Scottish biotech software company.
Acting for DotDigital plc, an AIM listed tech client with its acquisition of Fresh Relevance Limited for £25m.
Acting for Morrison Community Care Group across multiple mandates, including transactional lead on equity fundraisings from private equity joint venture partnerships to fund several care home development projects nationally, and leading on 8 development SPV M&A mandates for the group in 2024 alone.
Acting for a real estate focussed private equity fund with respect to a proposed £25m W&I backed acquisition of prime London real estate for a PBSA project.
Advising the Invica Group, a leading private international industrial and engineering group, on a complex international corporate reorganisation to support the continued growth and expansion of two of its core businesses: Puragen and Carbon Links.
Member of the core corporate team at her previous firm who acted for a leading global private equity firm on its €6.85 billion auction bid and successful acquisition of a globally renowned food production, manufacturing and supply chain business. The deal involved managing multiple combined asset and share purchases and assisting the client with its operational set-up of the new global group and brand. Kimberley coordinated corporate transactional diligence and acquisition group structuring across 75+ jurisdictions against complex national regulatory frameworks. The deal won global Private Equity Deal of the Year in 2018.
Kimberley started her career at leading Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens and formed part of the senior team within the Corporate division working on the integration of MMS with Dentons UK & Middle East in 2017. Kimberley spent 5 years as a senior corporate lawyer at Dentons and joined Shoosmiths as a Legal Director in June 2022.