Maegen Morrison is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice.

Maegen has a broad corporate practice based on international and domestic transactions. She advises on corporate finance transactions for listed companies, financial sponsors, financial advisers and large private companies. Maegen has acted for listed and private companies on public and private M&A in the UK and cross-border, joint ventures, demergers and restructurings as well as both primary and secondary capital raisings. She has a particular focus on financial institutions, both on their advisory and own account transactions.

The Legal 500 describes her as “self-assured, an excellent negotiator and technically excellent” whilst IFLR1000 refers to her as “highly professional and on hand to deal with the trickier elements of the process". In 2021 and 2022, Maegen was named among IFLR1000’s Women Leaders.

• Liberty Global on its £1.2 billion investment into Vodafone.
• Circet on its acquisition of Qube GB.
• The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company on a preferred equity investment.
• Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc. on the acquisition of Results International Group LLP.
• DBAY on its public takeover of Telit Communications plc.^*
• Goldman Sachs International, Stifel, Cenkos and Berenberg on the £100m placing by Marlowe plc.^*
• SABMiller plc on its £79bn takeover by AB InBev.^*
• Liberum Capital Limited and Goldman Sachs International on the £105m capital raising for Ted Baker.^*
• Ingredion on its public takeover of PureCircle, a London premium-listed producer of stevia sweeteners.^*
• Canaccord Genuity as nomad, broker and financial adviser on the AIM IPO of GBGI Limited (or The Global Benefits Group).^*
• Liberum Capital Limited and RBC Europe Limited on the placing of approximately £60m of new ordinary shares in the capital of Brewin to institutional investors.^*
• Paysafe on its £3bn takeover by CVC and Blackstone.^*
• Optimal Payments on its transformational €1.1bn acquisition of Skrill and associated £450m rights issue, which won 2015 AIM deal of the year.^*
• Barclays through the disposal of UK secured lending, a transaction which helped progress the re-shaping of Barclays to focus on its core businesses.^*
• J.P. Morgan Cazenove and Numis as sponsors on Mothercare's rights issue which helped to reshape the Mothercare business.^*
• J.P. Morgan Cazenove and Numis on the £80m placing by Marston's plc to fund its acquisition of Charles Wells Ltd.^*
• The Icelandic Government on the restructure of the Icelandic banking system, a transaction which was high profile, complicated and innovative.^*
• A major financial institution on a series of financial asset disposals in Italy.^*
• SABMiller plc on its combination of its US operations in a joint venture with Molson Coors.^*
• Merrill Lynch International and BNP Paribas on the cash confirmation relating to EDF's £12.4bn acquisition of British Energy plc.^*
• Paysafe on its £2bn step-up from AIM to the main market.^*
• UniCredit and InterCapital as joint global coordinators and book runners on Arena Hospitality Group's €105m capital raise.^*
• Electra Private Equity plc and Hostmore plc on the demerger of Hostmore and its admission to trading on the premium listing segment of the Main Market.^*

* Denotes prior firm experience

Awards & Accolades

• Women Leaders, IFLR1000, 2021 and 2022
• Leading Lawyer, Equity Capital Markets, IFLR1000, 2016
• 40 under 40 Rising Stars in Legal Services, Financial News, 2014
• Corporate Great Bright Hopes, Legal Business, 2013
• Hot 100, The Lawyer, 2007