Bio

Will Pearce is head of our Europe practice and leads our M&A practice in London. He advises corporate, PE and investment banking clients on domestic and cross-border private and public M&A, takeovers and mergers, and securities offerings and listings, as well as on corporate governance, shareholder activism and restructuring matters. With over 25 years’ experience of advising on the UK’s Takeover Code and Listing Rules, he has been recognized as a leading lawyer for both corporate/M&A and equity capital markets, and named as a “Dealmaker of the Year” by the American Lawyer and The Deal, an “MVP of the Year” by Law360 and one of Europe’s most influential lawyers by Financial News. Clients quoted by Chambers say he is “an exceptional lawyer, very technical and commercial” who “works hard to understand our business drivers and dynamics”, his “knowledge is deep across practice areas”, and he is “not only a deal maker, but will go the extra mile in providing creative ideas to help solve problems.”