Bio

Samuel Pearse advises clients in the UK and internationally on a wide range of complex corporate and securities transactions. His practice includes initial public offerings, capital markets, private and public mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investment funds, private equity and finance. Mr. Pearse advises on IPOs, cross-border investments, acquisitions, disposals, restructurings, accessing capital markets and corporate issues. He works with Fortune 50 companies, public companies traded on the LSE, NYSE and NASDAQ, venture capitalists and startups in the financial services, technology, energy, aerospace and defense sectors. In the investment funds arena, Mr. Pearse counsels European and U.S. fund managers on fund formation, strategy execution, co-investments and regulatory issues, and helps U.S. fund managers enter European markets. Mr. Pearse holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Manchester and completed the Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School.