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Derek is a corporate partner in the London office and one of the firm’s global tech sector leaders. He advises on public and private mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets transactions, joint ventures, strategic investments and restructurings, specialising in particular on complex cross-border private M&A. He acts for clients across a broad range of sectors, including technology, financial institutions and industrials. He is ranked by both the Legal 500 UK and Chambers UK for his significant M&A work and was listed in The Lawyer’s “Hot 100” for 2024.