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May Smith

Freshfields
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Firm
Freshfields
Practice
tax, tax matters, UK tax
Office
London
Active in the record
2021 to 2025

Deal experience

Deal types
Capital Markets & IPOJoint VentureM&APrivate Equity & Buyouts
Sectors
Consumer & RetailFinancial ServicesHealthcare & Life SciencesHospitality & LeisureInsuranceProfessional ServicesReal EstateTechnology
Jurisdictions
BelgiumEuropeGermanyNetherlandsSingaporeSpainUnited KingdomUnited States

Recent deals

11 announced deals in the record
Freshfields Advises Keysight Technologies, Inc. in the Proposed Sale of Spirent’s High Speed Ethernet and Network Security Testing Business 7 Mar 2025
M&A Technology Freshfields UK tax
Freshfields advises Cinven on sale of Kurt Geiger to Steve Madden 14 Feb 2025
M&A Consumer & Retail Freshfields tax
Freshfields advises HBX Group on its IPO valuing the company at c.€3 billion 14 Feb 2025
Capital Markets & IPO Freshfields EUR 3bn
Freshfields advises Specialist Risk Group and Warburg Pincus on strategic acquisition of Ecclesia Group’s Dutch and Belgian insurance brokerage businesses 4 Feb 2025
M&A Financial Services Freshfields tax matters
Freshfields advises Cinven on strategic investment in Grant Thornton UK 21 Nov 2024
Private Equity & Buyouts Professional Services Freshfields tax London
Freshfields advises Warburg Pincus on proposed sale of Vodeno and Aion Bank 26 Jul 2024
M&A Financial Services Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer tax matters
Freshfields advises Warburg Pincus on proposed acquisition of Specialist Risk Group 30 May 2024
M&A Insurance Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer tax matters
Freshfields Advising AstraZeneca in Acquisition of Gracell Biotechnologies Inc. Furthering the AstraZeneca Cell Therapy 10 Jan 2024
M&A Healthcare & Life Sciences FreshfieldsRuiMin tax
Freshfields advises Saint-Gobain on sale of distribution business in the UK 13 Dec 2022
M&A Real Estate Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer GBP 740m tax London
Freshfields advises Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on joint venture with Hamilton-Pyramid Europe 23 Aug 2022
Joint Venture Hospitality & Leisure Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer EUR 500m tax
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