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Sophie Rees

Senior Associate - Corporate & financing

Sophie has a broad corporate practice and advises on all forms of M&A and disposals, venture capital and private equity investment, reorganisations and joint ventures. Sophie has particular experience in the TMT, consumer and life sciences sectors and with cross-border work. In addition to her transactional practice, Sophie regularly provides advice on shareholder, governance and Companies Act matters. 

Sophie’s experience includes:  

  • Acting for CityFibre on its acquisition of Lit Fibre from Newlight Partners. 
  • Advising a European private equity house on cross-border carve-out and combination matters following a major acquisition. 
  • AviadoBio’s seed investors on their participation in its series A financing.

Sophie has completed a secondment with a UK-headquartered global biopharmaceutical company, which provided invaluable insight into the commercial operations of a major FTSE 100 corporation and the pharmaceuticals sector.

Credentials

  • BA Classics, University of Oxford (Corpus Christi College) 
  • Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School 
  • Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School 
  • Qualified 2013  

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