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.