Max Baird-Smith
Max Baird-Smith is a partner and Head of the Corporate department. Max advises on a broad mixture of corporate and commercial transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, private-equity investments and fund raisings. He advises across a range of sectors, including consumer and retail, education, energy, financial services, infrastructure, media & telecommunications, natural resources, property and technology. He has represented sovereign wealth funds, significant groups and private capital funds across his career and brings this experience to the firm’s family office and high-net-worth client base. He has extensive experience handling complex cross-border matters, regularly working across Europe, the US, the Middle East and Africa. Max speaks French and is qualified in England and Wales (solicitor) and a member of the French bar (non-practising). A partner since 2013, Max is a graduate of Oxford University and qualified at Slaughter and May in 2005. · Payne Hicks Beach LLP
About
Max Baird-Smith is a partner and Head of the Corporate department at Payne Hicks Beach LLP, advising on a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions including acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, private-equity investments and fund raisings. He acts across sectors such as consumer & retail, education, energy, financial services, infrastructure, media & telecommunications, natural resources, property and technology, and has represented sovereign wealth funds, major groups and private capital funds on complex cross-border matters across Europe, the US, the Middle East and Africa.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- Oxford University
Admissions
- England & Wales (Solicitor); qualified 2005 (qualified at Slaughter and May)
- French Bar (non-practising)