Charlotte Cannell

Charlotte is a Principal Associate in our corporate department advising on all aspects of corporate law, including venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, turnaround/distressed situations, and private equity transactions. Charlotte works with a variety of clients including private companies, venture capital investors and companies, management teams and owner managed businesses. Recent experience includes advising: EVC Chargers Ltd on the £165m investment by Denham Capital; BGF on their investment into Brompton Bicycle; Pentech Ventures, Pi Labs, Outward VC and West Loop Ventures on their exit from Vauban; Twenty7Tec Group on its acquisition of Bluecoat Software; N Family Club on the £42.5m investment by Gresham House; Peloton, on its acquisition of Rogo Scott; Gresham House's British Sustainable Infrastructure Funds on their £164 million follow-on investment into Borderlink Broadband Limited; the shareholders of Bramble Foods Limited, a successful manufacturer and distributor of fine foods, on the investment from mid-market private equity firm LDC; GEMS Education on the sale of GEMS' international schools, Tropicana Metropark in Kuala Lumpar and Pearl City in Penang, to XCL Education; VivoPower, an international battery technology, electric vehicle and solar power services company, on their capital raising of $28.75 million through the issuance of new shares on Nasdaq; Gresham House Ventures on their £63 million investment into Telcom Group Ltd, a full-stack UK internet service provider; MML Capital Partners on the disposal of training and education platform, Learning Curve Group, to Agilitas Private Equity; Titgemeyer, a German manufacturing business on its acquisition of Yorkshire based Cirteq Limited, a leading international circlip specialist; and Safanad, an American private equity fund on its investment in Rimstock, a Cayman manufacturing business. · Shoosmiths LLP