Steve Cooke
Senior Partner; Steve is the Senior Partner of the firm. He headed our Mergers and Acquisitions practice from 2001 to 2016. He has a general corporate and M&A and investigations practice, with particular experience in takeover bids and other Stock Exchange related work. Steve acts for a number of listed companies including FTSE 100 clients Aviva, Barratt Developments, BAT, Centrica, Diageo, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, International Airlines Group, Reckitt Benckiser, Rolls-Royce and WPP and FTSE 250 clients Big Yellow Group, Morgan Advanced Materials, Morgan Sindall and Spectris. · Slaughter and May
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Senior Partner at Slaughter and May; joined the firm in 1982 and has been a partner since 1991, having headed the Mergers and Acquisitions practice from 2001 to 2016. He has a general corporate, M&A and investigations practice with particular experience in takeover bids and other Stock Exchange-related work, acting for numerous listed clients including FTSE 100 companies (Aviva, Barratt Developments, BAT, Centrica, Diageo, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, International Airlines Group, Reckitt Benckiser, Rolls-Royce, WPP) and FTSE 250 clients (Big Yellow Group, Morgan Advanced Materials, Morgan Sindall, Spectris).