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10 October 2023
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Memery Crystal—Edward Baker

Partner appointment boosts corporate team

Memery Crystal has appointed Edward Baker as partner in its corporate team, boosting its offerings in private and public mergers and acquisitions (M&A), equity capital markets and advisory matters.

Edward has almost 30-years of experience that includes advising leading listed and non-listed companies, financial institutions and hedge funds on domestic and cross-border transactions, M&A and capital raisings.

He joins from Simmons & Simmons where he was a partner for nearly 20-years, having previously qualified at Ashurst in 1994. Edward spent two years on secondment to the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. He is an expert on Takeover Code related advice, having acted in this area for bidders, targets, asset managers, investment banks and shareholders. Edward has advised on a number of high-profile transactions, including Growthpoint Properties Limited on its partial offer for and subscription in Capital & Regional plc.

Nick Davis, senior partner at Memery Crystal, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Edward as Partner into our Corporate Team. He brings a wealth of corporate transactional experience with a particular focus on public M&A where we have been and continue to be very active. Our clients will now be able to benefit from his wise counsel and insight.”

Edward Baker, partner at Memery Crystal, said: “I am very excited to have joined Memery Crystal. The corporate team has been busy on a number of transactions recently and continues to be busy. I look forward to contributing to the team’s and the firm’s continued delivery of quality advice, both to existing and new clients, using my experience and expertise, including on public M&A related matters given the firm’s roster of PLC clients.”

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