Clear thinking for businesses navigating growth

Mike doesn't just advise; he rolls his sleeves up and gets stuck in, seeing things through to execution. He will take something genuinely messy and complicated, think through all the angles and come back quickly with a clear view and something we can actually act on. What I find genuinely different with Mike is that he is equally comfortable thinking through big picture strategic plans as translating these plans into actionable operational minutiae. What also sets Mike apart is that he has drawn on his own experience in senior leadership positions to build the kind of advisory support he would have wanted at the time, and you feel that. He genuinely puts himself in your shoes, asks what would actually have helped him, and shapes what he delivers around that. It's a very different proposition from most advisors.

Mike has been central to building our buy-and-build strategy from the ground up: financial modelling, M&A process and fundraising structuring. His commercial judgement is sharp, and his experience in each of those areas is genuinely deep. He has shaped both how we think about acquisitions and how we present to investors.

Mike digs deeply into the commercial issues rather than simply advising on the law, something most lawyers cannot replicate. He works at the right level for the stage of the business, considers what is actually needed rather than what a standard legal process would suggest, and identifies questions and risks that had not previously been considered. What I find most valuable is the translation. He explains complex legal issues in terms of clear commercial risk, which makes decisions considerably easier for a leadership team. That combination of legal depth and commercial clarity is what makes him genuinely useful when it matters.