Jeremy is a corporate lawyer and an expert in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity and joint ventures. He has considerable experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions involving both US clients investing into the UK and Europe and multinationals expanding their businesses across Europe.
Jeremy is a trusted adviser to clients from a wide variety of industries such as manufacturing, packaging, information technology, metals, oil field services, and recruitment. He advises clients ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 500 corporations.
Expertise
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Corporate finance
- Private equity
- Joint ventures
- Shareholder arrangements
- Commercial contracts
- Company law
- Corporate governance
Experience
- Acted for NYSE-listed Allegheny Technologies on UK matters for over 20 years, including advising on the European aspects of the sale of its tungsten materials business to Kennametal for $605m, as well as various UK acquisitions.
- Advised Miami-based Brightstar Corporation on the acquisition of a 51% interest in Revive A Phone Limited in March 2020, together with the related joint venture arrangements. Has advised Brightstar on UK transactions since 2008, including the acquisition of 20:20 Mobile in multiple European jurisdictions.
- Advised LKQ Corporation on the acquisition of Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts Italia S.p.a. (Rhiag) for a purchase price of €1.04bn. Rhiag is a leading pan-European distributor of aftermarket spare parts for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Also advised LKQ on its acquisition of Euro Car Parts for a total consideration of £280 million.
- Advised the selling shareholders in the sale of Remedica, a leading Cypriot pharmaceutical company to Ascendis Health (listed on the JSE) for €335 million.
- Advised La Seda de Barcelona, a Spanish packaging company, on its acquisition of Amcor’s European PET business for approximately €430 million and on its acquisition of AdvanSa for €320 million.
- Advised a consortium of companies on the sale of Devonport Management Limited to Babcock plc for £350 million.
- Advised the majority shareholder on the sale of Bestinvest to 3i.
- Advised the majority shareholder on the sale of Hometrack.co.uk Limited to Zoopla plc.
- Advised the Warsaw Stock Exchange on its investment in Acquis Exchange Limited.
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Recognition
Recognised by the Legal 500 2025 for M&A
“Jeremy Davis is an excellent lawyer, efficient and flexible. A pleasure to work with.” The Legal 500 2025
Recognised in The Legal 500 for Corporate and Commercial: M&A Smaller Deals £10M – £100M (2023-2024)
Recognised in The Legal 500 (2024-2025) for Venture Capital
Recognised as a ‘Notable Practitioner’ in IFLR1000 2024/2025
Listed as a “Recommended Lawyer,” Mergers & Acquisitions, IFLR1000, 2020
Career
Jeremy qualified as a solicitor in 1995. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2020, he worked at the following firms:
- McGuireWoods
- K&L Gates
- Jones Day
- Linklaters