Nadim Zaman

Nadim advises institutional investors, family offices, and high-growth companies on corporate finance, including venture and growth capital investments, convertible loan notes, multi-tranche syndicated investments, and international investment portfolios.

• Advised Lord Stanley Fink (the former chief executive of global hedge fund Man Group) on his UK and overseas investment portfolio, including the recent investment in Bud Financial alongside HSBC (which, via First Direct, it also counts as a customer), Goldman Sachs, ANZ, Investec’s INVC fund, and InnoCells (the corporate venture arm of Banco Sabadell).
• Advised for the Multrans Family Office on its UK investment portfolio.
• Advised Apax Partners on the overseas sovereign wealth fund investment from China, Australia and Singapore.
• Advised on growth capital investments ranging from series A investment rounds (typically £5m or above) to larger growth capital rounds (£100m+), including convertible loan note and multi-tranche syndicated investments, acting for institutional investors, family offices, high net worth individuals and the high-growth companies themselves.

Nadim advises corporates, investors, and management teams on domestic and cross-border M&A, including strategic buy-and-build transactions, international mergers, and acquisitions across technology, retail, and media sectors.

• Advised Accel Partners, Ventech, and the management shareholders on the international merger of Hassle.com and Rocket’s Internet Helpling to create the world’s largest online home-cleaning marketplace.
• Advised Dassault Systèmes (French corporate) on its UK acquisitions, including Safe Technology.
• Advised Alpine Metal Tech (German corporate) on its UK acquisitions, including Simulation FTS.
• Advised Hassle.com and Network Locum on their business acquisitions as part of their buy-and-build corporate finance strategy.
• Advised global corporate, The Armonia Group, on its first M&A transaction in the UK, being the acquisition of The Private Group, parent company of Office Concierge (a specialist provider of reception management services) and Privée (a concierge and lifestyle business) for a confidential sum.

Nadim advises family offices on their UK investment portfolios and on disposals, mergers and acquisitions.

• Acted for the Multrans Family Office on its UK investment portfolio.
• Acted for the Fink Family Office on its UK investment portfolio.
• Acted for Bates Family Office on its UK investments.
• Acted for the Covello Family office on its UK technology investments.
• Acted for the Lecourt-Alma Family office on its UK investments.
• Acted for the Svoboda Family Office on its disposal of its entire equity stake in Lenta Limited, the leading hyper-market group with over 40 stores in Russia, for $1.14 billion.

Nadim advises technology clients on equity investments, disposals, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, and corporate finance.

• Advised Hassle.com and Network Locum on their business acquisitions as part of their buy-and-build corporate finance strategy.
• Advised Dassault Systèmes (French corporate) on its UK acquisitions, including Safe Technology.
• Advised on a multi-million dollar global joint venture between Intersection and Primesight in relation to the InLinkUK infrastructure project, which spanned over two years.
• Advised Tesco on the corporate aspects of its joint venture renegotiations with O2.
• Acted for Media 10 on its global M&A and Tech investments.
• Acted for Science Angel Syndicate on its UK tech investments.

Nadim advises media clients on equity investments, disposals, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, and corporate finance.

• Advised Apax private equity house and management on the sale of Stage Three Music to BMG Rights Management.
• Acted for Discovery Communications on its acquisition of a strategic equity stake in Eurosport.
• Advised on a multi-million dollar global joint venture between Intersection and Primesight in relation to the InLinkUK infrastructure project, which spanned over two years.
• Acted for Media 10, one of the UK’s most decorated media and events companies, which owns events such as the Ideal Home Show and Grand Designs Live.
• Advised Media 10 on the sale of its entire Asia design portfolio to Blackstone-owned, Clarion Events.

Recognised by The Legal 500 for M&A: Smaller Deals £10M – £100M 2017–2026

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Venture Capital 2018–2026

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Commercial Contracts 2018–2019