Gemma joined the Shoosmiths Corporate Team in Manchester as a Principal Associate in June 2022. She trained and qualified at Shoosmiths, before joining the Corporate Team at Addleshaw Goddard, where she spent almost five years.

Gemma specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, ongoing portfolio work for PE houses and general corporate matters. 

Her recent transaction experience includes:

• advising LDC on its minority investment into CTI Holdings;
• advising Literacy Capital on numerous management buy outs, and assisting with their buy and build strategies and ongoing portfolio work;
• advising the shareholders (including NorthEdge) on the sale of Direct Healthcare to Archimed (and several bolt-on acquisitions for Direct Healthcare);
• advising Phoenix Equity Partners on its investment in Mobius Life;
• advising the founder shareholders on the sale of Eyeko to The Hut Group; and
• advising MyDentist on numerous disposals of dental businesses.