Melanie Belford

Melanie advises on a wide range of corporate transactions across a range of sectors, including business and share sales and purchases, joint ventures and private company fundraisings, both domestically and internationally.

She has experience in a broad range of sectors, with particularly in transactions with a corporate real estate and technology focus.

     

  • Acting for the purchaser of the Body Shop International in 2024, advising in connection with investment arrangements between private investors. 
  • Acting for an AIM-listed company in the clinical AI space on the £40 million sale of its subsidiary to GE Healthcare. 
  • Acting for the founders of boutique hotel group on the sale of 50% of their interests in their operating group for £60 million. 
  • Acting for an international property investor on the purchase of office and retail space in Wembley for £35 million.​​​​​​​ 
  • Acting for an asset manager with a focus in the hotels sector on numerous hotel purchases (both share purchases and business purchases).
  • Acted for the purchaser of the Body Shop International in 2024, advising in connection with investment arrangements between private investors.
  • Acted for AIM-listed Intelligent Ultrasound PLC on the £40 million sale of its subsidiary, Intelligent Ultrasound Limited (in the medical AI sector), to GE Healthcare.
  •  Acted for the founders of Z Hotels on the sale of 50% of their interests in the Z Hotels group.
  • Acted for Jesta Group on the purchase of The Hive building, Wembley (office and retail space).
  • Acted for Bowling Green Asset Management on various hotel purchases (mixture of share purchases and business purchases.

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