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Connor Knowles

Associate, Corporate
Aberdeen

EXPERTISE

Connor joined Addleshaw Goddard LLP's corporate team in 2020 following completion of his traineeship. He has experience across a broad range of corporate matters, which includes advising on corporate structuring and re-organisation, due diligence and corporate governance.

Connor has recent experience working with clients on mergers and acquisitions, fundraisings, joint ventures and private equity bolt-ons. He has also recently assisted Norwegian clients based in Stavanger and Oslo with UK Counsel diligence.

Experience

Recent experience includes:

Synova portfolio company AllClear on its acquisition of the InsureandGo;
Charnwood Molecular on its acquisition of Aurelia Bioscience;
Phenna Group on its acquisition of The IASME Consortium;
Lucion Group (a Palatine backed portfolio company) with its bolt-on acquisitions of Aberdeen Protection Services Limited, Landform Surveys Limited, Ground Engineering Limited and Midland Survey Limited;
A local council in respect of a joint venture agreement with a high-profile energy company to deliver a green hydrogen production, storage and distribution facility;
An upcoming clean technology EV charging business on equity arrangements and a £9million fundraise.
Norwegian based industry and energy companies on their UK investments and acquisitions, which includes service providers to the oil and gas sector;
Waldorf Group on their company re-organisation and group structure;
Luxembourg based real estate funds in connection with its disposal of UK properties.
Hong Kong based real estate funds in connection with UK elements of its company restructure.

Education

University of Strathclyde – Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (PGDip), 2018
Robert Gordon University – Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Law (Hons), 2017
Robert Gordon University – Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Law and Management, 2014