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Nicholas Usher

Partner

Managing Partner, London

London

+44 20 7011 8734

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Nicholas is the managing partner of Winston’s London office. A leading practitioner in his field, Nicholas concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions (both public and private), private equity transactions and equity capital markets offerings. He has particular experience in advising on cross-border transactions and regularly advises companies on their day-to-day corporate activities.

Nicholas has represented many clients on a variety of mergers and acquisition and securities transactions, including AAR Corp., Motorola Solutions, Inc., Beam Suntory, Groupon, Inc., Amphenol Corporation, Morningstar Inc., UL LLC (Underwriters Laboratories), Federal-Mogul Corporation and Arthur J. Gallagher. 

In addition, he represents private equity and venture capital funds with respect to portfolio investments and buyout transactions. His work has included representing Argand Partners, Baird Capital Partners, Pritzker Private Capital, JLL Partners and Water Street Healthcare Partners. 

Nicholas has worked in London and Asia.

Recent Experience

Drilling Tools International in Agreement to Acquire Titan Tools Services
Drilling Tools International Corp. Closes on Acquisition of Deep Casing Tools
Motorola Solutions Acquires Silent Sentinel
Winston Represented Woolpert in its Acquisition of Murphy Geospatial
Academic Partnerships, LLC acquisition of Wiley University Services from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquisition of Clements Worldwide
Volery Capital Management Sale to Sustainable Development Capital
Broadstone Acquisition Corp. Announced Business Combination with Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd.
Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp. Completes Business Combination with Babylon Holdings Ltd.
Industrial Opportunity Partners Invests in Brewster and Fine Décor
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Nicholas is ranked in Legal 500 UK and is praised for his “negotiating savvy”.

Well-respected by clients, Nicholas led the Winston team awarded “M&A Team of the Year” by Legal Week in 2016 for its work on the US$1.3B acquisition of Airwave by Motorola Solutions, Inc. Additionally, IFLR1000 recognized Nicholas as “highly regarded” within the UK for Capital Markets: Equity and M&A. 

 

pragmatic, client-friendly and great to work with

The Legal 500 UK 

Capabilities

Capital Markets
Corporate Governance
Finance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Restructuring & Insolvency
Financial Services
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Automotive & Mobility
Health Care
Medical Devices
Sports
Energy
Oil & Gas
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Recent Experience

Drilling Tools International in Agreement to Acquire Titan Tools Services
Drilling Tools International Corp. Closes on Acquisition of Deep Casing Tools
Motorola Solutions Acquires Silent Sentinel
Winston Represented Woolpert in its Acquisition of Murphy Geospatial
Academic Partnerships, LLC acquisition of Wiley University Services from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquisition of Clements Worldwide
Volery Capital Management Sale to Sustainable Development Capital
Broadstone Acquisition Corp. Announced Business Combination with Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd.
Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp. Completes Business Combination with Babylon Holdings Ltd.
Industrial Opportunity Partners Invests in Brewster and Fine Décor
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Credentials

Education

Nicholas received a BA from King's College, London and a LLM from the University of Law, London.

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    Capabilities

    Capital Markets
    Corporate Governance
    Finance
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Private Equity
    Restructuring & Insolvency
    Financial Services
    Technology, Media & Telecommunications
    Automotive & Mobility
    Health Care
    Medical Devices
    Sports
    Energy
    Oil & Gas
    Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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