Karen Hendy
Head of Corporate
Karen Hendy is an insightful and pragmatic Partner and leads the Corporate practice.
Regularly acting for both public (listed) and privately held companies, Karen supports clients undertaking a broad range of corporate transactions, including public and private M&A, and equity capital markets work.
She also provides advice on corporate law and governance issues. Karen has particular expertise in the retail sector.
Karen was also featured in The Lawyer Hot 100 list for 2018.
Karen has been recognised as Leading Individual for Retail and Consumer by The Legal 500 UK (2021).
Directory quotes
"Karen Hendy is pragmatic and capable, with excellent sector-specific knowledge." - Legal 500 UK 2023
Leading individual - The Legal 500 UK 2022
Recommended - The Legal 500 UK 2022
"Karen Hendy leads the department and is particularly skilled in takeovers, restructurings and joint ventures." - The Legal 500 UK 2021
Winner - 2015 European Emerging Leaders Awards - M&A Advisor
Recommended in Corporate and Commercial: M&A - The Legal 500 UK 2014
"Providing clear and practical advice", clients have also commented that Karen is "a pleasure to work with" and "very professional but also very personable"
Memberships
Law Society
City Women's Network
Relevant work
The Lifeways Group - completing a series of acquisitions for one of the UK’s leading providers of support services for people with diverse and often complex needs in community settings
Dialog Semiconductor- advising the technology company on its $201m convertible bond issuance on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and subsequent bond redemption, and on the €40m secondary fundraising on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Supporting a large listed sports retailer, including on acquisitions and strategic investments
Providing corporate advice to a number of household names