Michael Scargill

Head of UK Knowledge Management, Shearman & Sterling

Michael Scargill is Counsel and Head of UK Knowledge Management in the London M&A Group of Shearman & Sterling. Previously, he was a corporate partner of Allen & Overy for over 16 years. He originally trained and worked as a solicitor, at Slaughter and May.

With over 30 years of corporate legal experience, advising both UK and global clients, Michael has extensive experience of a wide range of both public and private cross-border and domestic M&A, privatization, joint venture, corporate governance and capital markets transactions, as well as large scale outsourcing and restructuring matters.

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Cross-border private M&A transactions

Practice notes

This Practice Note considers the practical and legal issues that arise when advising on a cross-border private M&A transaction. It focuses on the key jurisdictional differences which affect the drafting of the share purchase agreement, comparing differences between the laws and practices in the UK, the US and European civil law jurisdictions. Produced in partnership with Michael Scargill of Shearman & Sterling.

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