Hem has a broad corporate and M&A practice, principally focusing on public takeovers, domestic and international private M&A, joint ventures and equity capital markets work.
Hem is an expert in public M&A, having been seconded as the Secretary to the UK Takeover Panel from September 2023 - September 2025. Hem was the lead regulator on many of the most high-profile takeovers in that period, including the offers for Hargreaves Lansdown, Deliveroo and Britvic, and the competing offers for Hipgnosis and Assura. While on secondment he participated in all material case, policy and enforcement decisions taken by the Panel Executive and authored a number of practice statements and proposed changes to the Takeover Code.
Highlights include advising:
- Marshalls on its £535m acquisition of Marley
- Pollen Street Capital on its recommended offer, as joint offeror with DBAY, for Proactis
- Equinix on its $320m acquisition of MainOne
- DeepMind on various matters, including the creation of Isomorphic Labs
- Arsenal on player transfer dealings
- Markerstudy on its merger with the Atlanta Group
- Aston Martin Lagonda on its initial public offering
- Various corporates on documented and undocumented secondary capital raises, including Rolls-Royce, Synthomer, Marshalls, ASOS, IWG and William Hill
Hem is an active member of our Sport practice and has experience advising governing bodies, clubs, investors and individuals on club, stadium and player transactions, as well as on governance, sporting regulatory and contentious matters.