Victoria Boid

Victoria is a corporate M&A lawyer advising both buying and selling side clients. Working closely with intermediaries, she provides sensible business solutions to complex legal scenarios in a collaborative way.

City trained in London and having worked in house, she has the depth and breadth of experience to advise on complex legal matters as well as ensuring seamless legal advice to her clients.

Victoria has over a decade’s experience of national and international work having been based nationally and also overseas in a number of sectors. She has been placed on several client secondments including owner managed businesses, large corporates and financial institutions.

Victoria has many long-standing legal and business relationships enabling her to get to the heart of any business she is representing in a sale process, to help maximise value, support and be fully integrated in any acquisition or disposal. She also advises on the commercial aspects of deals, fulfilling a trusted legal advisor role for her clients and getting to the crux of legal matters and the business needs of our clients.

Victoria currently supports mid-market M&A activity in Leeds and Harrogate, across a variety of sectors and a vast array or clients including those backed by private equity.  There has been a market trend towards EOT structures and she is part of the EOT team advising and navigating clients through this alternative architecture, particularly in relation to succession planning, by providing not only the necessary legal framework and advice but also supporting clients commercially.  This includes the overseeing and documenting of a structure that generates the most positive outcome for sellers and also commercial confidence for the business going forwards.