Thea Beckett has experience supporting public and private M&A, equity capital markets, private equity and corporate reorganizations, as well as commercial and regulatory matters.
She has worked with clients in financial services, consumer finance, motor vehicles, construction and real estate, helping manage transactions, due diligence, corporate documentation and completion processes.
Representative Experience
- Advised a UK-listed consumer-finance company on its £543 million takeover by a U.S. private equity firm, preparing Scheme of Arrangement materials, board minutes and coordinating signing.
- Supported an Abu Dhabi-based investment firm on two parallel strategic acquisitions of UAE motor-vehicle companies; transaction values undisclosed.
- Supported a UK-headquartered global financial institution on its acquisition of a UK FinTech platform, conducting technology, intellectual property and payments due diligence and assisting with warranty negotiations; transaction value undisclosed.
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- Corporate and M&A
- Advised a UK investment bank as financial adviser to a UK health care company on its February 2026 London Stock Exchange placing, drafting transaction documents and verifying investor materials; placing value undisclosed.
- Supported a UK investment bank as financial adviser to a UK technology-services company on its October 2025 London Stock Exchange placing, drafting transaction documents and coordinating signing; placing value undisclosed.
- Prepared capital-reduction and intra-group sale and purchase documentation for a UK retail client’s internal reorganization; transaction value undisclosed.
- Commercial, Regulatory and Real Estate
- Supported a UK-headquartered global drinks company’s Global Supply and Procurement team, drafting and negotiating supply, services, experiential, AI compliance, market-research and sponsorship agreements across international operations.
- Assisted a UK-headquartered global drinks company with multijurisdictional merger-control analysis and preparation of a UK Competition and Markets Authority Phase 1 merger notice; transaction value undisclosed.
- Supported a Part VII transfer, reviewing material contracts and drafting scheme provisions using AI-assisted document review; transfer value undisclosed.
- Managed small lease transactions within a UK-listed commercial real estate company’s UK asset portfolio, drafting and negotiating leases and licenses through completion; transaction values undisclosed.
Education
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LL.M., The University of Law, 2021
B.A., History, King's College London, University of London, 2020
First Class HonoursBPP University
Admissions
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England and Wales