Profile
Joel Wheeler focuses his practice on corporate and associated commercial matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate re-domiciliations, and corporate restructurings. Joel has advised clients on a large number of cross-border transactions, including those involving China, the United States, Chile, Saudi Arabia, India and multiple European jurisdictions.
Joel is recognised in The Legal 500 M&A: Upper Mid-Market & Premium Deals £500m+. Comments include: “Extremely knowledgeable about the practice area. A great example of an international M&A practitioner.”; “Responsive, commercial and pragmatic”; and “Technically excellent whilst also being extremely commercial and strategic.”
Concentrations
- Financial institutions
- Industrials
- Private equity
- Commercial finance and lending
- Commercial contracts
- Governance and compliance
Capacidades
Experiencia
- Acted for Westbrook Partners acting on the disposal of its XK logistics portfolio to Blackstone
- Acted for Dream Industrial REIT on its acquisition from Clarion Partners of a €882 million portfolio of 31 logistics warehouses in six European jurisdictions
- Acted for Ҫiftay İnsaat Tahhut Ve Ticaret A.Ş. in connection with its equity investment in Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited
- Acted for Pantaleon on its UK re-domiciliation
- Acted for GlobalLogic on its acquisition of the ECS Group
- Acted for Rentokil Initial plc in connection with its Saudi Arabian joint venture
- Acted for the sellers on the sale of Enchanting Travels, the global travel business, to Travelopia
- Acted for Rentokil Initial plc on its Indian joint venture with Pest Control (India) Private Limited
- Acted for Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) KSCP on various corporate finance portfolio investment matters
- Acted for CIMC Vehicles on its acquisition of Retlan Manufacturing Limited
- Acted for Groupe Auchan, the French supermarket group. in relation to a complex Ukrainian joint venture
- Acted for a global restaurant business in connection with completion of the disposal of the master franchisee's Iberian business
- Acted for a global restaurant business in connection with its UK master franchise agreement
- Acted for Rentas International on a number of real estate-related corporate acquisitions and joint ventures
- Acted for Meinl Bank A.G. and Meinl Capital Markets Limited on various UK-law governed transactions
- Acted for Highbridge in relation to its equity investment in Stellium Datacenters Limited
- Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
- Senior Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- Associate, Slaughter and May
- Trainee, Slaughter and May
Reconocimientos y Liderazgo
- Recognised, The Legal 500 United Kingdom, 2022-2024
- Corporate and Commercial - M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals, 2022-2023
- M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, 2024
- Team Member, PERE Global Awards, Law Firm of the Year: Fund Formation in Europe, 2018
Credenciales
Educación
- Legal Practice Course (Distinction), College of Law Chester, 1995
- Common Professional Examination (Merit), College of Law Chester, 1994
- M.A. (Hons), Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford
Con licencia para ejercer en
- England and Wales