Jo is a managing associate in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Corporate Finance team, having trained with the firm.
Jo advises businesses, founders, management teams and investors on UK and international corporate transactions across multiple sectors, predominantly focussing on M&A and private equity investments.
Jo supports clients throughout the full transaction lifecycle, including acquisitions and disposals, private equity investments and exits, and joint ventures, together with general corporate advisory and regulatory matters. Having advised both investors and management teams, she brings a strong commercial understanding of the priorities and dynamics on each side of a transaction.
She has particular experience in the energy sector (across a range of technologies) and the retail and consumer sector, amongst others, and was shortlisted as a ‘Rising Star’ at the 2025 South West Rainmaker Awards.
Experience
Examples of experience include advising:
- Piper Private Equity on a number of investments including:
- Mindful Chef, a healthy recipe box meals company;
- The Thinking Traveller, a luxury villa rental company;
- Rabbie's, a specialist small-group mini-coach tour operator across the UK and Europe;
- Wild Nutrition, a supplements brand;
- Omlet, a pet product design business;
- Martin Randall Travel, a cultural tour operator organising UK and international expert-led, small group tours;
- Inside Travel Group, a specialist travel company operating culturally immersive holidays and small group tours to Japan and Asia.; and
- VIEVE, a luxury cosmetics brand.
- LDC on investments into:
- Hybrid, a digital marketing business in the education sector; and
- Waterscan, an ESG focussed, sustainable water management consultancy business;
- Rockpool Investments on investments into TrustedHousesitters and Primrose;
- Dunedin on its MBO of Acquis Insurance Management;
- Puma Growth Partners on investments into Ron Dorff, Cameramatics and Dymag;
- OVO Energy on its acquisition of Bonnet;
- RES on the sale of onshore wind farms;
- Vitol in relation to various corporate matters in the UK and overseas jurisdictions;
- A private equity funded Spanish manufacturing business on its joint venture with a major UK carrier to manage, fund and develop a new UK-wide parcel locker business operating under the YEEP! Brand;
- The shareholders of Hickory's Smokehouse, including Piper Private Equity, on the sale of the group to Greene King;
- The shareholders of Pet Food UK including Piper Private Equity on the sale of the group to IPN (backed by CapVest);
- The shareholders of TasteConnection, a manufacturer of specialist seasonings, glazes and marinades on the sale of the company to Nactarome Group, funded by Ambienta;
- The shareholders of Forthgladeincluding Piper Private Equity on the sale of the company to IK Investment Partners;
- The shareholders of Hybrid including LDC on the sale of the group to EAB Global;
- Bovill, a specialist regulatory consultancy firm on its acquisition by Ocorian, a specialist global provider of financial and corporate administration services and regulatory solutions; and
- The shareholders of NCE Group Limited, a leading UK and US independent provider of support services focused on data centre and enterprise IT environments on the sale of NCE to Park Place Technologies Inc.
