Elaine Meyrick

Elaine Meyrick

Partner
Bristol The Paragon Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX
Bath 2 Queen Square Bath BA1 2HQ
Telephone 0117 930 9517
Mobile 07587776439

Partner - Corporate and Commercial

Elaine is an experienced corporate partner based in the Bristol office, where she manages the day to day of the Bristol corporate team.

She advises on mergers and acquisitions, investments ranging from start-ups to established trading businesses, disposals, management incentives and corporate governance matters.

Elaine acts for clients based both in the UK and overseas, predominantly owner-managed and family-owned businesses, investors, private equity-backed companies and large corporates.

Ranked by both Chambers and Legal 500, Elaine has received further recognition through her career, including as Bristol Junior Lawyer of the Year 2012 and as part of teams delivering award-winning deals across the country.

She has also served as Head of Governance for Women in Banking and Finance for six years and was recognised by the organisation as the recipient of its 40for40 Volunteer Award.

As a key member of Thrings’ Clean Energy practice, Elaine also supports the firm’s clients in the renewables markets on various projects.


  • Acting for an independent connections provider, a specialist in the renewables sector, on inward investment from an impact fund, working alongside other specialists from the firm’s Clean Energy team.
  • Advising the founder of an edtech business on the sale to a PE fund, and ongoing full-service support to the business.
  • Working with the firm’s Succession and Tax team to establish family investment companies for high-net-worth individuals.
  • Assisting PE backed client companies on bolt-on acquisitions.
  • Advising a biotech consultancy on a sale to an employee ownership trust.
  • Assisting on an investment by Aviva Group into TrueSpeed Communications Limited.
  • Acting for the founders of an internet connectivity solutions provider in the sale to a US VC backed buyer.
  • Acting for the founders of a wealth advisory business in a staged founder exit, and subsequent sale to a PE backed buyer.
  • Advising a long-standing client on the sale of key hotel from its portfolio.
  • Advising on the acquisition of a company specialising in virtual office and communication solutions.
  • Advising a leading IFA network on a series of acquisitions.
  • Assisting on the structuring of a nutrient mitigation scheme.

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"Elaine was a pleasure to deal with - thoroughly professional and her collaborative approach made the closing of a complicated transaction much more straightforward and enjoyable " - Chambers and Partners