Matthew Birchall

Matthew Birchall is an associate in Goodwin’s Tax practice. Matthew advises on a wide range of tax matters, with a focus on private investment funds, M&A and real estate tax. Matthew also has particular expertise in transactional risk insurance (both W&I/R&W and specific tax risk insurance).

Matthew’s representative experience includes advising:

• ICG on a number of its European fundraisings, including its €8.1 billion eighth European Corporate fund
• Creat-backedTiancheng International
  • on its proposed €1.1 billion sale to Grifols of its indirect majority stake in Biotest, a specialist in innovative hematology and clinical immunology solutions
  • on the disposal of its majority stake in Bio Products Laboratory, a specialist in the development of rare disease products using fractionated blood plasma, to Permira
• Graphite Capital on its £428 million sale of U-POL, an automotive repair and refinishing products provider, to Axalta Coating Systems
• GTT Communications, Inc. on its sale of its infrastructure business to I Squared Capital for US$2.15 billion. I Squared Capital is an independent global infrastructure investment management firm focusing on energy, utilities, digital infrastructure, transport and social infrastructure
• Wavecrest Growth Partners, along with co-investor Abry Partners, on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Pole Star Space Applications, a SaaS provider of regulatory and compliance maritime technology servicing a range of financial institutions, governments and shipping companies
• Shareholders of Receipt Bank / Dext on its majority sale to Hg Capital
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its investment in Prime Global Medical Communications Ltd. in partnership with its founder and management team
• Kymab on its agreement under which Sanofi will acquire Kymab for an upfront payment of approximately $1.1 billion and up to $350 million upon achievement of certain milestones
• Queens Park Equity on the leveraged acquisition of Sagacity Group, a London-based IT consultancy company
• Several major W&I insurers in the London market on tax coverage aspects of 50+ W&I policies*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

Matthew has been recognized by Chambers UK as an “Associate to Watch” in the Tax category in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Matthew was described as “an associate with a burgeoning reputation for his work on corporate and real estate tax … He is an exceptional tax lawyer who understands the issues, the risks and the client's requirements … His ability to translate technical tax issues into commercial issues is very good."