What we do

Our multi-disciplinary team works for overseas corporate clients investing into the UK market.  Current clients come from the major European countries, Southern Africa, The Americas, India, the Middle East and the Far East.

The team looks after all commercial needs of our clients, ranging from: 

  • Buying, selling or setting up a company
  • Real estate
  • Negotiating JVs                 
  • Commercial contracts, agreements, including IT & IP
  • Employment
  • Commercial litigation  

Why Cripps Harries Hall?

Having access to the right level of expertise on international activities is essential.  Olivier Morel is qualified in England and France and has over 20 years' experience advising French and international groups on their investment into the UK.  As head of this multi-disciplinary team he can call upon the expertise of the firm's specialists in all the areas that are relevant to your business.   

Next steps

For further information please contact Olivier Morel.   

Notable assignments include:

  • Acquisition of a UK business by a Canadian group, leader in Europe and North America in the provision of Product Life Cycle Management ('PLM') solutions and agile software development services for the aerospace & defence, automotive (F1), consumer goods and life science industries
  • Negotiating a JV between a Swiss group and a Singapore-quoted multinational business for the manufacture and worldwide distribution of cutting-edge medical devices
  • Advising major French biological research company Staphyt, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Oxford Plant Sciences - one of the largest biological testing facilities in the UK
  • Advising a Swiss multinational group on the sale of its UK industrial operation to a pan-European industrial group
  • Advising luxury group Lalique on a group reorganization
Name Role Contact
Olivier Morel Partner +44 (0)1892 506 003

Key contacts

Olivier Morel
International corporate investment
+44 (0)1892 506 003
e-mail