Mona Patel

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Mona Patel

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Mona is a partner in the corporate team in London advising on UK and cross-border acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, management buy-outs/buy-ins, restructurings and mergers. She regularly acts on private equity transactions, representing both investors and management teams on buy-outs, bolt-on acquisitions and exit strategies.

While Mona’s primary focus is on investment, M&A and corporate transactions, she also has a broad commercial practice. She advises clients across various sectors with their commercial contracts, including distribution arrangements, complex and bespoke supply agreements, logistics outsourcing, technology contracts and collaboration agreements.

I am a corporate and commercial lawyer specialising in complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions. Clients consistently seek me out for my sector expertise and commercial approach, as well as my calm and composed demeanour during deal negotiations which ensures successful and favourable outcomes.

Mona Patel, Partner

Her clients span a wide range of industries, including insurance, shipping, energy, business and finance, aviation, software, technology, ecommerce, telecommunications and media. She acts for insurers, financial institutions, and companies in the transportation, oil and gas and tech sectors across multiple jurisdictions. Mona also brings valuable in-house experience having completed two client secondments with insurer Royal & Sun Alliance and Emirates Airlines.

Mona is ranked as a Leading Partner in the Legal 500 in 2025 and was previously recognised as a Key Lawyer and Leading Individual in 2024. She is described as ‘highly responsive and wonderfully client-centric’; ‘an excellent all-round lawyer, highly skilled technically with extensive knowledge of specialist subjects and a graceful professional style’; ‘strong in negotiations with a good sense for solutions’; and ‘particularly strong in the energy, insurance and shipping sectors with joint ventures as a speciality’. She is also praised in the M&A: smaller deals (£10 million to £100 million) category, as ‘one of the best in the business,’ approaching deals with ‘creativity, calmness and stand-out intellect’. Mona joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2023 from another leading UK firm.

Recent work highlights

Healthcare logistics provider acquisition

Advising a US-based private equity fund with an infrastructure focus on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of a leading healthcare logistics provider, navigating complex regulatory approvals and compliance requirements.

International electronics group

Advising a Japanese manufacturer on its acquisition of a UK company specialising in intercom and security communication systems, including cross-border regulatory considerations and compliance with the UK National Security and Investment Act (NSIA).

Investment in maritime services provider

Assisting a global private equity firm with its acquisition of a majority stake in a leading global maritime services provider, with existing investors reinvesting and management retaining a minority share to support continued growth.

Acquisition of precision tools group

Acting for a subsidiary of a Tokyo-listed corporation on the UK aspects of its cross-border acquisition of a European precision tooling group from its parent company and private equity majority shareholder.

Management buy-out

Advising the departing shareholders on the sale of their stake in a UK insurance MGA to a management buy-out team backed by private equity.

Acquisition of optical fibre manufacturer

Supporting a Tokyo-listed manufacturer on the UK aspects of its acquisition of a Denmark-headquartered provider of advanced optical fibre, supercontinuum sources, and fibre lasers.

Shipping joint venture

Acting for a German multi-purpose carrier offering a specialised shipping solution on the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with a Cypriot marine transportation company.

Acquisition of energy consultancy firm

Advising an Oslo B ørs-listed seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor on its agreement to acquire a leading energy consultancy firm.

Shipping technology joint venture

Advising a Bahamian technical ship management company on its joint venture with an Indian software house to develop an onboard e-logging solution.

Acquisition of customs management business

Supporting a Dutch client and its private equity stakeholder on the acquisition of a UK-based customs management business.

JV exit in energy sector

Advising an engineering and advisory services company on the sale of its 49% interest in a Nigerian energy consultancy company to a local oil services company.

First generation logistics outsourcing

Advising a manufacturer on its large scale, first generation outsourcing of inventory management and logistics services to a global logistics company.

Shipping joint venture

Acting for a German multi-purpose carrier offering a specialised shipping solution on the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with a Cypriot marine transportation company.

Acquisition of energy consultancy firm

Advising an Oslo B ørs-listed seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor on its agreement to acquire a leading energy consultancy firm.

Shipping technology joint venture

Advising a Bahamian technical ship management company on its joint venture with an Indian software house to develop an onboard e-logging solution.

Acquisition of customs management business

Supporting a Dutch client and its private equity stakeholder on the acquisition of a UK-based customs management business.

JV exit in energy sector

Advising an engineering and advisory services company on the sale of its 49% interest in a Nigerian energy consultancy company to a local oil services company.

First generation logistics outsourcing

Advising a manufacturer on its large scale, first generation outsourcing of inventory management and logistics services to a global logistics company.

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What people are saying

I would thoroughly endorse Mona with her formidable commercial experience aligned with her creativity, calmness, and standout intellect. Mona is rightly considered to be one of the best in the business.

Legal 500

Highly responsive and wonderfully client-centric, Mona and her team are our ‘go to’ legal partners.

Legal 500

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