Smith Hamilton was founded in 2014 as a boutique firm focused on corporate and commercial law, with expertise in fund management and advising senior executives, shareholders and entrepreneurs.
In 2023, the firm became part of MEUM Group, a multidisciplinary platform supporting ultra-high-net-worth individuals, their families and their businesses. During this period, our practice broadened significantly to include family, private client, education, charities and regulatory work, employment, and dispute resolution.
The law firm is now building on that growth to operate independently once again under the Smith Hamilton name. This transition reflects a natural progression in our growth and allows us to focus fully on delivering an integrated legal service under a single specialist brand, while retaining the expanded expertise developed over recent years.
For our clients, it remains very much business as usual – the same team, the same relationships, and an even broader depth of capability.
Fraser McGee
Corporate Finance & M&A Lawyer
Corporate & Commercial
Fraser is experienced in advising and assisting clients with international corporate finance, M&A and investment transactions having worked in big city legal practices, major hedge funds and investment banks.
He understands what it really takes to operate local and international businesses after time working outside of private legal practice to serve on the boards of and advising a variety of private and public companies.
Fraser is also admitted as a Solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and has worked with a BVI and Cayman Islands offshore law firm. He is a certified Prince2 Practitioner in Project Management.
Focused on bringing about change and the end to modern day slavery, Fraser dedicated time to working with a private foundation/NGO as a director of regional operations in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Expertise
- Corporate Finance & Investments
- M&A
- Luxury Assets
- Philanthropy
- Media/entertainment & sports
- Private aviation & yachting
Education + Career
Education:
College of Law (Chester)
Year of qualification: 1997
Key firms/companies:
SJ Berwin & Co (London)
Nabarro (London)
Nelsons (Nottingham)
