"Michael Francies is described as 'an excellent practitioner' and has extensive experience advising on public and private M&A transactions. Sources say: 'I wish I was on the other side of deals with him all the time. He deals with points well and just gets on with it,'" according to Chambers UK 2013. "Managing partner Michael Francies is acknowledged as a 'tremendously commercial and pragmatic lawyer' who 'has seen it all and knows things inside out.'"