Expertise

Corporate finance (flotations and secondary issues), public company takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, advising quoted companies on their obligations to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange, general company and commercial law.

Experience

• Acted for Entertainment Rights plc on its US$305 million acquisition of Classic Media Holdings, Inc., its related £71 million Placing & Open Offer and new £138 million loan facilities with Bank of Scotland
• Acted for Arbuthnot Securities on the £69.5 million AIM flotation of Matchtech Group plc
• Acted for Regent Inns plc on the £26 million acquisition of Spirit Managed (Old Orleans) Limited
• Acted for Fibernet Group plc on the £50 million recommended takeover by GC Acquisitions Limited
• Acted for Englefield Capital on the acquisition of Greythorn Holdings Limited
• Acted for Private property investment group on the £111 million disposals of SPVs and Unit trusts
• Acted for Noble & Co on the £25 million placing for, and takeover by, The Clapham House Group plc of Urban Dining plc
• Acted for Entertainment Rights plc, a listed company (the intellectual property rights exploitation businesses specialising in the children's and family entertainment sector) - on its acquisition of Tell-Tale Productions Limited and Tweenies Limited, creators and producers of, inter alia, the award-winning 'The Tweenies'
• Acted for Private Property Group on its £72.5 million acquisition of a property investment company
• Acted for existing shareholders of J&S Group (the oil products trading group) on the sale of a 40% equity stake and financing arrangements
• Acted for Entertainment Rights plc on its £16.9 million equity fundraising (by means of a Firm Placing and Placing & Open Offer), principally to finance its US$20 million acquisition of the 'Filmation Library' in the US
• Acted for Londis (Holdings) Limited on its proposed £40 million acquisition by Musgrave Investments plc, by way of a Court-approved Scheme of Arrangement.
• Acted for Regent Inns plc, a listed company (owner and operator of 'Walkabout' outlets and 'Jongleurs' comedy clubs) on its £19 million equity fundraising (by means of a Firm Placing and Placing & Open Offer), principally to fund future expansion.
• Acted for Scottish & Newcastle plc, a listed company on the beer and wine distribution agreements entered into with Spirit as part of the £2.51 billion disposal of its Retail Pubs Estate to Spirit
• Acted for Regent Inns plc on the aborted sale of 17 unbranded trading outlets to Lionheart Inns/Porter Black (Holdings) Limited
• Acted for Gooch Webster Group on its merger with Colliers CRE/Fitzhardinge plc.
• Acted for The Noble House pub group on their purchase and re-financing/re-structuring
• Acted for substancial (27%) shareholders in Pura Plc on the recommended takeover of Pura Plc by Archer Daniels Midland International Ltd

Professional

Trained at Speechly Bircham 1983-1985
Herbert Smith, Assistant Solicitor 1985-1990
Berwin Leighton Paisner, Assistant Solicitor 1990-1994
LG, Partner 1994 to date

Professional Memberships

City of London Solicitors' Company

Languages

French (Basic)