Mark is a Partner in Osborne Clarke's Corporate team. He has over 20 years of experience of advising on a broad range of transactions including business strategy, public and private mergers and acquisitions (M&A), IPOs, fundraisings, joint ventures, restructurings and corporate governance.
Mark has broad experience working across a number of industry sectors but has particular experience and focus in the Financial Services, TMT / Tech, Media and Comms and FinTech sectors. He was previously Osborne Clarke's International Financial Services Sector Leader.
The matters Mark leads are frequently complex, strategically important and/or international and often involve very large teams of lawyers across Osborne Clarke both in the UK and internationally.
Mark is the Practice Group Head for Osborne Clarke's UK Business Transactions Group and is a member of the firm's Executive Board.
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I am privileged to lead our UK Business Transactions Practice Group. I am passionate about developing the careers of those within the Practice Group, about encouraging a diverse and inclusive working environment, and about fostering an ever-more innovative and forward-looking culture.
London & Country Mortgages
Sale of a 25% stake in the UK's leading independent mortgage broker, London & Country Mortgages (L&C), to Experian plc.
Hargreaves Lansdown plc
Rectification of unlawful dividends paid by FTSE100 UK leading investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown plc.
FeverTree Drinks plc
£158m AIM IPO of FeverTree Drinks plc.
Computershare
Advising Computershare on the acquisition of the European share plans business of Morgan Stanley (which included c.365,000 participants and $20 bn in assets under administration).
Insights
New corporate governance codes usher in change for AIM and UK-listed companies
FCA publishes details of the new UK equity listing regime
Corporate governance code for London Stock Exchange's AIM set for further update
The code has guided small and mid-sized quoted companies in improving their corporate governance practices and reporting
Employee incentives: new opportunities for fintech companies
Digital Transformation Projects | The Legal Angles
Regulatory Outlook | May 2022
Regulatory Outlook | April 2022
Regulatory Outlook | March 2022
Are you ready for mandatory TCFD reporting in the UK?
UK government sets out plans for new prospectus regime
Regulatory Outlook | January 2022
CMA's FinTech focus continues
Crowdfunding platforms merger is abandoned following the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) adverse provisional findings.