Profession
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, Solicitor of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Experience
Specialist in UK company law and in UK and international public and private M&A. Significant transactions include advising:
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BP on the US$1.8bn sale of Venezuelan and Vietnamese assets to TNK-BP, announced in October 2010
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RBS on the £1.9bn sale of its Global Merchant Services business to Advent and Bain
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BP on its Russian joint venture “TNK-BP”, including in particular the renegotiation of the terms of that joint venture in 2008-9
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BP on the reorganisation and dual-track IPO and US$9bn private sale process of its chemicals business, Innovene
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AstraZeneca on its takeover of Cambridge Antibody Technology PLC by way of a recommended cash offer
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a consortium led by Gerry Ford on its recommended cash offer for Caffè Nero Group plc
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Novator on the sale of a majority stake in the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company to AIG
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a number of clients including international oil and gas companies on proposed investments into India and InBev on its beer distribution joint venture in India with the RKJ Group
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Citi on its strategic investment in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, the first investment in a Chinese listed bank by an international bank
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Merrill Lynch on its strategic investment in China Properties Group, a Chinese real estate investment vehicle
- Barclays Bank on the restructuring and debt-for-equity swap of SFI Group plc, the owner of the Slug & Lettuce pub chain
Professional experience
2007 to date Partner, Corporate Department, Linklaters LLP London
2003 - 2007 Managing Associate, Corporate Department, Linklaters London
2001 - 2003 Solicitor, Corporate Department, Linklaters Hong Kong
1999 - 2001 Associate, Corporate Department, Linklaters London
1998 - 1999 Associate, Capital Markets Department, Linklaters London
1996 - 1998 Trainee Solicitor, Linklaters London (including five months’ secondment to the Corporate Department, Linklaters Moscow)
Education
1995 - 1996 College of Law, London, Legal Practice Course (Distinction)
1991 - 1995 University College London, LL.B (First Class Honours) in Law with German Law
Languages
English, German, Russian
