John Lane
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Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Corporate finance, including international equity offers, domestic equity issues and public and private M&A. Recent secondary issues, including HSBC, Xstrata, Premier Foods, SEGRO, Inchcape, Informa and Centrica; IPOs, including Hansen Transmission, Telecity, Sports Direct, Southern Cross Healthcare, ATLAS Estates, Gondola Holdings and 888 Holdings; other secondary issues, including rights issues by Johnston Press, Cattles, Bradford & Bingley and Royal & Sun Alliance; mergers and acquisitions, including advising on the acquisition of the Priory Healthcare Group by ABN Amro and the acquisition by Cinven of Goldola Holdings.
Career
Qualified as a South African attorney Webber Wentzel, Johannesburg 1989; trainee solicitor Linklaters 1991-93; assistant solicitor corporate department, London 1993-99; partner 2000.
Education
University of Cape Town (1986 BA; 1987 LLB); Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1991 LLM).
Practice Areas
Corporate finance; International capital markets; M&A
