SUMMIT HOUSE, 12 RED LION SQUARE, LONDON, WC1R 4QD, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 020 7440 7000
- Fax:
- Fax 020 7404 5982
- DX:
- 37954 KINGSWAY
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- www.mishcon.com
- Email:
Susan Breen
- Tel:
- Work +44 20 7440 7434
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Work Department
Corporate commercial.
Position
Susan is a partner in the corporate group, where she is an expert in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and business law. Her work embraces a wide range of industries, including finance, technology, freight and logistics, and internet gaming. Her clients include entrepreneurs, owner-managed businesses and international corporations. She also heads the families in business group, where clients rely on her grasp of both complex business issues and more traditional legal matters. It is the betting and gaming industry where Susan has forged a particular reputation. She leads the firm’s highly regarded betting and gaming group and has been involved in many of the landmark transactions in the sector, including the BWin/PartyGaming merger, Sportingbet’s acquisitions over the past decade and innovative poker operator PKR. She has been praised by ‘The Legal 500’ for her ‘strong intellectual understanding of the sector’ and as a ‘go to’ lawyer for her expertise in M&A and international regulatory work.
Career
Trained Orpen Franks, Dublin; qualified Ireland 1985; qualified England and Wales 1991; partner Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; partner Mishcon de Reya 2004. Directorships: Waterman Chemicals Ltd (dormant); ISC Gaming Plc Legal editor ‘The Practitioner’s Corporate Finance Manual’ (published by CCH for ICAEAW).
Languages
Conversational French.
Education
Our Lady’s Templeogue, Dublin; University College, Dublin (1980 BA Hons); College of Law, Dublin (1981-84 professional qualification).
Practice Areas
Corporate finance; Licensing, gaming and betting; Flotations (small and mid-cap)
