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Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

ADELAIDE HOUSE, LONDON BRIDGE, LONDON, EC4R 9HA, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7760 1000
Fax:
Fax 020 7760 1111
DX:
92 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.blplaw.com
Email:

John Bennett

Tel:
Work +44 20 3400 1000
Email:
Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

Work Department

Corporate.

Position

Managing partner of corporate department specialising in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity transactions; member of management board. Advised Macquarie on the £665.4m sale of South East Water. Advised Typhoo Tea on its merger with Gold Crown Foods. Advised Venda in connection with a $20m investment by US group Investor Growth Capital.

Career

Articled Berwin Leighton (now Berwin Leighton Paisner); qualified 1983; partner 1987; managing partner of corporate department.

Member

City of London Law Society, company law sub-committee.

Education

Clifton College; Southampton University; Guildford College of Law.

Practice Areas

Corporate finance; M&A; Private equity

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