Matthew Bland > Linklaters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Matthew Bland

020 7456 5516 [email protected]

Work Department

Corporate.

Position

Matthew is a corporate partner based in the London office. He advises on a wide range of corporate, corporate finance and commercial matters across various sectors but with a focus on the bank and financial institutions and pharmaceuticals sector. His main areas of practice include domestic and international mergers and acquisitions (both private and public), where he has particular experience leading complex and cross-border transactions, corporate restructurings and joint ventures, as well as domestic and international initial public offerings, rights issues and other equity capital markets transactions. Key clients include Lloyds Banking Group, TSB, Rothesay Life, Goldman Sachs, Julius Baer, Novartis, Spirent Communications and Thames Water.

Career

Trainee – Linklaters London – 1998-2000

Associate – Linklaters London – 2000-02

Associate – Linklaters Tokyo – 2002-04

Managing Associate – Linklaters London – 2004-08

Partner – Linklaters London – 2008 to date

Education

Girton College, Cambridge University (1996 BA law); College of Law, Guildford (1997).