Howard Corney > Macfarlanes LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Macfarlanes LLP Offices

20 CURSITOR STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1LT
England
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Howard Corney

Work Department
Corporate and M&A
Position
Howard heads the firm’s mergers and acquisitions group.
He undertakes a broad range of M&A work with a particular focus on cross-border M&A and private equity.
Howard also established and leads our Africa practice and is the lead corporate and M&A partner in our industrial and manufacturing sector group.
Career
Trained Macfarlanes; qualified 2000; partner 2007
Lawyer Rankings
London > Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
Working with major hotel groups, investors and lenders, the cross-practice team at Macfarlanes LLP draws on its corporate, finance, real estate, and commercial law offerings to advise its clients on acquisitions, developments, franchising agreements, and debt and equity financing matters as well as tax. Howard Corney advises on M&A to institutions and HNWIs, while Justin Hope advises on domestic and cross-border M&A. Will Hedges advises on commercial aspects, particularly commercial contracts, operational real estate, and intellectual property. Colin Morgan and Nick Barnes specialise in commercial and corporate real estate; Morgan, in particular, is noted for his real estate finance acumen.
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
Variously praised as ‘commercially focused’ and ‘excellent’, Macfarlanes LLP is frequently instructed by blue chip clients on high-value, cross border transactions. The team also attracts wide acclaim for its unique advice at the intersection of corporate and private client matters for wealthy individuals and families. Leading the team is Howard Corney, who undertakes a broad range of M&A work with a particular focus on private and cross-border M&A. He is supported by the ‘first class’ Justin Hope, whose practice covers all aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, restructurings, and joint ventures. Harry Coghill is frequently instructed by listed clients on a wide range of corporate governance matters, including activism situations.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hospitality and leisure London > Industry focus
- M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+ London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Court of protection
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Finance > Securitisation
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory