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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Offices
5 FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7RD
England
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Martin Wright
Work Department
Healthcare, real estate and construction; corporate.
Position
Martin is a corporate lawyer and advises public and privately owned companies on all aspects of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures, financing and general commercial advice. He has a particular focus on acting for French companies and overseas multinationals and within the property and regeneration sector. Martin also holds a number of non-executive directorships. He is the liaison partner for the Paris office and common clients. Experience: acting for the Cherry family on the acquisition of Countryside Properties, one of the UK’s largest privately owned residential developers, by Oaktree Capital Management, the Cherry family, and the current management team; advising Caring Homes Group on a corporate structured deal with Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II to dispose of and lease back 44 freehold elderly care properties for a consideration of £300m, to clear group bank debt and to secure the provision of up to £75m in specific development finance; advising Bouygues Bâtiment International on acquiring the full ownership of the Leadbitter Group; various joint ventures for development and regeneration projects and real estate investment projects in the UK.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Real estate > Planning
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Senior executives
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Employment > Employee share schemes