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Martin Wright

020 7427 1039 martin.wright@crsblaw.com

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.