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Hugh Maule

+44 (0)20 7759 6697 hugh.maule@gowlingwlg.com

Work Department

Corporate.

Position

Managing partner of Lawrence Graham 2008-14 and now leading corporate, finance, tax, funds, regulatory and private capital teams at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP. Hugh specialises in corporate finance (flotations and secondary issues), takeovers, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, private equity, venture and development capital (including investment agreements and joint ventures). Particularly interested in acting for entrepreneurs, small/medium-sized growth companies and medium-sized investment banks/corporate finance houses. Experience includes the healthcare sector (mainly with nursing homes, healthcare staffing and domiciliary care provision), the renewable energy sector (wind and biodiesel), hospitality and leisure (pubs, restaurants and retail) and the technology sector.

Career

Trained Lawrence Graham LLP; qualified 1991; secondment to Credit Suisse as corporate recovery officer 1992-94; partner in charge of trainees Lawrence Graham LLP 2000-06; partnership board 2005-06; head of business and finance 2006; managing partner 2008-2014; group leader, corporate finance, tax, funds, regulatory and private capital 2014; consultant editor ‘Practitioners Guide to the AIM Rules’ (City & Financial); consultant editor ‘World Stock Exchanges’ (Globe Business Publishing); Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, partner, 2014.

Languages

French, German, Spanish (all conversational).

Memberships

Law Society, The Justinians (Secretary 2013).

Education

Merchiston Castle School; Robinson College, Cambridge (1987 MA); Guildford Law School (1989).

Leisure

Fitness, keen rugby follower, governor of Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh.