Profile
Work Department
Position
Mark is a partner in the firm’s corporate group. Mark has undertaken a broad range of UK and crossborder transactional work, including mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and shareholder arrangementss. Mark has a track record of advising on transactions in the financial services sector with a focus on the wealth management. His representative matters include advising the partners of the law firm Ogier in respect of the disposal of their fiduciary services business to Electra private equity, advising mutual insurer Simplyhealth on its acquisition of Groupama Healthcare, advising the shareholders of the Jersey Trust Company Group on the investment by Close Brothers Private Equity, advising Daniel Thwaites Plc on the disposal of its ‘Beerco’ division, advising Fx Corporation on the disposal of its UK retail foreign exchange business ’Eurochange’ to Notemachine and advising Newcastle Building Society on the disposal of its prepaid cards business to the German consumer bank Wirecard AG. Mark has been particularly active advising on transactions for the AA and SAGA including advising on acquisitions in the domiciliary care, personal finance and driver services sectors, advising on the ABS applications for AA Law and Saga Law and associated joint venture arrangements and advising on Saga’s joint venture with Tilney Bestinvest.
Career
Trained Allen & Overy, qualified 2001. Associate – corporate department (London), Allen & Overy, 2001-06; seconded from Allen & Overy to Citigroup European Investment Bank, origination and execution – consumer and retail (front office role) (London), 2003 – 2004; partner (and previously managing associate) corporate department (Leeds), Addleshaw Goddard, 2006 to present.
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Testimonials
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‘The team are committed, hardworking and go the extra mile for their clients. They apply technology well, collaborate with clients and the broader business well.'
‘James Tatro and Rebecca Sabin stand out in their delivery for clients. They are committed, commercial and over-extend in their delivery for their clients.’
‘AG are a substantial company that have retained a human touch, essential for a non-legal client to navigate challenging issues. That culture exists across the whole service range we have experienced.'
'Excellent partners in a multi-discipline professional services support team for projects.’‘Pete Wood - Excellent interpersonal skills with professional knowledge, delivering clear and friendly solutions with our M&A needs. Goes 'beyond' the basic legals with a great client-view approach.'
'AG's corporate team has strength in depth and has some talented lawyers who not only know the law but apply it in a pragmatic and commercial way.'
'James Tatro is phenomenal and gets the balance right of what a founder should be pushing for and what rights they should give up to investors.'
'The strength in depth is readily apparent in AG's corporate team. They also seamlessly incorporate the advice of other specialist teams with their organisation as and when required.'
'Pete Wood has exceptional rapport with his relationship which is the bedrock for a trusting relationship with his clients.'
Key clients
- 6 Point 6 Limited Brenntag UK LDC (Managers) Limited (LDC) United Living Project America Bidco Limited (part of the Asda Group) Diageo PLC Britvic PLC Represent Clothing Limited Wizz Air Holdings PLC Portakabin Limited Riverside Europe Partners LLC Halma plc Saville Assessment Limited Automobile Association Frontier Agriculture Limited, Hutchinson Group Limited, John A Wells Limited and Sanwalton Limited Frontier Agriculture Limited Airedale Group Holdings Limited AssetCo plc Skipton Building Society 101 Ways Limited