Justin Hope Partner

Partner
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Justin advises on all aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, restructurings and joint ventures, with a particular focus on private acquisitions and private equity.

Justin has advised on a wide range of private equity transactions, acting for sponsors, management teams and portfolio companies at all stages of the investment cycle.  Justin works closely with the firm’s real estate practice on corporate transactions involving real estate assets and businesses that are heavily asset-backed.  

Having trained and qualified at Macfarlanes, as an associate Justin also spent time on secondment at a leading law firm in New York, an international commodities trader in Geneva and a private equity firm in London specialising in turnaround and growth investments.

Justin is a partner champion of our REACH (race, ethnicity and cultural heritage) staff network, a forum for networking and peer support between minority ethnic staff and allies.

Expertise

Recent work

PMG

Advising PMG on its acquisition of RocketMill, a leading independent, full service digital marketing agency.

J.C. Flowers & Co

Advising private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co on the sale of its shares in direct-to-consumer investing platform Interactive Investor to abrdn, one of the largest European investment and wealth managers, for approximately £1.49bn.

Charme Capital Partners

Advising Charme Capital Partners, Livingbridge and the management team on the sale of the Witherslack Group to Mubadala.

KPS Capital Partners

Advising American private equity firm, KPS Capital Partners, on the English law aspects of its acquisition of the European tinplate business of New York-listed Crown Holdings Inc in a transaction valuing the business at €2.25bn.

J.C. Flowers & Co and Bain Capital Credit

Advising J.C. Flowers & Co and Bain Capital Credit on their joint acquisition of a minority stake in The Co-Operative Bank.

M7 Real Estate

Advising the senior management team and majority shareholders of M7 Real Estate on their agreement to sell the UK-headquartered real estate investment firm to Oxford Properties, the real estate arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS.

Stanhope

Advising long-standing client Stanhope and its joint venture partners, Mitsui Fudosan and AIMCo, on the sale of their mixed-use White City Place development in West London to Canadian property management company Cadillac Fairview.

Walker Books

Advising the trustees of two employee benefit trusts who were the majority shareholders of Walker Books on the sale of the company to Trustbridge Global Media.

Realstar Group

Advising Realstar Group, the Canadian real estate investment company, on the corporate acquisition of a Build to Rent scheme in Ilford from Beverly Hills-based real estate company Kennedy Wilson.

Quilam Capital

Advising Quilam Capital on strategic partnership with Wafra Capital Partners.

Drumaville

Advising Drumaville (the ownership vehicle of Ellis Short IV) on his sale of Sunderland Football Club to a consortium of other investors.

Patron Capital

Acting for Patron Capital on the sale of its 50 per cent interest in Cala Homes to L&G.

Charme Capital Partners

Advising Charme Capital Partners, the pan-European mid-market private equity firm, on its acquisitions of the Witherslack Group, a UK-based specialist education and care provider, and JD Classics, the market-leading premium classic cars dealer and restorer.

South Downs Employee Benefit Trust

Acting for the trustee of the South Downs Employee Benefit Trust and other shareholders on the sale of South Downs Capital Limited, the holding company of Portsmouth Water, to funds managed by Ancala Partners.

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