Mark Slade Senior Counsel

Senior Counsel

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Mark works on a broad range of corporate matters but with an emphasis on advising quoted clients. Mark has considerable experience in equity capital markets transactions and advising on matters in the listed funds, real estate and asset management sectors.

Mark’s primary interest is in transactions advising or involving quoted companies. He has advised on a large number of initial public offerings and secondary fundraises, acting for a mixture of issuers, sponsors / underwriters and selling shareholders. Mark regularly advises on M&A transactions involving listed clients, including those that are subject to the Takeover Code. He also fulfils an advisory role for a wide range of listed companies, providing advice on, among other things, compliance with the Listing Rules / the AIM Rules, the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and the Takeover Code.

Mark also has a significant private M&A practice where, among other things, he has been active in the asset management, financial services and real estate sectors and, more generally, advises private companies on all aspects of company law.

Mark regularly publishes articles and book chapters on M&A and capital markets matters.

Expertise

Recent work

NortonLifeLock Inc.

Advising NortonLifeLock Inc., a NASDAQ-listed provider of consumer Cyber Safety solutions, on its recommended cash and stock merger with FTSE100 company Avast plc, a leading global cybersecurity provider, in a transaction attributing an enterprise value to Avast of up to $9.2bn.

Regional REIT

Advising Regional REIT on its c. £300m listing on London Stock Exchange’s main market and simultaneous acquisition of assets of funds managed by Toscafund Asset Management, as well as a post IPO acquisition of a property investment portfolio and zero dividend preference shares from The Conygar Investment Company.

Liontrust Asset Management

Advising asset manager Liontrust Asset Management on a significant number of M&A transactions, including the acquisition of Alliance Trust Investments from Alliance Trust and its class one acquisition of Walker Crips Asset Management.

Revolution Bars Group

Advising Revolution Bars Group, a leading operator of premium bars in the UK, on the recommended takeover offer for it by Stonegate Pub Company Limited, valuing the company at over £100m.

Peel Hunt

Advising Peel Hunt (acting as Nomad and broker) on the IPO of Koovs, the Indian fashion e-tailer, on AIM, as well as a number of secondary share (including by way of broker options) and convertible loan note issues.

Stramongate

Advising family investment company Stramongate on its redomiciliation to Luxembourg by way of scheme of arrangement and listing on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange (now the International Stock Exchange), with an initial market capitalisation of over £200m.

Stanhope

Advising Stanhope, the real estate developer, on its landmark acquisition of BBC Television Centre and related joint venture arrangements.

J.C. Flowers & Co.

Advising selling shareholder J.C. Flowers & Co. on the initial public offering of OneSavings Bank (initial market capitalisation c. £500m), a specialist lender offering residential, buy to let and commercial mortgages, secured loans and development finance, as well as subsequent successful institutional block trade transactions to place further of J.C. Flowers’ shares.

Elegant Hotels

Advising Barbados based hotels group Elegant Hotels on its initial public offering on AIM and on subsequent bolt-on acquisitions to execute its IPO strategy.

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