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Solicitor of England and Wales
M&A
C&SEE, Baltics, Ukraine
Hugh worked for more than 20 years at Allen & Overy, more than half of those as a partner.
Now, as a consultant through Go2Law, Hugh continues to advise on strategic, complex M&A in the wider Central European region.
He has wide and deep experience throughout Central Europe, from the Baltics to the Balkans.
He advises buy-side and sell-side, strategic and financial investors, on transactions in key sectors such as telecommunications, technology, media, financial services, energy and healthcare.
Hugh has been consistently ranked as one of the leading M&A lawyers in Central Europe by directories such as Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR.
Hugh also provides training to clients and other law firms on topics such as negotiation skills, drafting, and general M&A (SPAs, W&I).
Deal No. 1: MIRA acquisition of INEA Poland
Deal No. 3 (take 2!): Sale of TV Nova to Advance, in Bulgaria
Deal No. 7: Investment by Mid Europa in Medigroup Serbia
Deal No. 8: Purchase of Adriatic Slovenia by Generali
Deal No. 10: Sale of AEGON Czechia and Slovakia
Deal No. 11: Investment in Allseeds Ukraine
Deal No. 12: Sale of Antenna Serbia
Deal No. 13: Sale of Telekom Albania
Deal No. 14: AXA sells Poland, Slovakia and Czech businesses to UNIQA for Eur1bn
Deal No. 15: Sale of Optimapharm to TRG (Croatia)
Deal No. 16: Sale of Memsource to Carlyle (Czechia)
Deal No. 17: Innova Capital on its acquisition of Paypoint and Payzone in Romania
Deal No. 19: The Sellers of FIVE (Croatia and US) to Endava PLC
Deal No. 20: Frontier Pharma Ltd. - Shareholders Agreement with Baystone Pharma
Training Sayenko Kharenko in Kiev
A&O’s 20th anniversary in Bratislava
Advising:
Band 2
”An excellent lawyer“.
Band 1
”Has vast experience of leading M&A deals in the CEE“.
Band 2
”He knows how to move transactions forward“.
Highly regarded
”Good legal advice and feel for the ‘market standard’, business-oriented thinking, very responsive and accommodating“.
Tier 1
Good negotiator.
”He’s an excellent lawyer and one of the best M&A lawyers around“.
”He’s absolutely a market leader, and always brings added value“.