Arthur is a highly experienced corporate lawyer with over 30 years of practice. He advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance, corporate restructuring and insolvency and banking and secured lending.

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He works with businesses of all sizes - from startups to international corporations -helping them navigate complex transactions, manage risk, and achieve their strategic objectives. Arthur has acted across a wide range of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, IT, high-tech, financial services, media, retail, oil and gas, and hospitality. His experience includes both domestic and cross-border deals, and he has built a strong international practice, advising clients from the UK, US, Japan, and India. He has acted for both accountants and solicitors in mergers and acquisitions of their professional practices.

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Arthur also has extensive experience in banking and secured lending, acting for both lenders and borrowers on multi-million-pound financing transactions.

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His pragmatic, solutions-focused approach helps clients achieve results efficiently while protecting their interests.

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He holds an MBA and is a member of several professional bodies, including the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3)

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He is also a notary public and is a member of the Notaries Society.

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Arthur's deals include:

• Representing the seller in a £330m cross-border sale of a pharmaceutical company

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• Representing various investors and developers on several multi-million pound property deals

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• Representing the seller in a multi-million pound MBO of an F1 racing team

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• Advising a Japanese company on the restructuring of its UK and European subsidiaries

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• Representing sellers in a group comprising a Swiss company and a Nigerian company on a multi-million pound sale of shares to a US company in the oil and gas sector

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• Representing an Indian pharmaceutical company on its £multi-million acquisition of a UK pharmaceutical company

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• Representing an Indian cinema company on its acquisition of a majority stake in a UK cinema chain

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• Representing sellers on a £multi-million pound acquisition of a group comprising US, UK and Indian companies

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• Representing sellers on the sale of the issued share capital of an IT company to a Swedish company

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• Advising a US-based pharmaceutical company on its acquisition of a UK company specialising in clinical trials

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• Representing sellers on a £20m sale of shares in a communications group to a US company

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• Representing buyers on a £multi-million purchase of an international subsidiary of a high-tech company (microwave technology)

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• Advising an Indian steel company on setting up a company in Georgia and arranging international bank funding for the set-up

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• Representing sellers on a £10m sale of shares in a financial consulting company to a US company

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• Representing a developer on a £multi-million joint venture property development involving offshore vehicles

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• Representing the seller on a £26.5m sale of shares in an offshore company holding a 25-property portfolio

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• Representing a consortium of Japanese companies on a £multi-million acquisition of shares in a joint venture automotive company

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• Representing a large international design company on a multi-million pound design agreement for a hotel consortium in Hungary

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• Advising a number of international brand-name Japanese companies on various matters, including restructuring, acquisitions and a range of commercial agreements

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• Representing the buyer on an £80m acquisition of shares in an SPV whose sole asset was a five-star London hotel

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• Acting for administrators, liquidators and buyers on numerous sales and purchases of businesses out of administration or liquidation

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• Advising a number of clients on listings on the junior stock exchange

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• Representing banks and financial institutions on multi-million pound secured lending deals

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