Biography
Mark has expertise across a range of sectors, with particular experience of working with private equity companies, their portfolio entities and with institutional clients. While he advises on all major employment law issues, he has particular and extensive experience advising on the employment aspects of transactional matters and frequently co-ordinates the employment aspects of cross border deals including transfers of undertakings issues and employee consultations. Much of his work relates to appointments and departures of executives and senior managers, and a consideration of restrictive covenant issues.
He has also worked on numerous change management projects relating to employment law such as restructurings, outsourcings, introduction of new technology and systems, and pension changes.
Since joining Weil, examples of the transactional matters where Mark and his team have provided employment advice include:
- Advent on the $1.55bn sale of Ultra PCS to Eaton
- Morrow Sodali, a portfolio company of TPG Growth, on the acquisition of Powerscourt
- Sign In Solutions Inc., a portfolio company of PSG Equity, on its recommended cash offer for AIM-listed SmartSpace Software plc
- Brookfield Asset Management and portfolio company Schoeller Allibert on its merger with Intelligent Packaging Limited
- Lone Star funds on the acquisition of the XSYS division (which specializes in the development and supply of printing plates, sleeves and adapters, and pre-press equipment to the packaging industry) from the Flint Group
- PAI Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in Audiotonix and its acquisition of HKA Global
- General Atlantic on the investment in Wireless Logic, global leader in IoT connectivity
- Global Infrastructure Partners on the sale of a 50.01% stake in Edinburgh Airport to VINCI Airports for £1.27 billion
- KLAR Partners on their investment as a growth partner in Ventro Group, a leading provider of building safety and compliance services
- Sun European Partners on the sale of Adler & Allan to Goldman Sachs Alternatives
- Bain Capital on the £1.295bn sale of esure to Ageas
- A&M Capital Advisors Europe on the acquisition of a majority stake in Isla Délice
- Deltatre on its acquisition of Endeavor Streaming from Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.