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Robert Marshall Jones

Associate
About

Robert is a corporate lawyer with a broad range of experience covering public and private cross-border M&A and international corporate reorganizations.

Robert has experience advising clients in a broad range of sectors including consumer goods, food & retail, financial services and media.

The majority of the transactions Robert has worked on have been cross-border and he routinely liaises with colleagues in offices around the globe.

Professional QualificationsAdmitted as a Solicitor with the Law Society of Scotland

EXPERIENCE

Robert’s recent experience includes:

  • Advised private equity firm Sun European Partners on the acquisition of Yorkshire headquartered premium glass bottle manufacturer Allied Glass for an enterprise value of circa GBP180 million.
  • Advised Mothercare PLC on the sale of the business and assets of Early Learning Centre Limited to TEAL Brands Limited, a part of The Entertainer group of companies, for a total consideration of GBP13.5 million.
  • Advised BrewDog PLC on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Draft House Holding Limited.
  • Advised VEON in relation to (i) the USD136 million tax settlement between (formerly) Egyptian listed Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. (GTH) and the Egyptian Tax Authority; (ii) VEON's mandatory tender offer to acquire the remainder of GTH's shares and subsequent delisting of GTH; and (iii) VEON's acquisition of substantially all of GTH's operating assets in Bangladesh (USD295 million) and Pakistan (USD1.99 billion).
  • Advised leading global media business on multiple international corporate reorganisations, including a GBP3.5 billion business and asset transfer into the United Kingdom.
  • Advised Ecolab Inc. on the takeover of Bioquell PLC by way of a Court Sanctioned Scheme of Arrangement, for a total consideration of GBP141 million.
  • Advised RTP Global on its Series A investment into Cuvva, a UK InsureTech company.
Education
  • The University of Glasgow, Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, Merit, 2016
  • The University of Glasgow, LLB (hons), 2015

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