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Mark Hughes

Mark Hughes
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About Mark

Mark is a private equity Partner in the corporate team with 25 years’ experience. He is client partner for some of the largest commercial clients of the firm and leads the Browne Jacobson team on the most challenging private equity transactions (acting for sponsors as well as management teams and with a strong history of advising on multi-jurisdictional transactions).

Mark has acted on:

Various transactions for LDC, including the acquisition of Neilson Active
The acquisition by Pure Gym of Fitness World (based in Denmark)
The acquisitions by Apiary capital of TAG, Connect and Roar
The disposal of Centiq to Software One
The sale of Vets4Pets to Pets At Home

Recent experience

Advised Triangle Fire Systems on £9m BGF investment. Read more
Advised on the sale of tech services provider, Centiq to international based SoftwareONE group. Read more
Advised media and events group ROAR B2B, on its successful acquisition of Environment Media Group Ltd. Read more
Advised Belvoir Group PLC on £4m property group acquisition. Read more
Advised leading lock security and hardware specialists Brisant-Secure on a key growth investment in the business by BGF. Read more
Advised on PureGym’s proposed acquisition of Fitness World. Read more
Advised Apiary Capital on a significant investment in B2B exhibitions organiser, Roar Techmedia. Read more
Advised the recently established mid-market private equity house on its majority stake in London based G3 Comms. Read more
Advised IT Services Provider Littelfish on successfully securing a minority investment from leading mid-market private equity investor LDC. Read more
Advised Palatine Private Equity on its Fund III backed secondary buyout of Derbyshire based CET UK. Read more
Advising mid-market private equity specialists LDC on the secondary management buyout of Neilson Active Holidays. Read more
Advised SDL Property Services Group Limited on its joint venture, Wise Living Homes, with ICG Longbow.
Advising the vendors and management on the management buy-out backed by NorthEdge Capital of Belfield Furnishings. Read more
Advising CP Foods (UK) Limited on its £12.3m acquisition of Foodfellas Limited.
Advising the Management team of Gala Bingo on the £241m buy-out backed by Calledonia Investments. Read more
Acting for LDC on its investment in Aspin Group in £25m deal. Read more
Acting for management on the £10m investment by the Business Growth Fund, and acquisition of CP Bigwood following a £20m investment.
Advising the shareholders on the disposal of Fogarty to Dunelm.
Advising the shareholders of Vets4Pets on its disposal to Pets At Home. Read more
Advising the founder of Synseal Extrusions on the £75 million disposal to its management team funded by HIG Private Equity and Yorkshire Bank.
Advising the sellers on the £34.4m sale of Door-Stop International to Premdor Crosby Limited. Read more

What our clients say....

What the directories say...

Mark Hughes – an absolute pleasure to work with, really down to earth with an ability to explain / debate legal positions in a clear manner. Unlike many advisors he does not simply flag risks as a means to upsell other services – appreciates that the client often needs to be in a position to take commercial decisions based on probability and potential financial impact.

Legal 500 2022

He is excellent - clearly talented yet down to earth.

Chambers 2021

I like his style because he takes a practical approach rather than just a technical approach.

Chambers 2017

Strong commercial lawyer.

Chambers 2017

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Browne Jacobson’s national IP team is celebrating after again securing Tier 1 rankings in the East and West Midlands region and maintaining its Tier 3 status in London in the latest edition of Legal 500.

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Browne Jacobson advise on global tech sale of Nottingham based Centiq

Browne Jacobson’s corporate finance team have advised on the sale of tech services provider, Centiq to international based SoftwareONE group

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