Mark Stamp

Primary Focus & Experience

Mark’s practice covers a broad range of international and domestic corporate, M&A and securities work. Mark advises on complex, cross-border public and private mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, equity capital markets, restructurings, corporate governance and general corporate law matters. 

Mark's more recent transactional expereince includes advising:

• Piraeus Bank on the carve-out and sale of a majority stake in its non-performing exposures servicing unit to Intrum, including the negotiation of associated long-term servicing agreements and shareholder arrangements governing the parties’ ongoing strategic relationship in Greece.
• Eurobank Ergasias SA in connection with the acquisition by Eurobank’s Bulgarian subsidiary Postbank of Piraeus Bank Bulgaria AD ‐ the Bulgarian subsidiary of fellow Greek lender Piraeus Bank SA, to create the third largest bank in Bulgaria
• KKCG in its tender offer for Greece’s largest listed company, OPAP (gaming), valuing the target in excess of $3 billion;
• Advising the Bank of America, Barclays and UBS in providing committed bank and bridge financing for the recommended takeover offer for Inmarsat plc.
• Advising Apleona Limited, an EQT VII portfolio company, in relation to the sale of GVA, a leading independent real estate advisor in the UK, to Avison Young (Canada) Inc., a Canada-based commercial real estate firm.
• EQT on the acquisition of the SUSE business segment from Micro Focus International plc, for a total cash consideration of approx. US $2.5 billion.
• Arcapita on the sale of Freightliner Group for £525 million.
• Revlon Inc., in connection with its acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Elizabeth Arden

Recognition & Accomplishments

Mark has been recognised as a leading expert in his field by numerous legal publications, Chambers UK (“Experienced and exceptionally knowledgeable”), Legal 500 UK (“Clients highlight the ‘knowledgeable and pragmatic’ Mark Stamp”), and Chambers Global (“Diligent and highly commercial”). He has also edited and published numerous publications and articles, notable publications that Mark has edited include: “Practical Company Law and Corporate Transactions” Third Edition 2011, by Thompson Reuters; and “International Insider Dealing, Second Edition 2005”, by City & Financial Publishing.