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Jon Lovitt

Jon Lovitt

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner,  Corporate and Group General Counsel, RBG Holdings plc

Career

Jon Lovitt joined Rosenblatt in 2005, having previously worked in boutique city corporate finance law firms. In 2021 he became a partner in the corporate department at Memery Crystal following its acquisition by RBG Holdings plc.

He has acted on a number of high value transactions across a number of industry sectors for many institutional, corporate and individual clients in areas such as mergers and acquisitions; private equity fundraisings; initial public offerings; secondary issues; City Code takeovers; venture capital investments; joint ventures and partnership matters, and shareholder-related issues. Jon has also advised funders, vendors and management in relation to management buy-outs and buy-ins.

Jon was lead partner in the IPO by RBG Holdings plc and the acquisitions of the businesses of Rosenblatt Solicitors, Convex Capital and Memery Crystal.

Trained Wedlake Saint; qualified 1990. Wedlake Saint 1990-92; Walsh Lawson 1992-98; partner Orchard 1998-2000; Althemier & Gray 2000-03; Kilpatrick Stockton 2003-05; Rosenblatt 2005 -21; Memery Crystal 2021-present

Education

Royal Grammar School, Guildford; Coventry Lanchester University; College of Law, Guildford.

Leisure

Snowboarding, golf, mountain biking.