Mark Lucas > Moore Barlow > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile

Mark Lucas

01483 748512 marklucas@barlowrobbins.com

Work Department

Business services group.

Position

As a corporate Partner, He advises on mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, shareholder arrangements and partnership law.

He enjoys identifying and achieving the right solutions and outcomes for clients and strongly believe that good service consists of responsive communication. He looks for long lasting solutions that reduce complexity, delay and risk.

He trained and qualified at Clifford Chance and spent the first eight years of my career working on a broad range of finance, company and commercial matters in the City.  He believes that the best corporate lawyers are likely to have a broad range of experience of business and life.

He has a particular expertise in advising schools on mergers and in relation to their commercial contracts and other commercial issues.

He is an experienced school governor, having chaired the board at a very successful prep school in West Sussex for 6 years and served as vice-chair and chair of finance in the maintained sector for 5 years.

He  has served as a member of the Law Society’s Company Law Committee and regularly contribute to the Solicitors’ Journal, for which he writes  a quarterly update on commercial contract law

Career

Trained Clifford Chance, qualified 1996; assistant Farrer & Co 1998-2002; AWB Partnership senior associate (2002-07), partner (2005-08); Barlow Robbins partner (2008 onwards).

Memberships

Company law committee of The Law Society; Old Silhillians Association (London representative); Surrey Law Society.

Education

Solihull School; University of York (1991); College of Law, Guildford (1991-93).

Leisure

Family, sports, gardening.