Mishcon de Reya LLP

Corporate.

Ross is a Partner in the Corporate department, specialising in M&A and joint ventures for both public and private companies.  The majority of his practice focusses on commercial property, FinTech and hotels.  Acquisitions and disposals on which Ross has advised include Brookfield's £330m purchase of seven retail parks, Capco's £250m sale of the Empress State office building at Earls Court, the £575m sale by Delancey/Ares of the Walbrook Building unit trust structure, Synechron's purchase of several FinTech businesses and advising founders in EdTech and cosmetics on their exit to trade and private equity.  Hotel deals include Chelsfield's £180m sale of two Club Quarter's hotels, the acquisition of the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh from Hilton, the sale of Bovey Castle Hotel in Dartmoor, and advising Manhattan Loft on its joint venture with André Balazs for the redevelopment of the Chiltern Street Firehouse in Marylebone.  Ross has also advised on numerous public company transactions, including IPOs, secondary fundraisings and takeovers.

Trained Richards Butler (now Reed Smith); qualified 1998; solicitor Gouldens (now Jones Day) 2001-03; solicitor Mishcon de Reya 2003-05, partner 2005 to date.

Quoted Companies Alliance.

Edinburgh University (MA Hons Econs).