Hugh Robinson
Partner
London
Experience highlights
Advising Blackstone on its acquisition of a majority interest in Luminor Bank.
Advising a large UK bank on over ten loan portfolio sales across a broad spectrum of asset classes, including commercial real estate, residential, social housing and Corporate, in Europe and the USA.
Advising Banco de Portugal on the bank restructuring and resolution of Banco Espirito Santo and on the sale of Novo Banco.
Advising HSBC on the ring-fencing of its UK retail banking operations pursuant to the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013.
Hugh Robinson
Partner
London
Contact Details
Hugh has experience working on complex cross-border M&A transactions for large corporates, private equity houses and financial institutions as well as strategic projects for banks. He has previously been on secondment to the Corporate and M&A legal team of a leading international bank where he worked on a number of non-core business divestments and reorganisations.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
News & insights
Publications: 30 NOVEMBER 2020
UAE Federal Companies Law amended to allow 100% foreign ownership
Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2020 (the Decree) has been issued, introducing significant amendments to Federal Law No. 2 of 2015 on Commercial Companies (the CCL).
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Publications: 24 SEPTEMBER 2020
Fintech M&A: The future of dealmaking post Covid-19 coronavirus
After a run of high-value deals at the start of the year, fintech M&A has dramatically slowed. What will dealmaking look like in the future?
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Publications: 20 AUGUST 2020
Around the world challenge for HHC
A&O people from 22 offices and alumni travelled over 53,000km, raising over GBP37,000 for Hope and Homes for Children in our largest charity challenge event ever.
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Publications: 08 JULY 2020
Fintech deals enter temporary lull after Q1 surge
The start of the year saw a surge in ever-larger fintech deals around the world, with every expectation that this trend would continue.
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Qualifications
Professional
Academic
