Howard heads the firm’s mergers and acquisitions group.
He undertakes a broad range of M&A work with a particular focus on cross-border M&A and private equity.
Howard is also the lead M&A partner in our sports, leisure and hospitality sector groups and spends a significant amount of his time advising high-net-worth clients and institutions from the MENA regions on M&A and investment opportunities across Europe.
Advising on the acquisition of the Castiglion del Bosco Hotel, Winery and Golf Club from Massimo Ferragamo.
Advising on the acquisition of London’s Ritz Hotel from the Barclay family.
Advising healthcare company LycaHealth on its £140m investment, primarily to be invested in the South East of England over the next five years, where the company will add the KIMS Hospital and its associated Medical Centre in Sevenoaks to its medical centres currently operating in London.
Advising long-standing client Genius Sports Group on an agreement to acquire Spirable, a leading creative performance platform.
Advising the owners of Memoria, a UK developer and operator of high-quality private crematoria and memorial parks, on its sale to investment management company Darwin Alternatives.
Advising Finsbury Glover Hering on their £240m merger and management buy-in opposite WPP plc.
Advising the senior management team of Genius Sports Group, the leading provider of sports data and technology for betting operators, on its business combination agreement with NYSE-listed special purpose acquisition company dMY Technology Group, Inc. II.
Advising Lycamobile on the sale of its Spanish mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business to MasMovil, a Spanish-listed telecoms business.
Advising Neste Corporation, an oil refining and marketing company listed on the Helsinki stock exchange, on the disposal of its Russian fuel retail business to PJSC Tatneft.
Advising Wimbledon Park Golf Club on its sale to the All England Lawn Tennis Club by way of a scheme of arrangement.
Advising Stonehage Fleming Family & Partners in relation to the tender offer by Caledonia Investments plc and a related return of capital by way of a share buyback.
Advising the shareholders of Bonhams, the global auction house, on its sale to Epiris.
Advising Oppenheimer Partners on its purchase of a significant stake in GZI Industries, a leading supplier to the Nigerian beverage industry.
Advising the selling shareholders of Paroc Group, the leading producer of stone wool insulation in the Nordic and Baltic regions, on its sale to CVC Capital Partners.
Advising Hovis on the sale of Holgran and Fleming Howden to AB Mauri, and the subsequent disposal of its Manchester and Selby milling businesses to Whitworths.
Advising investors on the sale of their interests in the Jubilee oil field off the coast of Ghana to Petro SA, the national oil company of South Africa.
"He's razor-sharp with a formidable intellect, and has an aura of calm about him."
Chambers UK 2022
