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Partner |
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Corporate |
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Jonathan Lass
Jonathan graduated from Downing College, Cambridge with an MA in Law. Jonathan was a Partner at Cozen O’Connor before joining Davenport Lyons as a Partner in 2004.
Jonathan’s practice focuses on acquisitions and disposals for companies in the financial services, manufacturing, retail, gaming and leisure sectors and he also acts as general counsel and advises a number of high net-worth family groups in relation to their UK and international interests. Jonathan enjoys providing legal, strategic and all-round business solutions. Jonathan has extensive experience of corporate and financial cross-border transactions and was previously joint head of banking and financial services at Lovells. Jonathan also served as General Counsel to Citibank N.A. in the UK and Europe, with responsibility for English law matters worldwide.
Recent experience includes:
- Acting on behalf of an offshore group of companies in respect of complex offshore secured financing and re-scheduling.
- Advising a range of leisure and retail businesses in relation to business and strategic matters, financing, joint ventures, acquisitions and disposals.
- Advising on the disposal of insurance portfolios on behalf of a US based global insurance business.
- Advising a listed US gaming company on its business and regulatory matters in relation to UK acquisitions and expansion.
- Advising participants on a major secured sub-participation financing with a major US investment bank.
- Advising on a wide range of acquisitions, as well as commercial and service agreements for a private branded UK – ATM network.
- Advising Momedia International on the disposal of a strategic stake to Endemol UK.
Jonathan acts on the Board of several UK companies and has been a regular speaker on banking and financial services issues for the Institute of Bankers, The International Bar Association, The American Bar Association and The Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary’s College and London University. Jonathan also provides pro bono legal advice to the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and to the leading leisure and career development charity, Springboard.
Outside the office his interests include family, communal and charity work, the arts, history, France, gardening and swimming. Jonathan is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
