Mark Graham Hartley specializes in company/commercial and property work and practices in the areas of mergers, acquisitions and disposals; flotations; fund raisings; distribution, franchising and joint-ventures; executive/employee incentive schemes; general business, commercial and contract law; secured lending; commercial freehold/leasehold acquisition and disposal; site assembly and acquisitions, letting schemes and disposals; planning; residential freehold/leasehold conveyancing; commercial lettings; and landlord and tenant matters. Mr. Hartley is a graduate of the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate and Business Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Commercial Finance
• Commercial Loan Documentation
• Commercial Property
• Property Development

Representative Matters

Securities

• Acting for a UK corporation carrying on business as an aluminum stockholder, processor and distributor and supplier to the Aerospace industry on its initial public offering ("IPO") and admission to the London Stock Exchange's ("LSE") junior market and subsequent graduation to the full list of the LSE
• Acting for a UK corporation carrying on business in direct marketing and list broking on its IPO and admission to the LSE's junior market and subsequent graduation to the full list of the LSE
• Acting for a UK corporation carrying on specialist manned guarding, investigatory and security businesses in relation to its initial public offering and admission to the full list of the LSE
• Acting for the UK's largest independent distributor of children's toys and games on its IPO and admission to the full list of the of the LSE
• Acting for a UK corporation carrying on business as a supplier of investigatory, security, audit and stocktaking services in connection with its IPO and admission to AIM
• Acting on various rights issues, open offers, restructurings, debt for equity swaps and de-mergers for listed, AIM and private company clients

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented a Premiership soccer club in connection with its reverse into a cash shell company listed on AIM
• Represented direct marketing and list broking, UK fully listed company in relation to:
  • 5 successful business/corporate acquisitions made for cash and/or securities
  • a tender/takeover offer for the company and subsequent de-listing of its securities
  • divestment of non-core businesses following public to private transaction
• Represented a UK fully listed aluminium stockholder, processor and distributor and supplier to the Aerospace industry in relation to:
  • successful business/corporate acquisitions made for cash and/or securities
  • a tender/takeover offer for the company and subsequent de-listing of its securities
• Represented UK fully listed specialist corporation carrying on manned guarding, investigatory and security businesses audit, stock taking and security services in relation to:
  • 8 successful business/corporate acquisitions made for cash and/or securities
  • a tender/takeover offer for the company and subsequent de-listing of its securities
• Acting for a UK listed company (the UK's largest independent distributor of children's toys and games) in connection with its successful acquisition of 6 businesses/companies made for cash and/or securities
• Acting for various companies and private shareholders with regard to disposal programmes of companies and businesses
• Acting for the Partners in a firm of accountants in connection with the sale by the Partners of their business to a company listed on AIM
• Acting in connection with the successful acquisition of the entire issued share capital of a UK company which owned a chain of over 100 retail shops selling CD's and DVD's
• Advising and acting for a privately owned UK company with regards to its successful sale of the entire issued share capital and subsidiary company which owned and published a re-insurance magazine
• Acting for UK fully listed transport and logistics company with regards to a joint venture entered into by it with another UK fully listed international transport and logistics company with regards to a joint retail logistics operation

Property/Real Estate

• Acting for a major high street UK bank on numerous transactions involving security documentation, including major hotel investments
• Acting for the Vendor with regards to the successful sale of factory and warehouse space fronting the River Thames to a developer
• Acting for private developers in connection with the acquisition of development sites and subsequent sales off and lettings
• Acting for private investors in connection with the disposal of investment portfolios
• Acting for private developer with regard to the various pre-sale agreements and finance arrangements with regard to development site owned by it

Admissions

• England and Wales

Education

• University of Kent at Canterbury, LL.B. (Hons), 1976

Other Experience

• Duane Morris
  - Partner, 2003-present
• Gold Mann & Co., London, England
  - Partner, 1983-2003
  - Assistant Solicitor, 1980-1983

Professional Activities

• The Law Society of England and Wales