Mark Yeo’s practice covers UK and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, public equity and joint ventures. Mark acts for clients in a variety of sectors including Energy, Sports, Leisure, Retail and Media.

Mark recently spent eight months working in house as UK Legal Counsel for Yum! Restaurants International (the owners of Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell).

Representative Experience

• Advised Care UK plc on its £281 million takeover by Warwick Bidco Limited (owned by Bridgepoint Capital) by way of scheme of arrangement.
• Acted for UK Sports Investments Limited on the sale of Manchester City Limited to Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development Limited.
• Advising Barclays Ventures and the lender backed vehicle Breedon Holdings Limited on the restructuring of Ennstone plc through a pre-pack administration.
• Advising Rensburg Sheppards plc in its £411m recommended share offer by Investec plc by way of scheme of arrangement.
• Advising Findel plc, one of the UK's leading home shopping and education supplies businesses, on its £81m firm placing, placing and open offer.
• Advised Rockfield Energy LLP, funded by Englefield Capital, on its EUR€30m funding package to Irish biomass development company, Imperative Energy.
• Acting for Homeserve plc in relation to a variety of European acquisitions.
• Advised construction company Willmott Dixon Limited on its recommended £148m takeover offer for social housing group Inspace plc.