Jon LakeLicensed Retail Team |
Jon is a licensed retail specialist and has advised on transactions in the sector for over eight years. He previously worked in a variety of roles in operations and investment for Whitbread, Allied Domecq and Punch Retail. Key transactions he has worked on include:
- Advising shareholders of Busaba Eathai on the disposal of the business to Phoenix Equity Partners
- Advising shareholders of Hakkasan on the £30m disposal of the business to Tasameem
- Advising shareholders on the disposal of Covent Garden Restaurants to Capital and Counties Limited
- Advising The Restaurant Group plc on its acquisition of Brunning & Price Limited
- Advising shareholders on the £28m disposal of the Living Room to Ultimate Leisure plc
- Advising Hutton Collins on their acquisition of Loch Fyne Restaurants
- Advising shareholders of Wagamama on the £63m refinancing of the business
- Advising Brinker International (US) on their global expansion strategy
- Advising Bank of Scotland on its £90m acquisition of Mill House Inn
- Advising Laurel Pub Company on a number of transactions between 2001 and 2005
