Colin Raftery is the Senior Director of Mergers at the Competition and Markets Authority, where he leads the work of the CMA’s mergers group. Prior to joining the CMA, Colin advised on all aspects of EU and UK competition law at law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Brussels and Washington DC. Colin holds an undergraduate degree in law from the University of Edinburgh and postgraduate degrees in law from the College of Europe, Bruges, and the University of Chicago.
Simon Lindsay was appointed Director General of the Takeover Panel on 2nd July, 2018. Simon is on secondment from Citigroup where he was a managing director within UK Investment Banking and the head of UK M&A. Simon has been an M&A-focused investment banker for almost 30 years and has focused principally on the UK since joining Schroders (subsequently forming part of Citigroup) in 1997. During that time, he has worked on a wide range of transactions involving UK and Irish counterparties, including public takeovers, private acquisitions and disposals, IPOs and restructurings.
Mr. Pearce is a partner in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, practicing in the London office. He advises corporate, private equity and investment banking clients on public and private mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and securities offerings and listings.
He also advises on corporate governance, shareholder activism and restructuring matters and corporate and securities law and regulation.
With over 20 years' experience of advising on the Takeover Code and the Listing Rules, he is one of a handful of law firm partners in the U.K. to be recognized as a leading lawyer for corporate/M&A and equity capital markets.
Mark is head of M&A in EMEA and co-head of the UK Investment Banking business. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1994 as an analyst in London, worked in the Healthcare Group in New York from 1996 until 1997 and spent the following three years in the Advisory Group in London. In 2000, Mark worked in the Equity Capital Markets Group in New York and in 2001, he became a vice president and returned to London to work on the UK Coverage team. He joined the Natural Resources Group in 2007 and was chief operating officer of the group in EMEA. Prior to assuming his current role in 2011, Mark was co-chief operating officer of UK Investment Banking. He was named managing director in 2005 and partner in 2010. Mark earned a BA from Cambridge University.
Corporate Partner with 20 years of experience of M&A deals.Works on a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers, acquisitions and disposals (in the public and private markets) and joint ventures. Particular experience in the financial services and real estate sectors.
Has been involved in a number of leading transactions.‘Adam Bogdanor is a bright lawyer and experienced with transactional work.’(Client quotes from Legal 500 UK, London: Insurance: Corporate and Regulatory).A regular speaker at external seminars and has written articles published by newspapers such as the Financial Times and City AM.A member of the Company Law Sub-Committee of the City of London Law Society.