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Bharti Global LimitedGeneral Counsel for BGL / Norlake Hospitality including:1. Hoxton hotels across London, Europe and the US 2. Gleneagles resort and golf course and Gleneagles Townhouse3. Maison Estelle private members club and Estelle Manor Hotel 4. Working From_ coworking space5. Airtel telecoms business6. OneWeb / Eutelsat space and satellite programme7. Largest shareholder in British Telecoms plcAlso including:Unbound - Interim General Counsel to a long-term focused VC firm investing in Series B+ tech businesses across a range of sectors and geographies

London

Advising on Corporate, Private Equity and Sports Law.Key experience:- 1 year secondment to Brookfield Asset Management - acted in Vice President role assisting (i) investment team and (ii) General Counsel on legal and regulatory matters.- Secondment to Student Roost - assisting Head of Legal in all aspects of the day-to-day operation of the portfolio ahead of £3.3bn sale.- Managing deals to many of Europe’s key corporate real estate funds including Aroundtown, CBRE, Chelsfield, Fusion, Henley Investments, Investec, PGIM and Trophaeum.- Advising on sports and lifestyle sectors for famous athletes, agents, owners and clubs in a range of corporate and commercial matters, including a cryptocurrency launch.- Mentor of multiple luxury retail brands as part of Walpole, the official sector body for UK luxury, in their “Brands of Tomorrow” programme - including Castore- Advising multiple startups and entrepreneurs on initial or early financing rounds.Example Deals- Advising Brookfield in relation to the acquisition of the ‘Enigma’ student housing portfolio from Curlew Capital for £520m- Advising Fusion Students on £1.5bn property joint venture with Cain International.- Advising Chelsfield Partners LLP, on the sale of two Central London hotels managed by Club Quarters for £180m. - Advising Aroundtown SA on to acquisition of European portfolio of 17 hotels.- Acting for Village Vet on its sale to the Linneaus Group- Advising football clubs regarding Financial Fair Play issues.

Advised on broad range of corporate deals including private acquisitions and disposals, management buy outs, joint ventures, shareholder relations, financing and banking arrangements and general corporate governance.Worked on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters in the commercial group with a particular focus on intellectual property and dispute resolution in the retail sector.Secondment to All Saints Retail Limited - Advised on brand protection and exploitation as well as corporate governance matters.Key experience- Advising All Saints Retail Limited on brand protection and IP disputes.- Acting for AIM listed Brightside Group plc on the £127million cash acquisition of its entire issued share capital effected by way of scheme of arrangement.- Acting for LTSB Commercial Finance on provision of acquisition finance by receivables finance facility to Motorclean Group alongside private equity for purchase of Forward Valeting Group.- Acting for shareholders of Atia Solutions Limited on sale to Meetingzone Limited in a mix of cash, earn out deferred consideration, loan notes and shares in purchaser group of telecoms companies. - Advising a successful high-value mediation for key retail client.- Acting for management on the buy out and company restructuring of Winning Moves International (developer, distributor and seller of games and playing cards, most notably Top Trumps and Waddingtons No 1 and through licensing arrangements with Hasbro, Monopoly and Rubriks Cube).

Seats Completed: Corporate/Retail, Technology/Intellectual Property, Corporate and FamilyHighlights include:- Acting for the husband using a collaborative law process in relation to the division of the £100 million estate- Advising on acquisition of Niobium mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo by a private individual- Assisting in a listing of €110m funding though a 10 year bond issue Eurobond on the Professional Securities Market of the London Stock Exchange- Advising a producer of advanced wound care line of medical-grade manuka honey products based in America in challenging a multi-jurisdictional dispute alleging misuse of confidential information and copyright- Advising major retail client as defendant in a mediation relating to disputed unpaid invoices- Acting for the UK’s largest independent estate agency in its defence of a trade mark infringement and passing off action claim brought by a competitor

Areas of law covered included: Commercial, Corporate, Conveyancing, Private Client, Intellectual Property and Sports Laws

Lpc, Distinction

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb, 2:1

Education record

Master's Scholarship Freer Philosophy Prize A Levels (AAAA)