John M. Hughes
John Hughes is a senior associate in the London office and a member of the Mergers, Acquisitions & Capital Markets practice group. John advises clients on private equity M&A transactions, real estate private equity and non-performing loan acquisitions. John also has experience advising clients on minority debt and equity investments, joint ventures and the implementation of management incentive plans.
John recently spent a year seconded to a US private equity sponsor, advising on private equity acquisitions, disposals and asset management of portfolio companies.
Experience Highlights
An institutional investment management firm on a line of equity investment into a UK telecom infrastructure provider and commercial contracts relating to the construction, management and marketing of 5G telecom infrastructure
CarVal Investors on the acquisition of a loan portfolio and related arrangements (assisted)
Deutsche Bank on the acquisition of various loan portfolios and related financings (assisted)
Davidson Kempner on the acquisition of various loan portfolios and related arrangements
P2P Global Investments on equity and debt investments in several peer-to-peer lending platforms (assisted)
A distressed debt firm on its loan-to-own-acquisition of a UK care home group
Centerbridge Partners on its sponsor role and ongoing management of the leading German auto-repair group, A.T.U.
A global trading platform on its acquisition of the assets of a UK electronic trading platform
Alchemy Partners on the loan-to-own acquisition of Endeka Ceramics (assisted)
Credentials
- BPP Law School, London, 2011
- Oxford Brookes University, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2010
- Oxford University, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, 2009
- John was on secondment to a client and returned April 1, 2021
- Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
- Deals & CasesMarch 22, 2018