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Mark Ridley

Partner

Mark Ridley

Partner

“Mark made it so easy and stress free for us which is in stark contrast to our previous experiences. My only regret is that we didn’t engage his services sooner.” 

Mark Ridley is a partner in the corporate and commercial team and has over 15 years’ experience working with businesses and investors to create legal solutions.

His expertise ranges across business purchases and sales, management buy-outs, employee share options, partnership creations and dissolutions, and shareholder agreements.  Mark also prepares formal agreements to help protect businesses against risk including commercial agreements for service providers.

Mark’s clients include international groups and a variety of service sector businesses.

Mark’s wider experience includes advising businesses in disputes and has particular expertise advising on shareholders’ rights.

Experience

Business acquisitions

Mark acts for buyers whether acquiring entire, controlling or minority shareholding interests.  To suit his clients’ needs he can take the lead in negotiating heads of terms, carrying out pre-purchase investigations and navigating disclosure exercises.

Business sales and share disposal

Mark regularly advises shareholders seeking exits whatever the circumstances may be including retirement, business divorces, asset diversification, and successions.

Employee share options

Mark helps businesses recruit and retain talent through granting shares and share options, whether for growth, employee benefit or performance-based purposes.

Shareholder and investor agreements

Mark helps shareholders and investors put safeguards in place to keep options available to them when making long terms commitments.

What our clients say

“Thanks Mark, it has been great working with you. Very professional and very prompt.”

“We could not have got to this point without you and your excellent team.”

“Mark was very efficient at dealing with the matter, resulting in a very satisfactory outcome, getting results which I had not been able to achieve by myself.”

“Mark made it so easy and stress free for us which is in stark contrast to our previous experiences. My only regret is that we didn’t engage his services sooner.”

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