Mr. Poster, a partner in the London office, is a member of the European Corporate Department. Mr. Poster's practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and in advising overseas companies on their investments in the United Kingdom. He has a wide range of experience advising companies involved in the telecommunications and media industries and represents a number of clients in the financial sector. The following is a sample of his notable representative transactions:
- Advising the majority shareholders of EC&O Venues, in the sale of a 50 percent interest in London’s Earls Court exhibition centre and Olympia to Liberty International valuing the business at £400m.
- Advised on the financing of The Brewery, Chiswell Street for Earls Court and Olympia Exhibition and Conferencing Centres for £55 million.
- Advising Matterhorn Capital on numerous acquisitions of corporates with significant real estate interests in the leisure industry in mainland Europe.
- Advising CB Richard Ellis, the world's leading commercial property and real estate services adviser, on numerous acquisitions and joint ventures in the UK and Europe.
- Advised on the creation and establishment of a new electronic market based in the United Kingdom for the trading of Euro-denominated government bonds, whose 24 shareholders represent many of the world’s largest international banks and financial institutions.
- Advised in relation to the €440 million acquisition of the CenterParcs Europe businesses.
- Advised on a cross-border sale of a certification and inspection services company with more 80 subsidiaries and associated companies in more than 50 jurisdictions.
- Advised Corgi International Ltd on its sale to Hornby.
Dean is ranked as a leading lawyer for M&A deals, £50m-£250m, Legal 500 2009 which adds: "Clients attest that Dean Poster is 'one of the best lawyers we have ever encountered.'"
Before joining the firm, Mr. Poster was the head of U.K. Corporate and Commercial Law with Coudert Brothers and was Managing Partner of their London office.
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