Bio

Mark Rathbone is a Partner and leads our Corporate team. Mark is an experienced corporate lawyer who guides clients through every stage of the business life cycle – helping them achieve their own successful outcomes, from business inception to exit. He supports clients across all areas of corporate law including share options, mergers and acquisitions, MBOs, MBIs, banking, venture capital, equity capital, senior debt, mezzanine debt, collective investment schemes, investment structures, joint ventures and complex commercial arrangements. He acts for local and national organisations as well as individuals. Mark has focussed heavily in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship, providing much needed guidance to start-ups and early stage businesses. He recently helped to found and actively assists the LCR Angel Network. He works across many sectors, including manufacturing and supply chain, media and tech, real estate, hotels and leisure. Mark has a strong background in non-contentious work and has over 15 years’ experience in handling corporate and commercial transactions. He works closely with other teams and departments within our firm and other organisations to ensure a fully integrated approach is delivered on all transactions. He is classed as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ and ‘Leading Individual’ by The Legal 500. Mark’s clients include Gas Tag Ltd, Ion Property Group, Peel Ports Group, Prime Global Medical Communications and Suez Recycling and Recovery Ltd. He chairs the PSS Care Charity in Merseyside and is a trustee of the Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust. Mark joined us in 2001, and he is a member of our management board. He heads up Corporate team and leads our sector initiative. This initiative provides our sector experts with the guidance they need to develop a focussed and relevant understanding of the issues faced by clients.