Andrew Hart

Andrew Hart
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Andrew Hart

Andrew Hart

Partner

Andrew Hart
  1. People /

Andrew Hart

Andrew Hart

Partner

Andrew Hart

Partner

London

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Biography

Andrew Hart is a Partner in BCLP's Corporate Transactions team advising on various domestic and cross-border transactional matters, with significant experience in a number of heavily regulated sectors including financial services, global communications services and defence, including: mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures; private equity; complex multi-jurisdictional carve-out transactions; and issues of equity. 

He has a strong background working with US corporate clients in connection with their UK and EU M&A activities.

Andrew is qualified in England & Wales and Western Australia, where he spent two years at one of the big six Australian law firms. 

Areas of Focus

  • Insurance: Corporate & Transactional

Professional Affiliations

  • Associate (ACSI) member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments in London.

  • Recruiting Committee

‘As lead partner, Andrew Hart was great coordinating the relevant practice areas and legal input. He was great both from a technical/legal knowledge perspective and also very commercial balancing our need to move fast while assessing and managing risk.’ - The Legal 500

Admissions

  • Western Australia
  • England and Wales

Education

University of Leicester, LL.B., Honours, 2001

Related Practice Areas

  • M&A & Corporate Finance

  • Energy Transition

  • Sports & Entertainment Litigation Practice

  • Collegiate Sports Practice

  • Retail & Consumer Products

  • Outdoor Industry

  • Data Center & Digital Infrastructure Team

  • Commercial Contracts

  • Strategic Alternatives & Corporate Reorganization

  • UK Public Company

  • Corporate

Experience

  • Lumen Technologies, on the sale of its EMEA business for US$1.8 billion to Colt Technology;
  • Newmark Group, Inc., a US commercial real estate advisory and services firm listed on the NASDAQ on its acquisitions of (i) Gerald Eve LLP, a UK real estate advisory firm which operates from nine UK offices across multiple business lines and property types; and (ii) Harper Dennis Hobbs Holdings Limited, a market-leading real estate advisory firm based in London, in December 2019;
  • BGC Group, on the sale of its insurance broking division to The Ardonagh Group Limited for an enterprise value of US$500 million;
  • Esco Technologies Inc, on its acquisition of MPE Limited, a manufacturer of EMC/EMP filters and capacitor products, primarily for the defense and energy sectors;
  • BGC Group, in relation to its acquisitions of (i) Ed Broking Group Limited, an independent Lloyd’s of London insurance broker and (ii) Tokio Marine Kiln Europe SA, a Belgium headquartered insurance services company owned by Tokio Marine Kiln;
  • Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK, in connection with its acquisition of EMACS, the developers of an award-winning bodyshop management system; of CAPS Consortium Ltd, which promotes data standardisation throughout the car industry through the CAPS Service; and Bodyshop Management Solutions Ltd, which designs, develops and maintains software products and hosts the CAPS Service;
  • BGC Group, on its acquisition of Algomi Limited, a software company that provides technology to bond market participants to improve their workflow and liquidity;
  • The founder of Boxpark, the retail, hospitality and leisure company, on the investment by mid-market private equity firm LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group;
  • City Chic Collective Limited, on its acquisition (and subsequent disposal), of assets comprising the longstanding UK-based women’s plus sized clothing brand “Evans” from Evans Retail Limited (in administration);
  • Tattarang Group, one of Australia’s largest private investment groups, on its acquisition of R.M. Williams, an Australian footwear and clothing company; and
  • Wireless Telecom Group, Inc., (a leader in advanced wireless communications solutions) in connection with the acquisition of CommAgility Ltd (a developer of embedded signal processing and RF modules for 4G and 5G mobile network).

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