John is an English qualified lawyer and he leads PwC UK’s Legal Corporate and Deals team nationally based across London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds.
John leads PwC’s UK Legal Corporate & Deals practice, with teams of corporate lawyers working across London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.
John has a particular specialisation in domestic and cross-border M&A, international and domestic business reorganisations, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and shareholder reward schemes. He frequently leads and works within multi-disciplinary teams both domestically and internationally, providing an integrated approach to corporate advisory services ranging from stand-alone due diligence engagements to full transaction design and execution.
John has extensive experience having been a corporate lawyer for over 19 years. He brings a “client” perspective to his role having previously spent 5 years on the board of an AIM-listed business as Director of Legal & Corporate Affairs prior to joining PwC. John originally qualified and trained at an international law firm.
“John is responsive and has a "can-do" attitude. He is commercial/pragmatic in his approach, achieving a balance between advising on the blackletter law and considering the risk/commercial reality of a situation. This is an excellent attribute and one that will always make me revert to John ahead of others for advice.”
CEO, UK Private Owned Group