Jonathan Marks

• T  +44 (0)20 7090 3056 (Direct line)
• E  jonathan.marks@slaughterandmay.com

• London 
• One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY

Jonathan has a corporate and corporate finance practice and has been involved in demutualisations, fund-raisings, joint ventures and private and public acquisitions. He also has experience of banking and capital markets transactions.

His recent work includes advising:

• Aviva plc on its disposal of a 15% stake in the listed Dutch insurer Delta Lloyd N.V. for approximately £381 million
• Greencore on its proposed merger with Northern Foods, the first transaction under the UK Takeover Code using the Cross-Border Mergers Directive
• Aviva in connection with the termination of its long-standing bancassurance joint ventures with RBS, and entry into a new distribution arrangements with the same party
• GlaxoSmithKline on its £900m bulk annuity buy-in agreement with Prudential and RSA on its £1.9 billion asset backed swap and longevity insurance contracts with Goldman Sachs International and Rothesay Life
• Standard Life on its sale of Standard Life Healthcare to a subsidiary of South African listed insurer Discovery as well on its demutualisation and flotation on the London Stock Exchange
• Aviva on the sale of its Indian and Sri Lankan offshoring operations to WNS and the outsourcing of the administration and reinsurance by its UK life business, Norwich Union Life, of legacy life and pension policies to Swiss Re
• Cox Insurance on its acquisition as part of a public-to-private transaction and its earlier restructuring to limit the group's exposure to losses arising from the events of 11 September 2001
• various Morgan Stanley real estate funds on the offer for Canary Wharf
• Diageo on its disposal of Mumm Cuvée Napa and the Croft and Sandeman port businesses and its agreement with Pernod Ricard dealing with the termination of their relationship for the acquisition and restructuring of the Seagram wine and spirit business
• Norwich Union on its flotation and subsequent merger with CGU to form CGNU (now called AVIVA)

Jonathan is the author of the chapter on Corporate Governance in 'A Practitioner's Guide to Directors' Duties and Responsibilities', Third and Fourth Editions.