Dean Poster

Dean is a Partner in the Corporate department. His practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, sports-related mergers and acquisitions, and property-related corporate work, with the latter including deals in excess of £5 billion. Dean's clients come from a wide range of industries, most notably real estate agencies, technology companies and financial services entities, and include names such as Comcast, Fusion Students, CBRE and RoyaleLife.

Dean is a member of the firm's Sports law group and has been involved in a number of football-related transactions, including the acquisitions of Leeds United FC and Bolton Wanderers FC, the sale of Leyton Orient FC on behalf of Matchroom Sports, and a recent investment into a Premier League club.

Before joining Mishcon de Reya, Dean spent over 15 years at US law firms in London. He uses his US connections and client base to help develop the firm’s relationships with US law firms.

Key Experience

• Advising Hennick & Company of Canada on its strategic partnership with Foster + Partners, the globally recognised award-winning British architectural, design and engineering firm
• Advising IGB Berhad of Malaysia on the £220 million sale of the landmark St Giles London Hotel to Criterion Capital
• Advising on the sale of the tallest build-to-rent tower in Europe
• Advising Fusion Group and Cheyne Capital on the acquisition of a site in Canada Water for purpose-built student accommodation with a gross development value of £350 million
• Advising Charlie Mullins on the sale of Pimlico Plumbers to Neighborly Inc., the world’s largest franchisor of home service brands
• Advising Fusion Students on numerous purpose-built student accommodation transactions worth over £2bn, including a £1.5bn property joint venture with Cain International
• Advising Comcast on the acquisition of Masergy Inc.
• Advising on an investment into a Premier League football club
• Advising the Sports Shield consortium on its takeover of Bolton Wanderers Football Club
• Advising Eleonora Sport Limited on its takeover of Leeds United Football Club
• Advising Matchroom Sports Limited on the sale of Leyton Orient Football Club Limited
• Advising CBRE, the world's leading commercial property and real estate services adviser, on numerous acquisitions and joint ventures in the UK and Europe
• Advising Stonehill Holdings on a development joint venture for the largest non-campus student residence in continental Europe
• Advising Backgrid on its acquisition by Shutterstock
• Advising Colliers on numerous acquisitions of commercial real estate agents
• Advising the management of LINPAC Senior Holdings Limited on the £400m sale to The Klöckner Pentaplast Group 
• Advising on the purchase of Earls Court and Olympia Exhibition and Conference Centres, two refinancings and its subsequent £400 million disposal
• Advising on the purchase, and on the subsequent sale, of the O2 Centre, London
• Advising on the creation and establishment of a new electronic market for the trading of Euro-denominated government bonds, whose 24 shareholders represented many of the world’s largest international banks and financial institutions
• Advising in relation to the €440 million acquisition of the CenterParcs Europe businesses
• Advising on a cross-border sale of a certification and inspection services company with over 80 subsidiaries and associated companies in more than 50 jurisdictions

Career History

Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Managing Partner, Coudert Brothers
Partner, Coudert Brothers
Associate, Coudert Brothers
Associate, Nabarro Nathanson
Qualified, Nabarro Nathanson
University of Leicester, LLB (Hons)