Jonathan Cheney

Superb at understanding commercial as well as legal needs. His advice is clear, concise and very well judged - Legal 500

Partner, Professional Services Group
London, UK

Expertise

Jon is a Partner in AG's Professional Services Group and advises on a broad range of matters for professional services firms, with particular expertise regarding LLP and partnership issues. His particular specialisms include mergers, corporate reorganisations and joint ventures. He is ranked in Band 1 in Chambers UK and is acknowledged in The Legal 500 as being “a thoroughly trusted and relied upon business partner” who has “an ability to translate legal jargon into meaningful and relevant commercial advice”.

Jon is noted in particular in Chambers UK for his expertise concerning the financial services sector and advises a number of asset managers, private equity houses and wealth managers on the structuring, governance and internal arrangements of their businesses, as well as dealing with mergers and acquisitions within the industry. Jon was highly commended in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers report for creating a novel equity ownership scheme for a boutique investment bank.

Experience

Examples of recent transactions include:

Advising the members of independent Lloyd's broker Miller Insurance Services LLP on the sale of the business to investors Cinven and GIC

Advising private equity house Mobeus Equity Partners LLP on the sale of its VCT Fund Management business to Gresham House plc

Advising the members of Hoare Lea LLP (an engineering consultancy business primarily based in the UK but with operations in the Middle East and Europe) on the sale of the Hoare Lea Group to Tetra Tech, Inc. (a NASDAQ listed engineering group)

Professional Memberships