Chapman, Hugh W.

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Hugh Chapman has been involved in a wide variety of general corporate and commercial matters as well as M&A transactions and joint ventures in the United Kingdom and the United States and in an international context, working with European, Japanese, and American businessmen and investors in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Japan. He also has extensive experience in a variety of international corporate work in other parts of the world including Australia.

Hugh's broad involvement over a long period of time with various corporate clients in an M&A context and in advising on their ongoing businesses has led to his being active in the hotel and telecommunications and IT sectors as well as in outsourcing and corporate real estate. In the hotel sector, Hugh led the Jones Day team in Europe involved with Saison's acquisition of InterContinental and their subsequent joint venture with SAS. He continues to work for hotel clients including recent work for Hilton and Thistle.

In the telecommunications and information technology area, Hugh has worked with clients such as Nextel Communications. In outsourcing, he has been involved in complex negotiations of outsourcing agreements to service providers in the computer and real estate management and advisory businesses for clients such as CB Richard Ellis.

In corporate real estate, Hugh has been a part of Jones Day's worldwide service team for corporate clients and advised a variety of major corporations including The Timken Company in its disposal of a major brownfield site in the Midlands.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Outsourcing
• M&A
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• Hospitality

Representative Cases

• International services provider seeks advice on outplacement contract
• La Poste Française acquires Parceline and Interlink Express
• Power Packaging sells Power Logistics and Power Europe to Exel
• Timken Company acquires Torrington Division of Ingersoll-Rand Company , (2009)
• Timken sells Latrobe Steel , (2009)
• Westbrook Real Estate Funds obtains financing for a 20-property portfolio in the U.K.

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Law Society of England and Wales

Education

• George Washington University
• Oxford University - England

Address

21 Tudor Street
London EC4Y , United Kingdom

Phones

44.20.7039.5200 (Business Phone)

Faxes

44.20.7039.5999 (Business Fax)

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com