Firm News
New Director of International Strategy for Mishcon de Reya
| Release Date: |
26 February 2007 |
Mishcon de Reya is delighted to announce the appointment of well-known international corporate lawyer and high-profile Indian expert, Toby Greenbury as Director of International Strategy and Co-Head of the Firm’s India Desk, alongside immigration expert Kamal Rahman.
Prior to joining Mishcon de Reya, Toby was a consultant with Olswang, where Toby spearheaded their India practice. Prior to joining Olswang he was Senior Partner at DJ Freeman where he advised on domestic and international corporate finance work. Toby has been closely involved with the US, since working in New York and being admitted to the New York bar in the late 1970s.
Toby’s client- and contact-base is both domestic and international but he has particularly focused on India over the last two or three years, as India has really begun to emerge economically, and he acts for a range of companies involved in trade, investment and business between the UK and India.
Toby's Indian expertise is highlighted by his instrumental involvement in bringing Great Eastern Energy Corporation to the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange (‘AIM’) in 2005, which was the first Indian company to come to AIM. He was also instrumental in bringing Trinity Capital PLC to AIM in 2006. Trinity (which raised £250 million), was the first real estate fund focusing on India to come to AIM. Toby was the Founder and also sits on Trinity's board of advisors.
Toby's arrival at Mishcon de Reya will be a considerable boost to the Firm’s established India Desk, which has extensive experience of advising Indian clients doing business in the UK and Europe, as well as UK clients wishing to expand their business into India.
Recent high profile Indian deals which Mishcon’s India Desk have advised on are: the US$45 million AIM GDR issue for Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited (the first for a listed Indian company); the UK acquisition of 100% ownership of Keyline Brands Limited by Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, one of India’s most rapidly growing Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies and the structuring and establishment of the K2 Property Fund, a €100 million fund for investment in Indian real estate, domiciled between India, Mauritius, Cyprus and Jersey, listed on the Euronext market as Yatra Capital plc.
Toby is also a Director of the Indo British Partnership Network, which is backed by both governments and chaired by leading industry figures and was set up in 2005 to increase bilateral trade and investment between the UK and India.
Mishcon’s managing partner Kevin Gold stated:
“The fact that we have been able to attract a person of Toby’s stature is a testament to the strength of our reputation and the distinctive international focus that we feel is vital to the success of our strategy for growth. Toby’s arrival to the Firm is also a tremendous opportunity to enhance further our leading corporate capability and to boost our long-established and full-service India Desk offering”.
Toby Greenbury said: “I am delighted to have joined such a dynamic firm. Mishcon's strength in acting for Indian corporate and private clients, and also UK clients investing in India, makes it a particularly attractive firm for me, at a time when the world is increasingly becoming aware of what is happening in India and Indian companies are becoming increasingly active in the UK and Europe. I look forward to contributing my international experience and management knowledge to further enhance Mishcon's success and to add to their already impressive international client offering”.
Toby started at Mishcon de Reya on Monday 26th February.
For further information please contact Jo Rosenblatt on +44 (0)20
20 7383 3623 or +44 (0)7703 534 007.