Tier 1 Equity Capital Markets
The Legal 500 UK 2025
Band 2 Capital Markets: AIM
Chambers UK 2025
Listed Investment Companies
Experience acting on behalf of
Whether you are a company looking to IPO, raise funds as a listed issuer, require advice on ongoing listing obligations, or you are an investment bank, broker, sponsor or Nomad, we are a go-to ECM team.
Clients rely on our reputation and recognition as a market leader in mid-market ECM deals and on our extensive credentials. Clients’ needs are always at the centre of our service and our market insight and relationships across the City enable us to deliver successful outcomes efficiently and smoothly.
Our experience spans initial public offerings, secondary issues (including placings, rights issues, cash boxes and open offers), dual listings and market transfers. We also advise in relation to ongoing listing obligations, corporate governance, incentives and takeovers. Our lawyers are consultant editors of the ‘Practitioner’s Guide to the AIM Rules’. We assist with transactions on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market and AIM, as well as specialist and European stock markets.
International clients are served by core teams in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai. We support clients on both domestic and international matters. Our Singapore and Hong Kong offices also have extensive experience advising on local capital markets transactions, including SGX Main Board and Catalist deals.
We pride ourselves on our industry experience, placing as much emphasis on commercial and practical support for clients as on complex technical issues.
Our Services
International team of lawyers with experience advising our issuer and underwriter clients on initial public offerings.
- Cavendish Capital Markets Limited - MHA
Advised Cavendish Capital Markets Limited in its role as nominated adviser, bookrunner and broker to MHA, top 15 by size accountancy firm on its IPO. - Liberum Capital – Tortilla
Advised Liberum in its role as nominated adviser and sole broker to Tortilla Mexican Grill plc on its £70 million IPO on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. - Singer Capital Markets – Made Tech Group
Advised Singer Capital Markets as nomad and joint broker, and Berenberg as joint broker, on the £180 million initial public offering of Made Tech Group plc, on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. - Singer Capital Markets – Microlise
Advised Singer Capital Markets in its role as nominated adviser, sole broker and bookrunner to Microlise on Microlise’s IPO on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. - Novacyt SA
Advised Novacyt, a French diagnostics company, on its EUR25 million AIM IPO (dual listing with existing Euronext Growth Paris listing). - Hotel Chocolat
Advised Hotel Chocolat on the £167 million AIM IPO of this British chocolatier and cocoa grower.
- Panmure Gordan and Singer Capital Markets
Advised the sponsor and joint brokers, Panmure Gordon and Singer Capital Markets, on McColl's Retail Group plc’s (McColl’s) £35 million fundraise, by way of a proposed firm placing and open offer. - finnCap
Advised finnCap, in its role as nominated advisor and broker, on Access Intelligence PLC’s £19.4 million acquisition of Isentia Group, and associated £50 million fundraise. - Winterflood
Advised Winterflood, which has been appointed as placing agent on a US$700 million secondary issue for The Schiehallion Fund Limited. - Hotel Chocolat
Advised Hotel Chocolat Group plc on its £40 million fundraising by way of a secondary placing of new ordinary shares as well as an additional retail offer made via the PrimaryBid platform. - Acacia Pharma Group Plc
Advised Acacia Pharma Group plc on two successful fundraises by way of placing to institutional investors in Europe and the US for €27 million and €25 million.
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