Capital Markets

Specialist capital markets legal expertise

Our capital markets team advises companies, directors, brokers, Nomads and corporate advisers throughout the lifecycle of a listed business, from market admission and fundraising to ongoing compliance, governance and strategic transactions.

We have particular expertise in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), advising management teams and boards preparing for admission to trading and helping clients navigate the legal, regulatory and governance requirements associated with becoming a public company.

We also advise on:

• Admission to AIM, Main Market and the Aquis Exchange
• Secondary fundraisings and placings
• Reverse takeovers and other strategic transactions
• Directors’ duties and corporate governance
• UK Market Abuse Regulation compliance
• UK Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules
• Ongoing listed company compliance obligations
• Other transactional and regulatory matters faced by brokers, Nomads and corporate advisers

Our team combines technical expertise with a practical understanding of the commercial drivers behind capital markets transactions, helping clients manage risk while pursuing growth opportunities.

Cross-practice legal expertise

Capital markets transactions frequently require specialist advice across multiple legal disciplines. Our capital markets lawyers work closely with colleagues across the firm’s banking, employment, tax, regulatory and real estate teams to provide coordinated advice throughout a transaction and beyond.

This integrated approach enables us to provide seamless, practical advice across all aspects of a transaction, helping clients manage legal and regulatory complexity while remaining focused on their commercial objectives.

Our lawyers also maintain strong relationships with the wider capital markets advisory community and are often able to introduce clients to brokers, corporate advisers, Nomads, reporting accountants and other specialist advisers where appropriate, helping clients assemble the right advisory team at every stage of a transaction.

Recent Transactions

• Advising Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Limited, the broker, in relation to a three-phase placing for DeepVerge plc
• Advising Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Limited, the broker, in relation to a cash-box placing for Ironveld plc
• Advising Peterhouse Capital Limited on a placing agreement in relation to a reverse takeover of East Star Resources plc and connected fundraising
• Advising Vector Capital plc on its secondary fundraising by way of placing
• Advising executive board members of a digital advertising business in connection with its admission to trading on AIM
• Advising Peterhouse Capital Limited in relation to a placing agreement in connection with the reverse takeover of Spinnaker Opportunities Limited by Kanabo Research Limited
• Advising Wildcat Petroleum Limited on its admission to the Official List and to trading on the Standard Segment of the London Stock Exchange
• Advising Vector Capital plc on its admission to trading on AIM
• Advising a director of a public company operating in the cladding industry on his duties

If you would like more information or require legal advice in relation to capital markets, please contact our specialist capital markets lawyers.