Life sciences and tech sector expert Martin Penn and regional listed company specialist Robert Newman jointly head up DLA Piper’s UK-wide ECM team, which advises both issuers and underwriters on a broad array of domestic and international IPOs, secondary fundraises, and take-private transactions. The team is well-regarded for its work advising foreign and dual-listed clients on IPOs and redomiciliations, and its recent workload also includes handling a series of emergency fundraisings on AIM. Russell Holden, who joined the firm in July 2023 from a previous position at Taylor Wessing LLP, is a key contact for advice on AIM IPOs as well as public M&A, and Karin Kirschner stands out for her extensive experience handling takeovers and mergers of listed entities.
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Témoignages
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- 'Particularly impressed by pragmatism, client focus, and humanity. I can’t think of better legal people to spend so much time with on complex, intensive matters.'
Clients clés
- HUTCHMED (China) Limited
- YouGov plc
- Keywords Studios plc
- CVS Group plc
- Learning Technologies Group plc
- Accesso Technology Group plc
- Science Group
- Netcall plc
- Watkin Jones plc
- Knights Group plc
Points forts
- Advised YouGov plc on the €315m acquisition of GfK CP, which was partly funded by a £51.2m ABB placing.
- Advised Tintra plc (now Tintra Limited) on a tender offer and de-listing.
- Advised Zoo Digital plc on a secondary fundraise by way of an ABB placing and retail offer.
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Responsable de la pratique
Martin Penn; Robert Newman
Autres avocats clés
Russell Holden; Karin Kirschner; Alex Tamlyn