Addleshaw Goddard's Corporate Finance practice advises on the full range of transactions typically undertaken by public companies with the assistance of their investment banks, financial advisers and corporate brokers. These include IPOs/flotations, secondary issues (both equity and debt), public takeovers, tender offers, share buy backs and corporate reorganisations and demergers.

Key Facts

Clients range from FTSE 100 companies to AIM start-up companies operating in many sectors  

20 partners and 45 assistants working in this practice area

Key Products and Services

• IPO's/Flotations (Official List and AIM)
  
• Secondary Issues (equity and debt; Official List And AIM)
  
• Public Takeovers
  
• Tender Offers
  
• Reorganisations/demergers
  
• Share buy backs
  
  
  

Clients and Experience

Recent experience includes:

Advised the shareholders in Rightmove.co.uk plc on its £425m flotation on the Official List, sponsored by UBS

Advised Lookers on the £492m recommended takeover offer for Reg Vardy

Advised Bridgewell Group on the its £52m AIM IPO

Advised BT on the  £66.7m takeover offer for PlusNet plc

Advised Westbury Property Fund Limited (a Guernsey fund which is listed on the London Stock Exchange) on its £60m placing and open offer

Advised Datamonitor on the £41.8m takeover offer for Ovum

Advised Assura Medical (Guernsey Fund listed on the London Stock Exchange) on its £110m placing, open offer and related parties acquisition

Advised KBC Peel Hunt on the £76m main market fundraising for Guernsey’s Teesland Advantage Property Income Trust

Advised Rockhopper Exploration on its £30m AIM IPO, with a £15 million share placing by joint brokers Arden Partners and Ambrian Partners

Advised KBC Peel Hunt on the £124m AIM IPO fundraising for Hansteen, an investor in Continental European commercial property