Jeremy Cruse

Key experience includes advising:

• Main Market listed International Personal Finance plc in relation to the £543m takeover offer by BasePoint Capital
• Houlihan Lokey in its capacity as financial adviser to Verdane in relation to its £185 million takeover offer of Augmentum Fintech plc
• AIM-quoted Curtis Banks Group plc in relation to the £242m takeover offer by Nucleus Financial
• Rothermere Continuation Limited in relation to the £3.1bn reorganisation and related takeover of Daily Mail and General Trust plc
• Numis Securities Limited as sponsor on the £651m IPO of AJ Bell plc on the Main Market.

Public M&A

• Main Market listed International Personal Finance plc in relation to the £543m takeover offer by BasePoint Capital;
• AIM-quoted Brand Architekts plc in relation to the £13.9m takeover by Warpaint London plc;
• AIM-quoted Curtis Banks Group plc in relation to the £242m takeover offer by Nucleus Financial;
• Rothschild in its capacity as financial adviser to Cap10 in relation to its £214m takeover offer for Sureserve Group PLC;
• Rothermere Continuation Limited in relation to the £3.1bn reorganisation and related takeover of Daily Mail and General Trust plc;
• J.P. Morgan in its capacity as financial adviser to Triton in relation to its £1.3bn takeover offer for Clinigen Group plc;
• Associated British Foods plc in relation to its £48m takeover offer for National Milk Records plc;
• Liberum in its capacity as financial adviser to Songtradr in relation to its £19.4m takeover offer for 7Digital plc;
• Teneo in its capacity as financial adviser to Ganfeng International Trading (Shanghai) Limited in relation to its £284m recommended takeover of Bacanora Lithium plc;
• AIM-quoted IMImobile plc in relation to the £543m takeover offer by Cisco Systems, Inc;
• AIM-quoted Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings plc in relation to the £110m takeover offer by Perkin Elmer Inc;.
• GVC Holdings PLC in relation to its up to £4.0 billion takeover of Ladbrokes Coral Group plc;
• AIM-quoted SafeCharge International Group Limited in relation to the £700m takeover offer by Nuvei Corporation;
• GVC Holdings PLC in relation to its £1.1 billion public takeover of bwin.party entertainment plc, the subsequent admission of GVC to the standard segment of the Official List and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, and the subsequent transfer of GVC's listing to the premium segment of the Official List;
• Atlas Merchant Capital LLC and QInvest LLC in relation to their £15.5m public takeover of Panmure Gordon & Co. plc;.

 IPOs and reverse takeovers

• on a number of prospective IPOs on both the Main Market and AIM
• Marwyn Acquisition Company II Limited in relation to its £36m reverse takeover of InvestAcc Limited, and the readmission of the enlarged share capital of MAC II to trading on the Main Market
• Liberum Capital Limited, as nominated adviser and sole bookrunner, on the £120m IPO of SourceBio International plc on AIM
• Numis Securities Limited as sponsor on the £651m IPO of AJ Bell plc on the Main Market
• Singer Capital Markets as nominated adviser and broker on the £76m IPO of essensys plc on AIM
• The Multifamily Housing REIT in relation to its proposed IPO on the Main Market
• Peel Hunt LLP in relation to the £20m reverse takeover by City of London Group plc of Milton Homes Limited
• Peel Hunt LLP in relation to the £16.1m IPO of Dorcaster plc on AIM and the £12 million reverse takeover by Dorcaster of Escape Hunt Group Limited
• Canaccord Genuity Limited in relation to the step up from AIM to the Main Market of Sirius Real Estate Limited, and Berenberg in relation to a £15m placing carried out by Sirius

Secondary fundraisings

• Sanne Group plc in relation to its £80m placing on the Main Market in connection with the acquisition of STRAIT Capital Company Limited
• Investec Bank plc and Liberum Capital Limited in relation to the £16m placing carried out by Medica Group plc
• Peel Hunt LLP in relation to the £18m placing carried out by Eurocell plc
• advising Singer Capital Markets and Berenberg in relation to the £33m placing and open and offer and £6m secondary placing carried out by essensys plc
• Peel Hunt LLP in relation to the £27m cash box placing carried out by Curtis Banks Group plc in connection with its acquisition of Suffolk Life Group Limited
• Cenkos Securities plc in relation to the £29m placing, open offer, PrimaryBid offer and loan note issuance carried out by Flowgroup plc
• Rathbone Brothers plc in relation to its £38 million placing on the Main Market.

Other public company

• Rathbones Group plc in relation to its £50m on market share buyback
• Daily Mail and General Trust plc in relation to a Court-approved reduction of capital
• Peel Hunt LLP in relation to the tender offer share buyback of up to £50m conducted by Blancco Technology Group plc

Private M&A

• Artelia Group Holding S.A.S in relation to its acquisition of Pick Everard, a major multidisciplinary player in the UK construction consultancy sector
• Nordisk Games A/S in relation to its acquisition of Supermassive Games Limited
• Immediate Media in relation to its acquisition of Nutracheck
• HarperCollins Publishers Limited in relation to numerous acquisitions, including the children's books business of Egmont in the UK, Germany and Poland
• Wrist Ship Supply A/S in relation to the acquisition of Garrets (Holdings) Limited, an outsourced marine catering services provider

Investments

• Experian Finance plc in relation to its minority investment in Reward Loyalty UK Limited
• British International Investment, the development finance institution wholly-owned by the UK government, on a number of its Africa-focussed investments, including:

Zanzibar Pharma, an investment platform established for the purposes of acquiring pharmaceutical investments in India and Africa

UNICAF, a joint venture with the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, to provide online degree courses to students in Malawi and elsewhere in Africa

HCG Africa, a joint venture with HCG India relating to the establishment of oncology clinics in East Africa and

Manipal Africa, a joint venture relating to the establishment of out-of hospital care and diagnostics clinics

• British International Investment, Convergence Partners and Proparco on their joint investment in Paradigm Tower Ventures, a sub-Saharan African towers platform
• Nordisk Games A/S in relation to its investment in Supermassive Games Limited; and
• Bancar Technologies Limited in relation to the UK aspects of each of its funding rounds.

• French - excellent command

• University College London (LL.B. Law with French Law, 2003, 2:1)