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Work Department

Corporate.

Position

Tom has wide ranging experience in capital raising with a particular industry focus on the natural resources sector (mining, oil and gas and renewables). His practice includes advising on IPOs and secondary issues (main market and AIM), public company takeovers, investment funds, domestic and cross-border M&A and advising quoted companies on their obligation to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange. Recent experience includes: advising Hardy Oil & Gas on its flotation on AIM, subsequent fundraisings and move to the Main Market; advising resources services provider, Cape Plc on its redomiciliation by way of a scheme of arrangement and simultaneous move up from AIM to the Main Market; advising Liberum Capital and Mirabaud Securities on the AIM IPO of West African mining group, Hummingbird Resources Plc ($140m); advising Strand Hanson, Mirabaud Securities and GMP Securities on the IPO of Madagascar Oil Ltd and admission to AIM (£183m); advising Arden Partners in connection with the AIM IPO of Indian outsourcing call centre operator, iEnergizer Ltd (£174m) and associated placing; advising Clipper Windpower plc on its £75m placing and flotation on AIM; advising KSK Power Ventur on its $260m AIM listing, subsequent fundraisings and move to the Main Market; advising Arden Partners in connection with the IPOs of Indus Gas ($600m) and Great Eastern Energy Corporation (£105m); advising Zenergy Power plc on its AIM IPO and subsequent secondary fundraisings; advising Ruffer Investment Company Limited on its £50m placing and flotation on the main market; advising Seymour Pierce on the flotation of Burren Energy plc on the main market and £40m fundraising; advising on many AIM flotations and associated fundraisings, including Patagonia Gold plc, Xcite Energy Limited, City Lofts Group plc, Block Shield Corporation plc, Aurum Mining plc, PipeHawk plc, Pure Entertainment Games plc, Zenergy Power plc and Landore Resource Ltd; advising Brancote Holdings plc on the recommended $368m takeover by Meridian Gold Inc and advising Premier Asset Management plc on its £44m MBO and take private. Institutional clients include Arbuthnot Securities, Arden Partners, Ambrian Partners, Collns Stewart GMP Security, Liberum Capital, Mirabaud Securities; Renaissance Capital, Seymour Pierce, Strand Partners, Yorkville advisers and ZAI Corporate Finance. Tom also organises LG’s hugely successful Annual Nomad Conference for the nomad community in London.

Career

Trained at Lawrence Graham LLP 1994-96; assistant solicitor, Lawrence Graham LLP 1996-2004; partner, Lawrence Graham LLP 2004.

Education

Felsted School; Bristol University (1993 LLB Hons); College of Law, Guildford (1994).

Leisure

Rugby (more watching than playing); travel and family.

Practice Areas

Corporate finance; Flotations (small and mid-cap); M&A