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Charles Russell LLP

FLOOR 31, BAHRAIN WORLD TRADE CENTRE, WEST TOWER, ISA AL KABEER AVENUE, PO BOX 31249, MANAMA, BAHRAIN

Clive Hopewell

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Charles Russell LLP

Work Department

Corporate finance.

Position

Clive specialises in fundraisings and mergers and acquisitions, both public and private. He also heads the firm’s energy and natural resources group. Clive spent two years as an adviser in the equity markets group of the London Stock Exchange (now known as the UK Listing Authority) and his securities practice involves acting for both institutions and issuers in respect of both the Official List and AIM. Clive’s practice is particularly international – on the private equity side, he regularly advises on investments in a variety of jurisdictions and he has a particular interest in the Gulf States and emerging markets. On the securities side, he has wide experience of advising on domestic and international listings and offerings.

Career

Trained Rowe & Maw; qualified 1994; adviser in the Equity Markets Group of the London Stock Exchange 1998-2000; partner Charles Russell 2001.

Languages

Basic Italian.

Member

Chair, Young Enterprise Trust (Central London).

Education

University of Warwick (BA Hons History); Nottingham Law School.

Practice Areas

Corporate and commercial; Corporate finance; M&A

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Charles Russell LLP

  • The legal due diligence process on an initial public offering on AIM

    When a company is proposing to apply for admission of its shares to AIM on an initial public offering (IPO), legal due diligence is an integral part of the process required to be carried out by the company. Legal due diligence is primarily designed to help minimise potential liability for the company and its board of directors, who have primary responsibility for the admission document. The nominated adviser to a company, however, is also responsible to the London Stock Exchange for assessing the appropriateness of the company for AIM, and legal due diligence plays a key role in this. Legal due diligence will highlight at an early stage of the process any issues that need to be dealt with to ensure that the company will be suitable for admission to AIM. Through this process, the company will also gather the information required to be included in the admission document.
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