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Charles Russell LLP

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Work 020 7203 5000
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Fax 020 7203 0200
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Paul Stone

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Work +44 20 7203 5110
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Charles Russell LLP

Work Department

EU & competition.

Position

Paul is a member of the competition and regulatory group at Charles Russell, advising on all aspects of EC and UK competition law. His experience covers a wide range of industry sectors, including pharmaceuticals, retailing, rail, financial services and insurance, as well as media and telecoms. Prior to joining Charles Russell, Paul worked in-house at ITV, where he was head of legal affairs, regulatory and competition. At ITV, Paul’s responsibility included advising all areas of the business on competition law and media regulation, as well as having responsibility for all litigation matters across the ITV group. Paul has been involved in a number of recent high-profile cases in the media sector in the UK, including the acquisition of BSkyB’s 17.9% stake in ITV and various projects to deliver video-on-demand content through broadband.

Career

Qualified 1997; joined Charles Russell 2009.

Education

MA (Oxon), CPE, LPC.

Leisure

Football, music.

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  • 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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