Paul Airley > Fladgate LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Fladgate LLP
16 GREAT QUEEN STREET
LONDON
WC2B 5DG
England
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Work Department

Corporate

Position

I specialise in equity capital markets transactions, M&A and advisory mandates, acting for clients ranging from founders to financial institutions. I am active in both traditional and novel business sectors, including energy and resources, technology, cannabis, and psychedelics.
I am an experienced corporate and equity capital markets lawyer.

I enjoy advising clients in diverse, challenging and often novel sectors, including mining, oil and gas, renewable energy, technology (including blockchain and cryptocurrencies), financial services, cannabis and psychedelics.

I act for UK and international issuers, founders, investors and financial institutions on a wide range of capital markets and M&A transactions including: LSE Main Market and AIM IPOs (including dual IPOs); secondary financings and M&A transactions for listed issuers; UK financings for overseas issuers; public takeovers, private acquisitions and joint ventures; activist shareholder situations; corporate governance matters; and corporate reorganisations.

After 7 years as a partner in the London office of a major Canadian law firm, I have a particular interest in advising Canadian companies on capital markets and M&A transactions in the UK.

I am consistently ranked in the Legal 500 UK for Equity Capital Markets, Mining & Minerals, and Oil & Gas work.

Career

Trained Osborne Clark, qualified 1997; joined Fladgate as a partner in 2012.

Memberships

Law Society.

Education

Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe; Bristol University, LLB (1993) and LPC (1995)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap

Fladgate LLP chiefly guides issuers and brokers through listings and offerings on the AIM and Aquis exchanges, with a particular focus on handling transactions in the natural resources space as well as in innovation-heavy sectors such as as e-sports and crypto. The team is well-regarded for its work with international clients seeking to list and fundraise on the UK market, and it also regularly advises on cross-border takeovers and equity transfers. Key contacts in the team include practice head David Robinson, who frequently acts on equity transactions for companies in the tech space, as well as Paul Airley and Nigel Gordon.