Paul Airley > Fladgate LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Fladgate LLP Offices
16 GREAT QUEEN STREET
LONDON
WC2B 5DG
England
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Paul Airley
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‘s equity capital markets practice maintains a strong emphasis on international AIM transactions across the oil and gas, mining, healthcare, technology and financial services sectors. Beyond these core focus areas, the team is noted for its presence in emerging sectors such as eSports, cannabis, and psychedelics. Practice head David Robinson is well versed in ECM work and public M&A. Paul Airley also comes highly recommended by clients.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Employment > Employers
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Art and cultural property