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Nick Heather

Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Of Counsel, Head of Investment Funds (UK)
Career
Trained Kennedy’s 1984-86; assistant solicitor Slaughter and May 1986-87; assistant solicitor Blyth Dutton 1987-90; partner 1990-91; partner Lawrence Graham LLP 1991 to date; Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, partner, 2014.
Leisure
Avid follower of Ipswich Town and participates in the occasional triathlon.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
(Hall of Fame)Acting for funds and banks alike, Gowling WLG‘s team is made up of ‘real specialists’ across the spectrum of issues affecting listed funds, including new listings, secondary raises and M&A in the sector. Nick Heather
continues to spearhead the firm’s efforts, with experience overseeing listings on the Main Market and AIM on behalf of funds, banks and brokers. John Reed is a key contact for fund structuring and mergers, while Oliver Riley advises across the lifecycle of funds, from structuring to IPOs and secondary fundraising, focusing in particular on real assets. Kristian Rogers is equally adept at supporting LSE listings as he is TISE and Euronext, with Kate Seabourne-Pugh acting for funds and brokers in relation to equity raises and regulatory issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Listed funds London > Investment fund formation and management
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Real estate > Environment
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Transport > Rail
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Risk advisory > ESG
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Industry focus > TMT
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport