Ashurst’s equity capital markets team is noted for the strength of its relationships with leading investment banks, brokerage firms, and fund clients, who rely on the ‘fully integrated team’ for advice on domestic and international transactions. The team handles a diverse array of public and private rights issues, including IPOs and private placements, and it is also well-regarded for its expertise in handling share mergers in the asset management space. Simon Bullock is a key contact for this line of work and co-leads the team together with Nicholas Holmes, who is a well-regarded expert on the corporate and regulatory aspects of equity transactions, and Stuart Rubin, who heads up the practice’s international and US securities offering.
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‘Fully integrated team with wide expertise and background. Always reachable and very client focused. Very active and happy to support clients also after mandates on various ad-hoc questions and personnel support.’
‘Simon Bullock, Stuart Rubin, Rodrigo Romero Hidalgo and Kseniia Samokhina are super smart and flexible.’
Key clients
- Goldman Sachs
- Morgan Stanley
- Jefferies
- Tritax Big Box REIT
- Barclays Bank PLC
- J.P. Morgan Cazenove
- Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited
- RBC Europe
- Citi
- Deutsche Numis
Work highlights
- Advised Tritax Big Box REIT plc in connection with the all-share offer for UK Commercial Property REIT Limited.
- Advised Liberum Capital as Capital Markets Adviser to Dar Global PLC on the direct listing of its entire issued ordinary share capital to admission on the standard listing segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market for listed securities.
- Advised Jefferies on a number of transactions relating to Adani Group companies.
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Practice head
Nicholas Holmes; Simon Bullock; Stuart Rubin
Other key lawyers
Jeffrey Johnson; Louise Chan; Louise Johnson; Rodrigo Romero Hidalgo; Kseniia Samokhina