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Mike Bienenfeld

Mike Bienenfeld

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Linklaters LLP

Linklaters LLP

England - London • Corporate and commercial

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Equity capital markets: mid-large cap

Linklaters LLP advises corporates, sponsors, governments, and banks on the full suite of equity capital markets transactions, spanning IPOs, rights issues, private placements, and cross-border listings. With integrated US and UK law capabilities and strong regulatory expertise, the team also supports clients on sponsor obligations, governance, and equity financing strategy across major global exchanges. Team lead Pam Shores assists companies, sponsors and investment banks on highly complex and transformative deals. Co-head James Wootton acts on IPOs, secondary offerings and M&A, and is known for his longstanding relationships with major multinational clients and investment banks. Co-head Tom Thorne draws on his previous in-house experience in Morgan Stanley’s capital markets execution team to comprehensively advise underwriter clients. Over the past two years, Jason Manketo has advised on a variety of substantial IPOs across Europe and the Middle East, while Mike Bienenfeld spearheads the firm’s SEC compliance offering. Asad Ahmed also comes recommended. Richard Spedding joined from Travers Smith LLP in September 2024.
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Phone
020 7456 3660
Email
[email protected]
Profile
linklaters.com
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Work Department
Corporate
Position

Mike is a US corporate and capital markets partner based in London. His practice focusses on equity and debt capital markets, public M&A and SEC advisory work. He is the co-head of the SEC compliance function at Linklaters, and established the firm’s SEC Transactions and Compliance Group. Mike is SEC counsel to some of the largest international companies listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ, and has significant experience advising on listings and IPOs on the major stock exchanges across the US, Europe and South Africa, event-driven rights issues and equity placings, private capital raising and debt capital markets transactions.

Career

Associate Linklaters 1998; counsel 2007; partner 2009.

Memberships
New York Bar Forum for US Securities Lawyers in London
Education

Dartmouth College (1995 BA); Columbia Law School (1998 JD).

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Testimonials

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  • 'Exceptional client service - an ability to look at a situation from all angles. Anticipating problems and solutions before they arise.'  

Key clients

  • Raspberry Pi OQ Exploration & Production AviAlliance OQ Base Industries National Grid Alpha Group Atalaya Mining Anglo American NatWest Petrofac Limited

Work highlights

Advised Raspberry Pi on its £541m IPO and listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Advised a syndicate of 13 banks, acting as underwriters, on the €2.3bn IPO of CVC Capital Partners and its listing on Euronext Amsterdam.
Advised National Grid plc on its £7bn fully underwritten rights issue.