Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s London equity capital markets team delivers cross-border transactional advice across the UK, U.S. and European exchanges. With recognised strength in both UK and U.S. securities law, the team acts for a broad mix of corporate issuers and financial institutions, regularly advising on IPOs, uplistings, secondary issuances and public company matters. Andrew Caunt leads a practice that includes US Securities partner Dorothee Fischer-Appelt and James Mountain who acts on IPOs, secondary offerings and private placements. Charlotte Osborne also comes recommended.
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Testimonials
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- 'Very experienced, user-friendly and effective ECM team based in London. Great legal and deal skills, very competent and capable in finding effective solutions to issues and obstacles, and good at listening to their client to ensure they understand the hot buttons and sensitivities and can have them fairly taken account of in the deal execution. Very good at and able to find the best middle ground, when acting on either side of a deal - ie for issuers, sellers and banks.'
- 'Excellent partner-led offering. Go-to firm for me, always clear in terms of advice, super responsive. Above all, really enjoy working with them as a team.'
- 'The team is very hands-on, pragmatic, accessible and knowlegable about the ECM market in general and about the German ECM market in particular. Best value for money of all US firms in London active in this area.'
- 'Dorothee Fischer-Appelt is very pragmatic, solution-oriented and pleasant to work with. She is well accepted by clients and knows the European ECM market in genera and the German market in particular very well.'
Key clients
- Berenberg
- Peel Hunt
- Panmure Liberum
- Selina Hospitality plc
- Zapp Electric Vehicles Ltd.
- Südzucker AG
- Goldman Sachs
- UBS mBank
- Diagnostyka S.A.
Work highlights
Represented Berenberg, Peel Hunt and Panmure Liberum on a £150 million equity capital raise of real estate company Sirius Real Estate Limited.
Advised Polish Diagnostyka Group, a leading provider of diagnostic services, on the initial public offering (IPO) of the Company’s shares and the admission of some shares to trading on the regulated market operated by the Warsaw Stock Exchange, with Citibank and Jefferies acting as global coordinators.
Acted for Nasdaq-listed Selina Hospitality PLC, a global operator of life-style hotels on the equity investment of a new strategic investor and the issuance of additional shares and warrants to the strategic investor and a group of bondholders as well as an exchange offer of new bonds for outstanding convertible bonds as part of an out-of-court recapitalization transaction relating to aggregate indebtedness of $300 million.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Pawel Szaja
Practice head
Andrew Caunt
Other key lawyers
Dorothee Fischer-Appelt; James Mountain; Charlotte Osborne