Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP‘s equity capital markets practice has carved out a strong niche advising high-growth companies in tech, life sciences, energy, media and financial services on listings and fundraisings across the globe. The ’very pragmatic’ team is especially active on issuer-side mandates, guiding clients through IPOs, direct listings and follow-on offerings on UK, US, European and Asian exchanges. Practice head Ed Lukins advises both listed and high-growth private companies, as well as their investors and founders, on a broad spectrum of corporate finance and equity capital markets matters.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Strong capability, good communication.'

  • ‘Provide a complete service and all members work hard to meet deadlines, provide concise and expert advice with a friendly manner.’

  • ‘Always make the time to talk to you, incredibly knowledge and are willing to work extensively to meet the needs of the board. Ed Dyson and his team are an excellent example for this.’

  • ‘The team have always taken a very pragmatic view towards things, looking at both the commercial drivers alongside the legal points.’

  • ‘We have worked with Ed Lukins and Edward Dyson for a number of years. They have always been very thorough in the work they do and they have a good understanding of how we look at things, which helps us to move quickly with M&A and negotiations.'

Key clients

  • Apex Creators Limited
  • AccuStem Sciences Limited
  • Atlas Metals Group plc
  • Bank J. Safra Sarasin (Gibraltar) Ltd
  • Biodexa Pharmaceuticals plc
  • Cerillion plc
  • CIIG Capital Partners II
  • Cobra Resources plc
  • Technologies New Energy plc
  • FOMTECH Limited t/a Floww
  • Hamak Gold Limited
  • Heptares Therapeutics Limited

Work highlights

Advised Codex Acquisitions PLC on its £30 million acquisition of Technologies New Energy.
Advised National World PLC on its £65.1 million acquisition by Neo Media Publishing.
Advised Kistos Holdings PLC on its £25 million acquisition of EDF Energy (Gas Storage) Limited, including two gas storage facilities, Hill Top Farm and Hole House Farm.

Practice head

Ed Lukins

Other key lawyers

Edward Dyson