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Equity capital markets – small-mid cap

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Squire Patton Boggs

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With strong links to clients nationwide, Squire Patton Boggs’ ECM practice operates seamlessly across its UK offices and internationally, advising on AIM fundraisings for both issuers and underwriters. Active across the tech, life sciences, and industrials sectors, the group regularly handles domestic and cross-border retail offerings and take-private deals. Spearheading the team is Jane Haxby , who regularly advises listed clients on a broad range of equity capital markets transactions
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  • 'Squire Patton Boggs have excellent capability in this area, with great expertise, knowledge and experience, very responsive and able to meet short deadlines, and excellent understanding of our business and industry. Their reach in other jurisdictions has also been very useful to our business.’

  • ‘We use Jayson Marks, who is our relationship partner, who is an excellent lawyer, with very good expertise and experience, detailed knowledge of our industry sector, excellent knowledge of our business and understanding of our business activities and objectives. He is always available when we need him and very responsive. Overall, we have great confidence in his advice and overall he provides us with an excellent service.’

Key clients

  • Sopheon plc
  • Instem plc
  • Zeus Capital Limited
  • Xeros Technology Group plc
  • Metals Exploration plc
  • WH Ireland Group plc
  • Luceco plc
  • Canaccord Genuity Limited
  • Kooth plc
  • Davy Capital Markets UK
  • LBG Media plc
  • 80 Mile plc

Work highlights

Advised AIM-quoted Metals Exploration plc on its £90.1 million recommended takeover of AIM and TSX dual-listed Condor Gold plc (implemented by scheme of arrangement).
Advised AIM-quoted Animalcare Group plc on its £20 million placing and subscription to fund its £62.2 million acquisition of Australian business Randlab.
Advised main market listed Ricardo plc on its disposal of Ricardo Defense, Inc to Proteus Enterprises LLC for £67.5 million.

Practice head

Hannah Kendrick; Jane Haxby

Other key lawyers

Jayson Marks