Life sciences and tech sector expert Martin Penn and regional listed company specialist Robert Newman jointly head up DLA Piper’s UK-wide ECM team, which advises both issuers and underwriters on a broad array of domestic and international IPOs, secondary fundraises, and take-private transactions. The team is well-regarded for its work advising foreign and dual-listed clients on IPOs and redomiciliations, and its recent workload also includes handling a series of emergency fundraisings on AIM. Russell Holden, who joined the firm in July 2023 from a previous position at Taylor Wessing LLP, is a key contact for advice on AIM IPOs as well as public M&A, and Karin Kirschner stands out for her extensive experience handling takeovers and mergers of listed entities.
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Key clients

  • HUTCHMED (China) Limited
  • YouGov plc
  • Keywords Studios plc
  • CVS Group plc
  • Learning Technologies Group plc
  • Accesso Technology Group plc
  • Science Group
  • Netcall plc
  • Watkin Jones plc
  • Knights Group plc

Work highlights

Advised YouGov plc on the €315m acquisition of GfK CP, which was partly funded by a £51.2m ABB placing.
Advised Tintra plc (now Tintra Limited) on a tender offer and de-listing.
Advised Zoo Digital plc on a secondary fundraise  by way of an ABB placing and retail offer.

Practice head

Martin Penn; Robert Newman

Other key lawyers

Russell Holden; Karin Kirschner; Alex Tamlyn