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Iain Wagstaff
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Iain is a partner in the corporate practice who specialises in public and private mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, secondary capital raisings and joint ventures. He acts for corporates, financial sponsors and investment banks. He has completed two client secondments at leading investment banks. Iain’s recent experience includes advising BC Partners and Pollen Street Capital on their acquisition of Shawbrook, Stonegate on its offer for Revolution Bars, Hutchison on its potential £9.5 billion acquisition of O2 and Three’s acquisition of UK Broadband, Bill Kenwright and others on the sale of Everton Football Club to Farhad Mosiri, Centrica on the acquisition of ENER-G, Siemens on the £1.742bn acquisition of the international automated rail business of Invensys plc and the £950 million acquisition of Rolls Royce’s energy business; GDF SUEZ on its €20.2bn reverse takeover of International Power plc and subsequent €9.5bn recommended cash offer for the minority stake; GDF SUEZ on the disposal of 30% of its upstream oil and gas business to China Investment Corporation and the disposal of its North Sea assets to Total; Fresnillo on its demerger, redomicile and listing on the London Stock Exchange; initial public offerings for Investec, Biffa, Aldermore, CMC Markets, Card Factory, Manx Telecom and Just Eat; Capital Shopping Centres on the acquisition of the Trafford Centre and defence of hostile approach from Simon Property Group; and on secondary capital raisings including those by British Land, intu Properties, Investec and Meggitt.
Career
Trainee, Linklaters 1999-2001; Secondment, Goldman Sachs International 2001; associate Linklaters 2001-04; Secondment, Citigroup 2004-05; managing associate, Linklaters 2005-10; partner Linklaters London 2010 to date.
Education
Nottingham University (1997 LLB Law); Nottingham Law School (1998 LPC (Distinction)).
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Trade finance
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers