Linklaters LLP

Capital markets.

Global Chair of Equities.  Advises clients on the life cycle of their equity capital markets activities, from early-stage private placements through to IPOs and secondary market capital raisings, including accelerated bookbuildings and rights issues, as well as cross-border M&A and debt capital market transactions. He advises across multiple sectors, including fintech, financial services and consumer sectors, and markets, including the UK, MENA and Benelux region. He is also a member of the firm’s cross-practice ESG team, with a particular focus on ESG disclosure and governance issues, and has been at the forefront of the development of the European SPAC market, advising sponsors and underwriters in connection with SPAC IPO and de-SPAC transactions on the Amsterdam and London stock exchanges.

Associate, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York 1993-95; associate, global equity and debt markets group, Linklaters, London 1996-2001; partner 2002

Member of the New York Bar, Registered Foreign Lawyer – England & Wales

Northwestern University (1990 BA Economics and Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa); Stanford Law School (1993 JD).