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Equity capital markets – mid-large cap

Slaughter and May

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Slaughter and May is home to a ‘strong team, from partner through to associate level’ and is known for its ardent issuer-side focus on the full spectrum of complex ECM transactions. Supporting early stage UK companies, particularly those arising out of the technology sector, is a core pillar of the group’s practice. Rebecca Cousin leads the team, focusing on equity raises, right issues, placings, and IPOs. Co-head of corporate and M&A Richard Smith and highly experienced ECM lawyer John Papanichola are other key names within the practice group.

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  • ‘Strong team, from partner through to associate level. Very outcome orientated and able to provide pragmatic solutions.’

  • ‘Strong communication and counsel - helped to convey sensitive and complex topics in an effective manner to a range of audiences, including board level. Work extremely hard. Willing to take responsibility for terms, rather than pushing everything onto the client. Hywel Davies and Filippo de Falco are excellent partners; associate David Griffiths-Jones is definitely up and coming - capable beyond his PQE.’

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Key clients

  • GSK plc
  • Marshalls plc
  • Coats Group plc
  • International Distributions Services plc (formerly Royal Mail plc)
  • Accsys Technologies plc
  • Shell plc
  • Redrow plc
  • Oxford Science Enterprises plc
  • Y-TREE

Work highlights

  • Advised GSK plc on the demerger of its Consumer Healthcare business into a separately listed group named Haleon. The demerger created a new public company (Haleon plc) which achieved a premium listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
  • Advised Marshalls plc on an equity capital raising to contribute funding to the acquisition of Marley Group, which also included a simultaneous issue of listed consideration shares.
  • Advised Shell in relation to its development of a programme to conduct repurchases of its shares listed on Euronext Amsterdam and other non-LSE exchanges, in addition to advising on its programme of repurchases of its shares listed on the LSE.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Rebecca Cousin

Rebecca Cousin

Slaughter and May

Partner; Rebecca is Head of our Equity Capital Markets practice and Co-Head of our Data Privacy practice. Rebecca’s corporate practice consists of advising clients on M&A transactions, both public and private, joint ventures, equity issues, initial public listings and long term commercial contracts. She also advises on day-to-day company law and corporate reporting and governance matters. Rebecca advises a number of clients on all aspects of Data Privacy, including on stand-alone compliance queries, in corporate transactions, e-commerce, commercial contracts and global investigations. Rebecca is a contributing author to Tolley’s Company Law Service, Privacy Laws and Business, and sits on the Consulting Editorial Board of Lexis PSL.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rebecca Cousin

Other key lawyers

Richard Smith, John Papanichola

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