Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s London-based equity capital markets team regularly leverages the firm’s US and international presences to handle private placements, primary and secondary offerings, debt and equity restructurings, and take-private transactions for both New York- and London-listed clients. Dorothee Fischer-Appelt is particularly noted for her US-UK cross-border expertise and regularly advises on US offerings as well as on the US securities and regulatory aspects of share issuances for UK and European corporate clients. Andrew Caunt heads up the team and handles fundraises in the UK as well as in emerging markets. UK ECM expert James Mountain is also a name to note.
Testimonials
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‘Dorothee Fischer-Appelt is efficient, professionally skilled, always friendly and very pleasant to work with.’
Key clients
- Admiral Acquisition
- Südzucker
- UBS
- Numis Securities
- Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG
- Peel Hunt
- Deutsche Bank
- Panmure Gordon
Work highlights
- Advised Admiral on its IPO on the London Stock Exchange, raising US$550m.
- Advised Berenberg, Peel Hunt and Panmure Gordon on the £146m capital raised by Sirius Real Estate Limited, a German and UK real estate company listed on the premium segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchang, including an institutional placing, a South African Placing and a retail offer via the PrimaryBid platform.
- Advised Numis and Berenberg as joint bookrunners in connection with the £62m placing of new shares by LSE-listed JTC plc, to partially fund JTC’s acquisition of South Dakota Trust Company, as announced in June 2023.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Caunt