Richard Sheen
Norton Rose FulbrightCross-border deals represent a significant focus of the equity capital markets team at Norton Rose Fulbright, which leverages its ‘wide geographical footprint’ to handle a large volume of primary and secondary listings, de-SPACs, and takeover deals across the UK and US as well as in EMEA growth markets. In addition to working with a wide roster of FTSE-listed clients, the team stands out in particular for its bookrunner-side offering, which sees it advising the likes of J.P. Morgan and HSBC on asset manager M&A as well as on fundraisings for companies in the mining and tech sectors. Raj Karia heads up the team and is well-versed in international ECM transactions, while Richard Sheen is noted for his close relationships with fund and asset manager clients and Fiona Millington handles a large volume of equity issuances and public M&A.
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‘Fiona Millington's advice is always commercial. She resolves sticky issues with ease while protecting her client's interests. Fiona is always available and responsive.’
‘Responsive and always try to see an issue from the client's perspective.’
Key clients
- Deutsche Numis
- Peel Hunt
- Canaccord Genuity Limited
- Cantor Fitzgerald
- Mortgage Advice Bureau Holdings
- Grant Thornton
- Investec Bank plc
- Berenberg
- J.P. Morgan Securities plc.
- HSBC
- Goldman Sachs International
- Orascom
- Aedifica
- Warehouses de Pauw
- Taleem Management Services
- Xior Student Housing
- Ekopak
Work highlights
- Advised Canaccord Genuity, Cantor Fitzgerald and Joh. Berenberg in connection with Yellow Cake plc's placing of 15m new Ordinary Shares with existing and new institutional investors at a fixed price of £4.12 per share via an accelerated bookbuild to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
- Advised HSBC and Peel Hunt as joint bookrunners on a £60m equity fundraising by Volex PLC by way of accelerated bookbuild, used to part finance the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Murat Ticaret Kablo Sanayi A.Ş. Market.
- Advised joint book-runners Numis Securities and Canaccord on the sell-down by Buckthorn Partners and management of part of their shareholding in Ashtead Technology.
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Raj Karia