Paul Arathoon
Charles Russell Speechlys LLPCharles Russell Speechlys LLP’s team has deep-seated sector expertise in the tech, energy, and mining spaces, allowing it to advice a series of corporate issuers as well as financial advisers on fundraises, corporate restructurings and recapitalisations, and tender offers. Owing to the expertise of Paul Arathoon, the practice is also noted for its ability to advise international companies on takeovers of UK-listed targets. Andrew Collins heads up the team and is a key contact for advice on share offerings as well as public and private M&A, while Mark Howard stands out for his expertise on ECM matters in the TMT space.
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Key clients
- Shore Capital
- Transense Technologies plc
- Cakebox plc
- Tamesis Partners LLP
- Ashanti Capital Pty Ltd
- Shard Capital Partners LLP
- Caretech Holdings plc
- Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited
- Prospex Oil and Gas plc
- The Biotech Growth Trust
- VinaCapital Investment Management Limited
- India Capital Growth Fund
- Circle Property plc
- Duke Royalty
- Chelverton Growth Trust
Work highlights
- Advised China Nonferrous Gold, a company which has loans of $314m and cash of $4m, on its options, including sale, restructuring, liquidation etc.
- Advised AIM-listed 7digital Group plc on its £19.4m acquisition by Songtradr, Inc.
- Advised Circle Property, an AIM quoted investing company, on its returns of capital in March and April 2023 by way of issue redeemable B Shares and its subsequent redemption and delisting from AIM following the disposal of its last property.
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Andrew Collins