IPOs and other listings

Our dedicated IPO team includes leading legal experts in equity raisings and stock exchange transactions. We offer efficient and proactive delivery of IPOs and secondary listings for issuers and their sponsors or nominated advisers.

We advise corporates and a range of sponsors, nominated advisers and brokers, bringing together corporate finance and sector expertise from across the firm. We also have US-qualified lawyers and can advise on Regulation S and Rule 144A transactions.


We also have specialist expertise in listings of overseas companies, working with our offices in France, Turkey, the CIS, the Middle East and Africa.

Our IPO practice covers:

  • Main Market and AIM IPOs
  • Reverse takeovers
  • GDRs
  • Secondary offerings
  • Specialist due diligence
  • Related party transactions
  • Advice to directors
  • Ongoing stock exchange regulatory advice

Since 2001 we have advised companies on over 25 IPOs with a total current market capitalisation of more than £4.3 billion. In 2005 our team acted on 14 AIM, Main Market and International IPOs for companies with an aggregated market capital in excess of £3 billion.