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The Team
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Below is a list of
our key AIM contacts:
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Simon Gilbert, Partner
Head of Corporate Finance Group
London: +44 (0)20 7203 5105
Email: simon.gilbert@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Simon is head of Corporate Finance
at Charles Russell. He qualified in 1983 and joined
Charles Russell in 1989. He advises on public and
private company work for UK and international clients,
specialising in international and domestic IPO’s,
secondary issues and private placings, the City
Code; domestic and cross border mergers, acquisitions
and disposals (public and private), private equity
and UK aspects of listings, offerings and corporate
transactions involving non-UK exchanges and regulatory
bodies. The independent legal directory Chambers
& Partners ranks Simon as a leading individual
in Corporate Finance and notes that he “combines
client-handling skills with technical excellence”.
The independent legal directory Legal Business ranks
Simon as a legal expert in Corporate Mergers and
Acquisitions and Simon is highly recommended for
Equity Capital Markets work in PLC Which Lawyer
2008. Simon has also been nominated by his peers
to be included in The Best Lawyers International
2008 directory. |
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Clive Hopewell, Partner
London: +44 (0)20 7203 5044
Email: clive.hopewell@charlesrussell.co.uk
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| Clive qualified in 1994 and joined
Charles Russell in the same year. He specialises
in corporate finance and advises corporates and
intermediaries on both public and private offerings
of securities as well as mergers and acquisitions
(including advice on the City Code). Before becoming
a partner in 2001, Clive was an advisor in the Equity
Markets Group of the London Stock Exchange, advising
on a wide range of corporate transactions. |
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Alexander Keepin, Partner
London: +44 (0)20 7203 5186
Email: alexander.keepin@charlesrussell.co.uk
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| Alexander qualified in 1998 and joined
Charles Russell in 2001. Alexander is a corporate
lawyer specialising in listings and offerings on
the Official List, AIM and OFEX and mergers and
acquisitions. He advises clients on regulatory issues
relating to securities including under the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000. Whilst at Charles
Russell he has been involved in a number of Class
1 acquisitions and disposals as well as a number
of admissions to and placings on AIM, including
fast-track admissions. He also has experience of
venture capital investments, management buy-outs
and buy-ins and joint ventures. |
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Peter Elliott, Partner
Oxford: 0845 359 0090
Email: peter.elliott@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Peter qualified in 1977 and re-joined
Charles Russell in 2004, following an extended period
as a general counsel within two major PLCs, and
a period in corporate private practice in Oxford.
He specialises in corporate law; mergers and acquisitions
and corporate finance. He had broad experience of
cross-border and capital transactions, within listed
plcs and also has significant experience of venture
capital structuring for high technology growth companies. |
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Francis Rundall, Partner
Cheltenham: +44 (0)1242 246 311
Email: francis.rundall@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Francis qualified in 1975, joined
Charles Russell in 1978 and became a partner in
1981. His practice covers a wide spectrum of company/commercial
work with the accent on mergers and acquisitions;
both public and private; loan and capital financing
and flotations. Chambers & Partners 2007 describes
him as enjoying "a reputation as 'king of the
castle' and an 'extremely able and sound practitioner'"
and was described by Legal 500 2006 as one of a
"trio of recommended corporate partners [at
Charles Russell's Cheltenham Office] who, between
them, completed more than 30 deals worth over £300m
in 2005. Rundall's advice to Montepellier Group
as vendor on the £42m MBO of Bullock Construction
stands out". |
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Adrian Mayer, Partner
Cheltenham: +44 (0)1242 246 339
Email: adrian.mayer@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Adrian is a Partner in the corporate
finance group at Charles Russell. He joined Charles
Russell in September 2002 having qualified and gained
over four years post qualification corporate and
corporate finance experience an international city
law firm. He has advised on public takeover offers
(including securities exchange offers), mergers
and public securities work, including initial public
offerings, secondary listings and placings. This
work has often had a cross jurisdictional element.
Adrian has advised on inital public offerings on
the London Stock Exchange and on AIM. Most recently
he has advised Bema Gold Corporation and PKL Group
plc on their admissions to AIM. Adrian has worked
for clients in several different jurisdictions,
including the United States, Canada, various European
countries, the Caribbean, Africa and parts of Asia.
Most recently, Adrian had advised a Canadian client
on a convertible bond issue in Luxembourg, a UK
client on a private equity transaction in West Africa
(Nigeria) for the development of a shopping complex
and also advised on financing and security arrangements
for a British Virgin Islands company. |
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Catherine Drew, Partner
Guildford: +44(0)1483 252530
Email: catherine.drew@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Catherine has over 20
years' experience as a corporate/commercial lawyer.
She spent 12 years at a major City firm before joining
the Thames Valley office of a national firm. She
moved to Charles Russell in 2004. Catherine has
dealt with a wide range of business transactions
including acquisitions and disposals, takeovers,
Stock Exchange and AIM transactions, MBOs, MBIs,
privatisations, private placings, re-organisations
and restructurings, start ups and general commercial
work. |
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James Stephen, Partner
Cambridge: +44(0)1223 465409
Email: james.stephen@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| James is the head of Charles
Russell's Cambridge Corporate team. He advises a
wide range of clients in relation to disposals,
acquisitions, corporate restructurings, joint ventures,
partnership matters (including LLP matters) and
general commercial transactions. James joined Charles
Russell in September 2007. Prior to joining Charles
Russell, James worked at Baker & McKenzie's
London office for over 6 years. James also has valuable
in-house experience having been an in-house counsel
at HBOS from 2000-2001. |
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Will Axtell, Associate
Tel: +44 (0)845 359 0096
Email: william.axtell@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Will spent five years at City law
firm Clifford Chance before moving in-house to Vodafone
Group Plc as a corporate solicitor where he mainly
worked on high-profile M&A transactions. Will
is a corporate law specialist and has wide experience
in UK and cross-border mergers and acquisitions;
joint ventures and capital markets work (with an
emphasis on AIM transactions). He also advises on
general company law and procedures. |
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Mark Howard, Associate
Tel: +44 (0)1483 252530
Email: mark.howard@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Mark joined Charles Russell
in February 2005 from Slaughter and May where he
qualified in September 2000. Mark has worked on
a broad range of corporate finance transactions
with private and publicly quoted companies including
many with a cross border element. He has advised
on private acquisitions and disposals, public takeovers,
initial and secondary public offerings, joint ventures,
outsourcings, debt issuance programmes and private
equity investments. Mark has also advised on general
corporate and commercial matters. |
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Adam Carling, Associate
London: +44 (0)20 7203 5109
Email: adam.carling@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Adam qualified at Charles
Russell in September 2003 and works in the corporate
finance group, where he has advised on a range of
transactions, including both IPOs and public and
private M&A, but with a particular emphasis
on transactions on the equity capital markets. Adam
has worked on a variety of Official List and AIM
transactions, acting both for banks/brokers and
issuers, including IPOs, fast-track listings, secondary
placings and reverse takeovers, and involving companies
across a range of sectors, including mining, oil
and gas and technology. Adam spent the first half
of 2006 on secondment to the London office of Canaccord
Adams, working as a corporate finance adviser to
a number of AIM companies. |
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Nick Boyd, Solicitor
Tel: +44 (0)20 7203 5344
Email: nick.boyd@charlesrussell.co.uk |
Nick qualified in 2006
when he joined the Corporate and Commercial Group.
Nick advises on all aspects of general company and
commercial matters with particular emphasis on corporate
finance, including listings on the London Stock
Exchange and AIM. He spent 6 months on secondment
to the AIM Regulation team at the London Stock Exchange,
where he was involved in the implementation of the
new AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers and providing
guidance about the AIM Rules for Companies.
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Bronwen Jones, Associate
Tel: +44 (0)1242 246362
Email: bronwen.jones@charlesrussell.co.uk
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| Bronwen joined Charles
Russell in 2007 having qualified and gained over
five years post qualification corporate and commercial
experience at Allen & Overy LLP. She has worked
on a variety of public and private M&A transactions
and clients have included listed corporates and
private equity houses, in addition to equity capital
market transactions and general corporate advisory
work. She was seconded to Allen & Overy's Hong
Kong office and to the legal department of a leading
principal finance investment house. |
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Priya Soni, Solicitor
Tel: +44(0)20 7203 5244
Email: priya.soni@charlesrussell.co.uk
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| Priya qualified in 2003
and joined Charles Russell in 2006. She is a solicitor
in the corporate department and her main areas of
practice are domestic and cross-border acquisitions
and disposals, corporate joint ventures, group restructurings,
management buy-outs and flotations. Priya has also
provided non-transactional advice for a variety
of private and listed company clients. Her work
includes a general scope of corporate and corporate
finance work with clients ranging from start-ups
to multinational public companies. |
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Ruth Morrow, Solicitor
Tel: +44(0)20 7203 5325
Email: ruth.morrow@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Ruth trained at Charles
Russell and qualified in 2006 when she joined the
Corporate and Commercial Group. Ruth advises on
all aspects of general company and commercial matters
with particular emphasis on corporate finance, including
listings on the London Stock Exchange and AIM. She
also has experience of private equity work through
a client secondment. |
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Alison Davies, Solicitor
Tel: +44 (0)1242 246 370
Email: alison.davies@charlesrussell.co.uk
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| Alison advises on all
aspects of general company and commercial matters,
including acquisitions and disposals, takeovers,
Stock Exchange and AIM transactions, private placings,
re-organisations and re-structurings, start ups
and general commercial work. |
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Renee O'Brien, Solicitor
Tel: +44 (0)20 7203 5217
Email: renee.o'brien@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Renee qualified at MacDonnells
Solicitors, an Australian firm, in 2005 and moved
to Charles Russell in May 2006. She advises on general
company and commercial matters, and has worked on
a range of public and private company transactions.
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Rebecca Gordon, Solicitor
Cheltenham: +44(0)1242 246357
Email: rebecca.gordon@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Rebecca qualified in 2003
and joined Charles Russell in 2005. She advises
on a variety of general corporate and commercial
matters, including mergers and acquisitions, supply
and distribution, sponsorship and consultancy arrangements. |
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Vicky Hau, Solicitor
Tel: +44(0)20 7203 5031
Email: vicky.hau@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Vicky qualified in 2001
and joined Charles Russell in 2008. She advises
on all aspects of corporate work but with particular
emphasis on capital markets, including IPO's and
secondary listings on the London Stock Exchange
and AIM. She has most recently advised on a bond
issue for a Russian Bank and the takeover of a mining
company for a large Russian mining company. |
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Kelly Hutchins, Solictor
Tel: +44(0)20 7203 5202
Email: kelly.hutchins@charlesrussell.co.uk |
| Kelly trained at Charles
Russell and qualified in 2007 when she joined the
Corporate and Commercial group. Kelly's experience
covers general corporate and commercial work for
a mixture of private companies, public companies
and funds. Kelly has particular experience in acquisitions
and fundraisings involving AIM-listed companies,
joint venture transactions, acquisitions in the
recruitment sector, group restructurings, and private
equity and funds work with the benefit of a client
secondment. |
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