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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 Charles Russell's
corporate finance group. He qualified in 1983 and
joined Charles Russell in 1989. He specialises in
advising issuers and intermediaries on IPOs and
secondary offerings, private placings and English
law aspects of offerings on non-UK exchanges. Simon
also specialises in mergers and acquisitions, takeovers,
reverse takeovers and the City Code and has advised
on the above in domestic and cross-border transactions.
Chambers & Partners 2004/05 rank Simon as a
leading individual in Corporate Finance and notes
that he "combines client handling skills with
technical excellence". |
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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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Will Axtell,
Associate
Tel: +44 (0)845 359 0096
Email: william.axtell@charlesrussell.co.uk
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| Will qualified in 2000 at the City
law firm Clifford Chance where he gained 3 years
post qualification experience. Subsequently he worked
for 3 years as a Corporate Solicitor in the Vodafone
Group legal department. He has a broad experience
in corporate transactions including: UK and cross-border
mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures and group
reorganisations. He also advises on general company
law and procedures. |
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Mark Howard, Solicitor
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, Solicitor
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 AIM market. Adam has worked
on a variety of AIM transactions, acting both for
nomad/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, Solicitor
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
with particular emphasis on corporate finance, including
listings on the London Stock Exchange and AIM. |
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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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