REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Paul Tetlow
Acted for Shelf Drilling, Ltd. on its acquisition to acquire five jack-up rigs from various subsidiaries ("Sellers") of Noble Corporation ("Noble") for US$375 million (the "Acquisition").
We advised a Greenland-focused mining company on its joint venture with a natural resource focused Limited Partnership for the exploration and development of its strategic mineral assets in Greenland. The partner will invest £18.0 million in cash in exchange for a 49% shareholding in the joint venture SPV, with the partner holding 51%.
We advised an Italian manufacturer of small-arms ammunition on the acquisition of a UK cartridge manufacturer by the buyers UK subsidiary.
We advised a sustainable industrial hemp business on a share for share exchange with a Canada-based hemp producer, debt for equity swap and fundraise.
Advised a global leader in data-driven investment management solutions on the retransfer of a financial services analytics platform to a bank.
Advised Confluence Technologies, Inc. ("Confluence"), a global software and data solutions provider in the investment management industry, and TA Associates ("TA"), a leading global private equity firm and majority owner of Confluence, in signing a definitive agreement for Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. to acquire Confluence, with TA and Confluence management rolling over a minority equity stake.
Represented DDW The Color House, a Kentucky-based global, privately held company specialising in natural color solutions for the food and beverage industry, on its sale to Givaudan, a global leader in fragrances and flavors
Represented the shareholders of UK-based The Segen Group Limited, a leading global distributor of residential and commercial rooftop solar photovoltaic systems, in the sale of the company to Labora Holdings Limited
Represented SPX Corporation, a Charlotte-based supplier of highly engineered products and technologies, in the acquisition of Enterprise Control Systems Ltd.
Represented Longboat Energy, a full-cycle, North sea oil and gas company, in a fundraise, reverse takeover and farm-ins to assets owned by Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor, Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu and European independent exploration and production company Spirit and previously on its £10m fundraise and admission to AIM as an investment company
Represented co-founders and directors Ralph Trevor Jacobus Carter and Tessa Louise Pugh in the sale of PharmaReview, a UK provider of compliance and copy review services for promotional materials used in the life sciences sector, to Bridgepoint Growth
Advised Cenkos Securities plc as brokers to Chariot Oil & Gas in respect of a secondary placing, subscription and open offer, raising in total up to US$11 million. UK-based Chariot is an independent oil and gas exploration company focused on the Atlantic margins.
AEX Gold, Inc., on its AIM admission and fundraising to raise £42.5m
Advised finnCap Limited and Peel Hunt LLP as placement agents in a placing and subscription, including open offer, by Chariot Oil & Gas, of up to £16.3 million
Advised finnCap Limited and Peel Hunt LLP as joint bookrunners in a placing and open offer by Genedrive PLC, raising up to £10.5 million
Represented Ted Nixon, as trustee of the Ted Nixon Revocable Trust, in a €5 million investment in the listed stock of Fermentalg SA through the subscription of new ordinary shares
Represented Stifel Nicolaus Limited as bookrunner to Reabold Resources PLC in a fundraise for gross proceeds of £7.5 million, by way of a placing and subscription of new ordinary shares
Advised Stifel Nicolaus Limited as nomad and broker in the re-domicile of Jadestone Energy Inc., and its readmission to AIM
Represented Ceiba Healthcare Ltd., a health care technology company offering multi-speciality virtual care, in a fundraise and group re-organisation by way of a share-for-share exchange, a fundraising and a debt-to-equity conversion
Represented Change Agronomy Ltd in a transaction raising equity and debt of £7.5m
Represented Inside the Pocket, LTD, a UK-based sports gaming platform, in an investment by WinSure Financial, an investment management company
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited on a fundraising for Reabold Resources
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited on the redomiciliation of SDX Energy from Canada to the UK
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited on the re-domiciliation of Wentworth Resources from Canada to Jersey and the de-listing of Wentworth form the Oslo Børs
Faroe Petroleum on a placing and underwritten open offer to fund the Company's acquisition of Dong ExP Norge AS
Faroe Petroleum plc on a hostile takeover made by DNO ASA, a cash box placing to raise £65m from institutional investors and on Norwegian asset swap with Petoro and related capital markets issues in the UK
Milkyway Holding Company on its acquisition of JGAW Group
Confluence, Inc. on its recommended takeover of StatPro by Scheme of Arrangement
DD Williamson on its acquisition of DuPont's natural colours business in the UK and Chile
American multinational financial services company on its sale of its London, England-based trust corporation to a global leader in tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions
Spynsol Limited and Sports Tech Holding Limited on its sale to FDJ Group
Quantum Global on its investment in Toro Gold Limited
Movell - The Bus Company Limited on £8.3 million investment from the Business Growth Fund Plc
Eprop Limited on two rounds of equity funding, including a private placement and use of a crowdfunding platform, easyProperty merger with GPEA, Takeover Code Whitewash and institutional fundraising
Eprop Plc on a further equity investment by Tosca Funds
Ellestone Investments on a debt and equity restructuring of Monitane Holdings, the parent company of the Fielding Group which manufactures and distributes branded and own label clothing for major retailers
finnCap and Cenkos Securities plc on a fundraising for Chariot Oil and Gas
Nektan plc on a placing, conversion of debt and conversion of convertible loan notes to equity
Nektan plc on its admission to AIM, secondary fundraise, including subscription and open offer to existing shareholders, a further convertible loan note and equity funding, its underwritten pre-emptive offer raising up to £4m and on its £5.25m pre-IPO placement and acquisition of Mfuse
Stifel on a fundraising for Pantheon Resources Plc
Action Hotels Plc on a takeover by scheme of arrangement
Action Hotels plc on an option arrangement
Action Hotels Limited on various corporate activities
Stifel and FirstEnergy Corp. on a fundraising for Wentworth Resources
Cenkos Securities plc on the IPO of Verseon Corporation raising $100m
Bellzone Mining on an equity fundraise
Evofem Holdings, Inc. on their proposed IPO
Panmure Gordon, FirstEnergy, Investec and Swedbank on Wentworth Resources private placement and prospectus and repair offering in Norway, raising up to $46m
Panmure Gordon and FirstEnergy Capital LLP on the dual listing of Wentworth Resources Limited
Central Rand Gold on its Open Offer, the issue of loan notes and warrants to Redstone Capital to raise $7.5m and move from the Official List to AIM, a share capital reorganisation, its cash-box placing, its Firm Placing and Open Offer and its placing and admission to a primary listing on the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited
McNair Group on its cornerstone investment in the Riverstone Energy fund
Cluff Natural Resources on its placing and Admission to AIM
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited on the IPO of Orchard Funding
Kaman Corporation on the sale of its UK tooling business
Sedat Kahya et al on the sale of the entire issued share capital of Supremia International Limited
The History Press Limited on sale of certain business assets to Pavilion Books, as well as advising exiting shareholders on a management buyout for the remainder of the business
Project Tristar Limited on the sale of chauffeur business to Addison Lee
Hitachi Consulting on the proposed sale of Celerant Consulting
Hitachi Consulting Corporation on a proposed acquisition by way of auction process in Germany
Hitachi Consulting Corporation on the acquisition of the I;AM Group
Hitachi Consulting Corporation on the acquisition of Celerant Consulting Investments and various post completion issues
Capita plc on the acquisition of Western Mortgage Services Limited
Berlanga International on the acquisition of Thai oil interests from Carnarvon Petroleum Ltd for $58m
Wisent Oil & Gas on its private placing to raise £7.25m. The transaction involved further subscriptions and amendments to the shareholders agreement, a warrant issue and a whitewash from the Takeover Panel and various corporate and insolvency matters
Iceland Petroleum on a joint venture and fundraising
Medusa Mining on its move from AIM to the Official List
Hallwood Financial on its $5.5m private placement investment in BlueCrest Energy and it's follow on $4m investment in BlueCrest Energy
BlueCrest Energy on its acquisition of assets in the Cooke Inlet, Alaska from Pioneer, its joint venture with Hallwood and its private equity fundraise of $25 million from OneStone
PGE Polska Grupa on a proposed wind farm JV with RWE
Hot-Can Sdn Bhd on its pre-IPO placing to raise $12 million
MEA on a proposed IPO of oil and gas interests
Singer Capital Markets on the IPO on AIM and placing (£5 million) by African Mining & Exploration
Faroe Petroleum on a "cash-box" placing to raise £62.2 million
Emerald Energy takeover by Sinopec, advising Rule 3 adviser
A tyre and plastic recycling company on its proposed IPO on AIM
Faroe Petroleum on its rights issue to raise £69.8 million
finncap on various proposed IPO's
Central Rand Gold (Official List) on its cash-box placing
Oriel Securities on a placing for Novera
Central Rand Gold on its Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer
Strand Hanson Limited on the takeover of Vero
Strand Partners/Daniel Stewart on the restructuring and placing of securities of AIM of imJack plc
Hallwood Financial Limited on the contested takeover of The Local Radio Company
Strand Partners on IPO of Timan
KP Renewables on reverse takeover by scheme of arrangement of Island Gas Limited
Strand Partners Limited - advising the nominated advisor on the acquisition by Platinum Diversified Mining Limited (a company admitted to AIM) of International Consolidated Minerals Inc.
Faroe Petroleum plc on a placing to raise £45 million
Strand Partners and Keith, Bayley, Rogers & Co on the placing (£3.775 million) and admission to AIM of Bluewater Bio International
Range Resources Limited, an AIM company, on a placing to raise £4 million
An AIM company on potential defensive takeover tactics
Teather and Greenwood on a placing by Rockhopper Exploration plc, an AIM-listed company
KBC Peel Hunt on a placing by The Food and Drink Group plc, an AIM-listed company
Range Resources Limited, an ASX-listed company, on its fast-track admission to AIM
A biodiesel company in relation to a proposed placing and admission to AIM
Keith, Bayley, Rogers & Co. on the placing and admission to OFEX of Alvaston Media plc
Keith, Bayley, Rogers & Co. on the placing and admission to OFEX of Hilton Ventures plc
KBC Peel Hunt and Casimir Capital L.P., in relation to the placing ($100 million) and admission to AIM of Platinum Diversified Mining, Inc., a "special purpose acquisition company" ("SPAC") and the subsequent first acquisition by Platinum
Collins Stewart, in relation to the fast-track admission to AIM of Cape Lambert Iron Ore Limited
Strand Partners, in relation to a placing and reverse takeover by Northern Lynx
Central Rand Gold Limited on its placing and admission to a primary listing on the Office List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited
Medusa Mining Limited (an ASX listed company) on its "fast track" admission to AIM
Strand Partners Limited and Teather & Greenwood Limited on the reverse takeover by AIM listed Nanoscience Inc of Toumaz Technology Limited and related placing (£30m)
Strand Partners Limited on the reverse takeover of AIM listed Gable Holdings Inc by Brown Duke AG and related placing
Teather & Greenwood Limited on secondary placings for AIM listed Angus and Ross Plc, Brazilian Diamonds Limited and Hidefield Gold Plc
Cenkos Securities Limited and Strand Partners Limited on the AIM admission of ReEnergy Group Plc and associated placing (£28m)
KBC Peel Hunt Ltd on a proposed reverse takeover by Emess Plc and an underwritten placing
Strand Partners Limited on the reverse takeover by Damask Plc of Urban Logic (Holdings) Limited and Northern Lynx (UK) Limited
Faroe Petroleum on its initial placing (£15m) and admission to AIM, and secondary placing on AIM of new and existing shares (£20m)
Williams de Broe on the reverse take-over of Petra Diamonds Limited by Crown Diamonds NL (£120m) and subsequent placing on AIM (£18m)
KBC Peel Hunt in relation to secondary placings on AIM for Gladstone Plc (£1.5m), RingProp plc (£6m) and a vendor placing and related acquisition for iomart Group plc (£6.25m)
KBC Peel Hunt on a placing and open offer for CHE Group plc (£5.6m) and a subsequent secondary placing
Williams de Broe on pre IPO placings for Artumas Group and Colombia Gold AG
Teather & Greenwood on the proposed flotation of Infinite Data Storage Group plc
Strand Partners Limited on proposed flotation of an oil and gas company
London Special Risks on its group re-organisation and buyout of its joint venture partner
Sale of a UK JV for a major US car parts manufacturer
Japanese steel industry participants - advising various companies within the Japanese steel industry on BHP Billiton's US$147 billion bid for Rio Tinto
Gazprom Marketing & Trading Limited, in relation to its acquisition of all of the issued shares in Natural Gas Shipping Services Limited not already owned by it
A shareholder on the sale of First City Insurance Group Limited to Gallaghers
A shareholder in a property development company on the acquisition of the shares not already owned by him and a group reorganisation
Faroe Petroleum on aborted company acquisition
WNS (Holdings) Limited on the acquisition of Business Applications Associates Limited, a SAP solutions provider, for business process outsourcing specialist
The vendors of Hanrahan Thomas Limited, a Lloyd's broker, in relation to its sale to Ostrakon Capital Limited
Sale of Axcelia Limited to AIM listed Centrom Group Plc
The vendors of Khaos Technologies Limited on its sale to EDM Group Limited
The vendor of SkyNet Systems Limited on its sale to BT
Welborn on its JV with MCRS and fundraising for oil and gas licences in Kansas
LSR on a debt and equity restructuring of The Edge Group
Acting for a client engaged in gasification and pyrolisis and provision of CHP technology in relation to inward investment
Acting for a company selling small-scale wind turbines, micro-hydro and solar photovoltaic in relation to inward investment
Various venture capital and private equity investments in respect of Segen Limited, Iskra Wind Turbines Limited, Hydrogeneration Limited and Day 4 Energy Inc. All companies in the renewable energy sector
Equest Partners Limited on a pre-IPO Placing for Timan Oil & Gas
