Nick Williams

Work highlights

• Advising Jiangxi Copper (Hong Kong) Investment Company Limited in relation to its US$31,000,000 investment in SolGold plc, the London and TSX-listed resources company.
• Acting for Aura Renewable Acquisitions Plc on its admission to the Standard Segment of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Official List and the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market.
• Advising an investor on its c. US$265,000,000 investment in an offshore fund and subsequent restructuring of the fund structure.
• Acting for Dowgate Capital Limited in its role as corporate adviser and broker to Otaq plc (OTAQ) on a £3.6 million fundraising and the admission of OTAQ’s ordinary shares to trading on the Access Segment of the AQSE Growth Market.
• Acting for a shareholder in relation to the sale of a company which owned and operated a Formula 1 racing team.
• Advising the shareholders of an international group providing fund management technology on the UK legal aspects of its sale to a major US bank.
• Acting for buyers and sellers of private care home businesses.
• Advising numerous Far Eastern businesses on their AIM IPOs, including Kada Technology Holdings Limited, Financial Payment Systems Limited, Cosmedia Group Holdings Limited, Jetion Holdings Limited, China Medical System Holdings Limited, Yangtze China Investment Limited and Rare Earths Global Limited.
• Advising Greenlane Renewables Inc., a TSX listed Canadian company on the English law aspects of its spinout from Pressure Technologies plc and concurrent $8.4 million financing.
• Advising the shareholders of a company providing specialist data services to a buyer operating in the same sector. 
• Advising Chill Brands Group plc on its £3.5 million fundraising and subsequent open offer of ordinary shares and convertible loan notes.
• Advising Novum Securities Limited in relation to its role as corporate adviser and broker to Oberon Investments Group plc on its listing on the Access Segment of AQSE Growth Market by way of a reverse takeover.
• Advising the underwriters on the English law/AIM Rules aspects of an initial public offering by GW Pharmaceuticals plc of American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) on the NASDAQ Global Market to raise $32.7 million and a follow on offering by GW Pharmaceuticals plc of ADSs on NASDAQ to raise $101.1 million.
• Advising a UK based company on its investments in a series of early-stage private companies.
• Advising the shareholders of a company providing security equipment and services to an overseas buyer. 
• Advising Optiva Securities Limited on its role as broker to Tirupati Graphite plc (Tirupati) in relation to Tirupati’s admission to the Official List and concurrent £6 million equity fundraising and subsequent £10 million equity fundraising.
• Advising the shareholders of a logistics company on its sale to an overseas buyer. 
• Advising itim plc on its admission to AIM with a market capitalisation of £48.1 million.
• Advising WH Ireland Limited as joint broker to Defenx plc in relation to an offer of convertible bonds and shares raising gross proceeds of £2.99 million.
• Advising Optiva Securities Limited on its role as broker to Asiamet Resources Limited in a £10 million equity fundraising on AIM.
• Advising an IFA business on its acquisitions, structuring and general corporate affairs.
• Advising Green & Smart Holdings plc on its admission to the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market and associated placing.
• Advising WH Ireland Limited on its role as placing agent for AIM-listed Water Intelligence plc in relation to its placing of new ordinary shares with institutional shareholders
• Advising Allenby Capital Limited on its role as nominated adviser and broker for the AIM IPO of Macromac plc, the operator of a proprietary application-to-person mobile messaging platform in Malaysia and elsewhere in South-East Asia.
• Advising Dozens Savings Plc on its £7million 5% secured bond programme which was listed on the NEX Exchange Growth Market.
• Advising Allenby Capital Limited on its role as financial adviser and broker for the admission of Starcrest Education The Belt & Road Limited to the Official List and associated fundraising by way of subscription.