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About Nick Jones
Nick is a partner in our London Global Transactions Practice.
He advises on a broad range of corporate transactions, including public and private M&A, equity capital raisings, joint ventures, restructurings and private equity investments, as well as general UK listed company matters.
His clients include listed companies, international groups and financial investors from a range of sectors, including FIG, power, renewables and industrials. He has a particular focus on cross border transactions.
Recent work
- London Stock Exchange Group on its acquisitions of Acadia and Refinitiv, proposed £21bn merger with Deutsche Börse, acquisition of a majority stake in LCH.Clearnet and its rights issue funded acquisition of Frank Russell Company.
- SSE on the disposal of a 25% interest in its transmission business to Ontario Teachers, the demerger of its retail business and sale to Ovo, the disposal of its 50% interest in the Multifuel energy-from-waste JV, its 80:20 offshore wind JV in Japan with Pacifico Energy and its acquisition of an onshore wind platform in Southern Europe from Siemens Gamesa.
- Entain on its takeover defence against DraftKings and its acquisitions of Angstrom Sports and Avid Gaming.
- Allfunds on its €7.2bn IPO and its acquisitions of Mainstreet Partners and the Banca Iccrea paying agent business.
- Smurfit Kappa on its $20bn merger with Westrock.
- Henderson Group on its merger with Janus Capital Group.
- Barrick Gold on its $18bn merger with Randgold Resources.
- Jimmy Choo on its acquisition by Michael Kors.
- Mars on its acquisition of Linnaeus.
- Low & Bonar on its placing and open offer and acquisition by Freudenberg.
- IPOs of Alfa, Saga, Merlin Entertainments, HSS Hire and Exova.
- Rights Issues by Informa, Lloyds Banking Group, Wolseley, Balfour Beatty and National Express.
- Barclays as sponsor on the takeover by Informa of UBM and the acquisition of the Adhesives business of Eastman by Synthomer.
Qualifications
Education
- Exeter College, Oxford University (MA in ancient and modern history)
Professional qualifications
- Solicitor, England and Wales