Simon Staples
Partner
T: +44 (0)117 3218057
F: +44 (0)117 3218007
s.staples@ashfords.co.uk
Simon is a Partner in our Corporate Team and specialises in mergers, acquisitions and disposals. He also specialises in advising companies, financial advisers and brokers regarding equity fundraisings, including IPOs, secondary issues, public company takeovers and regulatory compliance.
Example of transactions include:
- Acting for Pittards plc on its successful placing raising approximately £2.8m in connection with its acquisition of the Ethiopian Tannery Share Company;
- Acting for Wessex Exploration PLC on its PLUS placing and open offer raising approximately £1.85 million and its subsequent placing and admission to AIM raising £3m;
- Sale of a major South West oil distribution business;
- Acting for Blomfield Corporate Finance, a nominated adviser;
- Advising Bishop Fleming, in its capacity as a Plus Corporate Adviser, on a number of transactions, including a secondary issue by Good Energy Group Plc; and
- Acting for GMO, a Chinese wireless added value services company, on its admission to AIM.
Simon Staples has the "tenacity to complete the deal irrespective of unexpected problems."
Legal 500, 2011 Edition
"Simon always goes the extra mile"
Legal 500, 2009 Edition
"We are very pleased to have worked with Simon Staples. [He] worked alongside us seamlessly in achieving an excellent result for Pittards Plc".
John Wakefield of WH Ireland on an AIM share placing (and associated circular) for Pittards Plc raising approximately £2.8m in connection with its acquisition of the Ethiopia Tannery Share Company.
