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Philip Whitehead
Senior Associate
Philip is a UK public company corporate finance specialist, with a particular focus on equity capital markets transactions (including IPOs, and both issuer and underwriter side), in addition to public M&A and general corporate, governance and listing advisory matters.
Experience
Representative matters
Severn Trent on its GBP1bn capital raise (underwriters' counsel).
Network International on its GBP 2.2bn recommended takeover offer from Brookfield.
Delek Group on its GBP 2.5bn IPO of Ithaca Energy.
easyJet on its GBP 1.2bn rights issue and GBP 419m cashbox placing by way of accelerated bookbuild (underwriters’ counsel).
TP ICAP on its re-domiciliation to Jersey (including a scheme of arrangement and re-admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange), Class 1 acquisition of Liquidnet, a leading global electronic trading network for institutional investors for a consideration of between USD575m and USD700m, and related USD420m rights issue.
Marks & Spencer on its GBP600m rights issue to part fund its GBP750m 50/50 joint venture with Ocado.
Qualifications
Admissions
Academic
Legal Practice Course, BPP University Law School, 2017
Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University Law School, 2016
BA (Hons), Classics, Durham University, 2015
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