Alex Davidson
Principal Associate
- Qualified, Solicitor of England & Wales (2012)
Areas of focus
Bio
Alex Davidson is a London-based corporate principal associate who advises on a broad range of corporate matters, including IPOs on AIM and the standard and premium segments of the Official List, public and private fundraisings, venture capital and private and public M&A.
Alex also has experience in and has assisted with public company compliance and corporate governance.
Bio
Alex Davidson is a London-based corporate principal associate who advises on a broad range of corporate matters, including IPOs on AIM and the standard and premium segments of the Official List, public and private fundraisings, venture capital and private and public M&A.
Alex also has experience in and has assisted with public company compliance and corporate governance.
Experience
Experience
- Advised Liberum and Peterhouse on two public fundraisings for Helium One Global, the primary helium explorer in Tanzania, raising in aggregate £16.7 million.
- Advised dairy technology company, National Milk Records, on its recommended cash acquisition by Associated British Foods for £48 million.
- Advised Eden Research plc, an Oxfordshire-based company focused on developing sustainable biopesticides and plastic-free formulation technology, on its fundraising of up to £11 million and its associated capital reduction.
- Acted for AIM quoted Concurrent Technologies plc in relation to its public fundraising of up to £6.8 million.
- Acted for Cairn and First Equity on Golden Metal Resources PLC's admission to AIM.
- Advised Cenkos Securities on two public fundraisings for AIM quoted SkinBioTherapeutics raising, in aggregate, £11.5 million.
- Advised H&T Group plc, the UK's largest pawnbroker, on its raising of gross proceeds of £16.9 million.
- Advised Andrada Mining Limited, an African tech-metals mining company on a $22.8 million public fundraising.
- Advised Rimkus Consulting Group Inc. on its major cross-border acquisition of CCi Global.
- Advised Berenberg and Canaccord on Greatland Gold PLC's $16 million secondary fundraising.
- Advised Pyx Resources Limited on its dual listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
- Advised SP Angel on Spectral MD's IPO and £11.3 million fundraising.
- Advised Memery Crystal on its sale to RBG Holdings plc for £30 million.
- Advised Revolution Bar Group on numerous secondary fundraisings, in aggregate, raising approximately £36 million.
- Advised Cenkos Securities plc and Berenberg as joint bookrunners on AIM-listed company XLMedia plc's oversubscribed £24 million placing and subscription as well as its open offer to raise up to an additional £3 million from qualifying shareholders.
- Advised Reorg, a global provider of financial and legal intelligence, on its acquisition of Aggredium Finance Limited, a specialist in European sub-investment grade credit bond and loan data.
- Advised Britannia Bud, a wellness company focusing on the UK and European cannabis markets, on its strategic partnership with a UK laboratory.
- Advised CSX listed PlantX Life Inc. on its £8 million acquisition of Bloomboxclub Limited.
- Acted for Phoenix Copper, a US base and precious metal exploration and development company, on its £18.4 million public fundraise.
- Advised Hummingbird Resources plc on its acquisition of a million-ounce gold project in Guinea.
- Advised AIM-quoted Bushveld Minerals Limited on its conditional acquisition of vanadium and ferrovanadium production assets in South Africa for $68 million.
- Acted for Shore Capital (as nominated adviser & broker) on the £10 million placing for AIM-quoted, SysGroup plc, a managed IT service and cloud hosting provider, and its £9 million acquisition of Certus IT Limited.
- Advised main market listed Levrett plc on its reverse takeover of Nuformix and associated fundraise.
- Advised a UK company on the £12 million recommended public takeover by a telecommunications service provider.
- Advised on the merger of two premium listed VCTs to create a VCT with a total net assets of approximately £73 million by means of a scheme of reconstruction.
Career & education
Career & education
Career highlights
2020
Gowling WLG (UK), Principal Associate
2018
Gowling WLG (UK), Senior Associate
2018
Shakespeare Martineau LLP, legal director
2015
SGH Martineau LLP (now Shakespeare Martineau LLP), associate
2012
SGH Martineau LLP (now Shakespeare Martineau LLP), solicitor
2010
Martineau (now Shakespeare Martineau LLP), trainee
Education
2009
College of Law (Guildford), Legal Practice Course (LPC)
2008
College of Law (Guildford), Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
2006
Exeter University, BA Honours Degree - French
Languages
English