Emily Airton

Work highlights include:

• Lead associate acting for AssetCo plc, as bidder, on its c.£300 million recommended reverse takeover, structured by way of scheme of arrangement, of Main Market-listed investment manager River and Mercantile Group plc, and the subsequent re-admission of AssetCo plc to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
• Lead associate acting for GCP Student Living plc, as target, on its c.£969 million recommended takeover (by way of scheme of arrangement) by a consortium of Scape Living PLC and iQSA Holdco Limited, partially funded by their respective primary shareholders, being funds managed by APG Asset Management N.V. and certain funds managed by Blackstone.
• Lead associate acting for Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited, the first UK listed fund to focus on investment in digital infrastructure, on its £370 million initial public offering on the Specialist Fund Segment.
• Lead associate advising Ruffer Investment Company Limited on the publication of prospectuses relating to tap issuances that have taken Ruffer from a market capitalisation of c.£678 million to c. £1.13 billion. 
• Undertaking a seven month secondment to leading venture capital firm Molten Ventures plc (formerly Draper Esprit plc), as well as advising them on a number of secondary fundraisings on AIM and Euronext Growth, and their subsequent move to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and the regulated market of the Irish Stock Exchange.
• Acting for Codemasters Group Holdings plc, as target, on its US$1.2 billion recommended takeover (by way of scheme of arrangement) by Electronic Arts in a competitive process which included a US$994 million prior offer by Take-Two.
• Lead associate acting for Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company plc on its £130 million Main Market initial public offering.
• Advising Peel Hunt LLP as sponsor and joint financial adviser on the merger of its client LXi REIT plc with Secure Income REIT plc in a transaction which valued Securities Income REIT at approximately £1.5 billion and the value of the group post-merger at approximately £3 billion.
• Lead associate advising global restaurant group Azumi on its partnership with Saudi Arabia's MJS Holdings to expand its portfolio into the region.
• Advising Meggitt PLC on its successful divestiture of Avica Aerospace Ducting to Leggett & Platt, Incorporated.