Andrew Gillen

Andrew Gillen

Senior Partner

Andrew is Senior Partner, a member of the firm's International Board, and was previously Head of the Corporate M&A and ECM Group.

M&A and advisory

Andrew advises listed and larger private companies in relation to public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures, corporate governance, and in compliance with the FCA Listing Rules and Disclosure Rules, the Prospectus Rules, the AIM Rules, the Takeover Code and general company law. Andrew is ranked Band 1 for Corporate M&A: £100-800 million by Chambers and Partners.

As a member of the International Board, Andrew has developed a strong international client base, regularly advising non-UK companies on cross-border transactions and on investments into the UK.

Equity capital markets

Andrew is ranked Band 1 for Corporate M&A by Chambers and Partners and also as a Leading M&A Lawyer by Legal 500. He is ranked in Band 2 for Capital Markets AIM by Chambers and Partners and is recognised in the Hall of Fame for Equity Capital Markets by The Legal 500." to " He is recognised in the Hall of Fame for Equity Capital Markets by The Legal 500.

Selected Deals

Quanex Building Products Corporation on its £788 million cash and share offer for Tyman plc.

English law aspects of Swisscom's €8 billion acquisition of Vodafone Italia.

Crestchic plc on its £122 million takeover by Aggreko Limited.

SARIA on its £540 million takeover offer for Devro Plc.

Auction Technology Group on its £600 million Main Market IPO, followed by a $525 million acquisition of LiveAuctioneers, funded by a £244 million cash box placing and new debt financing.

Symphony Technology Group on the sale of its investment in System C to CVC Capital Partners.

Marks Electrical on its £115 million AIM IPO.

Foresight Group on its £455 million Main Market IPO.

Auto Trader Group plc on the acquisitions of Autorama, AutoConvert and Blue Owl Network Limited.

Numis, HSBC and Barclays on the £126.6 million rights issue by Hyve Group plc.

Numis and Peel Hunt on various cash placings by The Gym Group plc.

Shazam on its sale to a leading global technology company.

Harvey Nash Group plc on its acquisition pursuant to a recommended cash offer by The Power of Talent Ltd and in relation to its transfer from the London Stock Exchange's Main Market for listed securities to trading on AIM.

MaxCyte Inc (a US-based company) on its AIM IPO and a follow-on secondary fundraising.

Safestore Holdings plc on its joint venture with Carlyle acquisitions of Stork Self Storage Limited, Space Maker Stores and Alligator Self Storage.

Miniclip (UK) Limited on its acquisition of Supersonic Software Limited and its subsidiary Appynation Ltd.

News UK on the sale of its English local radio stations.

Steinhoff on its £1.4 billion takeover offer for Home Retail Group and £860 million takeover offer for Darty plc.

ZPG plc on the acquisitions of uSwitch, Hometrack Property Software Group and Expert Agent.

Wireless Group plc on its takeover by News UK.

Sellers on sale of UK solar business and assets to Bluefield Solar Income Fund.

WHAT OTHERS SAY

Andrew is a wise and calm head who is utterly trustworthy.
Chambers and Partners
Andrew always makes the time to look at any matter we bring up and ensures that the team supporting us is capable. In negotiations it always seems that we have the more capable team
Chambers and Partners
Andrew is a really good client person. He is a very sensible and pragmatic lawyer, as well as being personable.
Chambers and Partners
Andrew is extremely knowledgeable with considerable gravitas.
Chambers and Partners
Always helpful and brings a commercial sense to the problem to find a practical workable solution.
Chambers and Partners
Proactive and always on the front foot. He seems to know instinctively what we're looking for during the different stages of a corporate transaction.
Chambers and Partners

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