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Clive Garston

I am an experienced corporate lawyer specialising in equity capital markets transactions and public and private M&A in many diverse sectors. In particular, I have wide experience of the AIM market both as a City lawyer working in this market and as a company chairman/director. I am a consensus builder who concentrates on the issues that matter, closing transactions in an efficient and timely manner.

Areas of Expertise

Mergers & Acquisitions
Employment
Retail
Hotels

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I am an experienced corporate lawyer specialising in equity capital markets transactions and public and private M&A in many diverse sectors. In particular, I have wide experience of the AIM market both as a City lawyer working in this market and as a company chairman/director. I am a consensus builder who concentrates on the issues that matter, closing transactions in an efficient and timely manner.

I have advised UK and international issuers on IPOs and secondary fundraisings and have frequently represented Nomads and financial advisers. I have also acted for publicly quoted companies on both private and public M&A transactions. I have served as a director and chairman of a number of public and private companies. I am currently chairman of Warpaint London plc and Fulcrum Metals Limited.

I was chairman of the corporate finance forum of the CISI for six years until June 2021. I have also been a member of both the North West and London councils of the CBI. For six years, I was a member of the corporate governance committee of the QCA and an author of two editions of its corporate governance guide.

Experience

Acted for Lords Group Trading plc on their AIM IPO and subsequently on a number of acquisitions.
Advised Singer Capital Markets on a number of AIM secondary fundraisings.
Advised Hawkwing plc on various transactions.
Advised Diaceutics plc on their AIM IPO and subsequent secondary fundraising.

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