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Benjamin Morgan
Partner
Benjamin (Ben) Morgan is a partner in our Corporate Practice, based in our London office. He specialises in equity capital markets and advises issuers, selling shareholders and underwriters on initial public offerings (IPOs), rights issues, placings and other capital markets transactions, on both the main market and AIM. Ben’s experience covers a broad range of sectors, including industrials, e-commerce, life sciences, financial services, banking, retail and leisure. Ben also advises listed companies on their ongoing legal and regulatory obligations.
- Advising an affiliate of ZQ Capital on its mandatory takeover offer of Allergy Therapeutics and related equity financing.*
- Advising Stifel and WG Partners as joint bookrunners on AIM-quoted Scancell’s £12.7 million placing, subscription and open offer.*
- Advising JP Morgan, Jefferies, Kempen, and ABG SC as joint bookrunners on Nykode Therapeutics’ (an Oslo Bors listed company) US$45 million private placement.*
- Advising Stifel as placement agent on Renalytix’s (a dual AIM and NASDAQ listed company) US$20 million private investment in public equity.*
- Advising Pfizer on the demerger and standalone listing of Haleon.*
- Advising PensionBee on its transfer from the London Stock Exchange’s high-growth segment to the exchange’s premium segment and admission to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Official List.*
- Advising Swiss Re on its £540 million selldown in Pheonix Group Holdings by way of an accelerated bookbuild.*
- Advising Stelrad Radiators on its £95 million IPO and premium listing.*
- Advising BofA Merrill Lynch and BNP Paribas as underwriters on Baltic Classifieds Group’s £330 million IPO and premium listing.*
- Advising PensionBee on its £60 million IPO (including its customer offer) on the London Stock Exchange’s high-growth segment.*
- Advising THG on its £1.9 billion IPO and standard listing.*
- Advising easyJet on its £700 million cashbox placing.*
- Advising RBC, Jefferies and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (a Stifel company) on Metro Bank’s £375 million documented placing.*
- Advising Stifel and Jefferies as underwriters on DWF Group’s £96 million IPO and premium listing.*
- Advising Nova Ljubljanska Banka on its €608 million IPO and standard listing of global depositary receipts.*
- Advising J.P. Morgan, RBC and Macquarie as underwriters on Amigo Loans’ £327 million IPO and premium listing.*
- Advising Baupost on its selldown in Bakkavor’s £244 million IPO and premium listing.*
- Advising HSBC, Goodbody, Jefferies and Rabobank as underwriters on the rights issue by Greencore in connection with its acquisition of Peacock Foods.*
- Advising PureGym on its postponed IPO and premium listing.*
- Advising Numis and Barclays as underwriters on The Gym Group’s £123 million IPO and premium listing.*
- Advising BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Numis as underwriters on Auto Trader’s £1.4 billion IPO and premium listing.*
- Advising Barclays, HSBC and RBC as underwriters on John Laing’s £249 million IPO and premium listing.*
- Advising B&M Retail on its £1 billion IPO and premium listing.*
- Advising Zenith Bank on its London listing of global depository receipts.*
*Experience gained prior to joining the firm.
Education
- College of Law, London, G.D.L and L.P.C, 2008
- Durham University, B.A. (Hons.), Modern Languages (French), 2006
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2011
Languages
- English
- French