Russell has over 25 years’ experience advising clients on all areas of corporate law with a particular focus on equity capital markets and cross-border private and public M&A. He acts for both listed and private companies and investment banks. Russell’s experience includes initial public offerings (IPOs), including private-equity backed IPOs, secondary fundraisings (rights issues, firm placings and open offers), public takeovers, private share and business acquisitions and disposals and corporate venture capital investments. Russell has particular knowledge of the technology, life sciences and real estate sectors. In the real estate sector, he commonly advises on corporate structures (including joint venture entities) and both single-asset and portfolio acquisitions and disposals.
Russell has acted on numerous high-profile equity capital market and M&A deals, including the Main Market IPOs of FDM Group (Holdings) plc, On the Beach Group plc and LondonMetric Property plc, the sale of Interactive Investor to abrdn plc and News Corporation’s public takeover of Wireless Group plc.
In addition, Russell is regarded as a trusted adviser, regularly advising boards of listed companies on issues relating to corporate governance matters and UK securities laws and regulations.
Russell is commercially focused and dedicated to delivering excellent client service. During his career, he has been seconded to Lazard, the global financial advisory firm, which provided him with some valuable insight on the provision of client advice from a different perspective.
