Iain’s practice covers a range of industries and he has particular experience in technology and life sciences sectors. His clients include listed companies WPP plc, who he has advised for many years on M&A and investment transactions, IP Group plc, the leading UK life sciences investor, Capgemini plc and Abingdon Health plc, having recently advised them on their AIM IPO, as well as many fast growing UK and international businesses including Oxehealth and Blue Diamond.
Many of the deals Iain works on are cross-border and recent experience includes:
- Advising Dutch based private equity group Waterland on its acquisition finance facility for the Priory Group purchase
- DeepMatter Group plc on its acquisition of German based Infochem, and its associated secondary offering
- US based Accel-KKR’s investment in SaaS group Safeguard and the sale of Vantage Power to US listed group Allison Transmission
- Advising the tech transfer subsidiaries of three academic institutions (Imperial College Innovations Ltd, UCL Business Ltd, Cambridge Enterprise Ltd) and IP Group on the $145 million funding deal of biotech company Apollo Therapeutics