Nicholas Holmes
Partner, Head of Equity Capital Markets
Nicholas is a senior partner who heads our Equity Capital Markets practice. He specialises in equity capital markets transactions, IPOs, secondary and follow-on equity offerings, schemes of arrangement, corporate reorganisations and tender offers. He chairs the City of London Law Society’s Listing Rules/Prospectus Rules Committee.
Nicholas's experience
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Advised Peel Hunt, a UK investment bank in its capacity of Sponsor in London Stock Exchange-listed EnQuest’s proposed $833 million acquisition of participating interests in four offshore production sharing contracts in Malaysia.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Acted for a leading global financial institution in its role as global coordinator, bookrunner and underwriter on the £140 million rights issue to fund the acquisition of a UK based life insurance business. The transaction supported the buyer’s acquisition of a specialist provider of life protection and investment bond products managing approximately 454,000 policies.
- United Kingdom
- Finance
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Advised Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch on the $30 billion IPO of Haleon PLC following its demerger from GSK plc. (the largest IPO in Europe in the past 10 years).
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised Peel Hunt, a UK investment bank specialising in mid cap corporate broking and advisory services, on its £273 million IPO, supporting the bank through the preparation and execution of the listing, including prospectus drafting, regulatory compliance and coordination of the underwriting process.
- United Kingdom
- Finance
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Advised JP Morgan, Barclays, Numis and Peel Hunt on the £1.1 billion IPO of Countryside Properties, supporting the banks through the preparation and execution of the listing, including prospectus work, regulatory compliance and coordination of the underwriting process.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised Softcat, a leading UK IT infrastructure and services provider, on its £472 million IPO, supporting the company through the preparation and execution of its listing, including prospectus drafting, regulatory compliance and coordination with the underwriting banks.
- £472m
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advised Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate Limited, the European real estate investment platform of global property group Kennedy Wilson, on its £1.1 billion IPO and subsequent £350 million placing and open offer, supporting the company through prospectus preparation, regulatory compliance and execution of the equity fundraising processes.
- £1.1bn
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised Merlin Entertainments, one of the world’s largest operators of visitor attractions and theme parks, on its £3.3 billion IPO.
- United Kingdom
- Retail & Consumer
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Advised Green REIT, an Irish real estate investment trust focused on commercial property assets, on its €310 million IPO and subsequent €400 million placing, supporting the company through prospectus preparation, regulatory compliance and execution of the equity fundraising processes.
- €310m
- United Kingdom
- Finance
Credentials
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2025Joined Pinsent Masons
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2005Ashurst, Partner
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2002Ashurst, Senior Associate
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1994Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Associate
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1991College of Law Guildford
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1990CPE University of Cambridge
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1988University of Cambridge MA, Modern and Medieval Languages (Hons)
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