Paul Amiss
Partner
Paul is Co-Chair of Winston’s UK Capital Markets and Public Company Transactions practice. He regularly counsels public and private companies and investors on key strategic deals and has a particular focus on cross-border transactions. His substantial experience includes M&A, equity capital markets, joint ventures, private equity, and venture capital investments.
Key Matters
Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.
Highlights of Paul’s recent work include:
- Representing Aeron Defense, a newly formed private equity defense platform established by Ventus Industrial Partners in partnership with GenNx360 Capital Partners and Admiralty Partners, on its acquisition of defense contracting specialists General Tool Company and Magna Machine Company (January 2026).
- Representing SunCap on its acquisition of GrowUp Farms, a UK based vertical farming business (December 2025).
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Representing Precision Aviation Group on its acquisition of Turner Aviation Group, a UK-based aerospace maintenance, repair, and overhaul provider (July 2025).
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Representing SunCap on the establishment of Hillcrest Private Equity Real Estate an investment platform backed by an institutional investor with £250m of equity to invest in UK private equity real estate opportunities (2023).
- Representing Financials Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, on its £150M IPO on the London Stock Exchange (April 2022 - click here for further information) and on its proposed business combination with London Innovation Underwriters Limited (November 2023 - click here for further information).
- Representing Best of the Best plc, an AIM listed online competition hosting company, on its £43M recommended takeover by Globe Invest Limited (July 2023).
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Representing SunCap a UK based private equity house on its acquisition of Adventure Forest, trading as “Go-Ape” in the US (May 2022). Click here for further information.
- Representing a NYSE listed special purpose acquisition company Broadstone Acquisition Corp. on its US$2.2B business combination with Vertical Aerospace Ltd (December 2021). Click here for further information
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Representing Abercross Holdings a UK based private equity house in the restructuring of Typhoo Tea Limited and related acquisition of a controlling interest in Typhoo by Zetland Capital (July 2021).
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Representing the UK based sponsor of special purpose acquisition company Broadstone Acquisition Corp, on its US$300M IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (September 2020). Click here for further information.
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Representing Vanbrugh Trustees, the owners of The Blenheim Estate, on its acquisition of UK house builder Pye Homes Ltd (December 2018).
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Representing General American Capital Partners on its €100M acquisition of Football Club des Girondins De Bordeaux SA (Bordeaux FC) (October 2018).
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Representing the family offices of Stephens and Van Tuyl on their US$100M investment into Firethorn Trust a real estate investment company (July 2018).
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Representing behavioural science business Mind Gym plc on its £145 million AIM IPO and related £50 million vendor placing (June 2018). Click here for further information.
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Representing the management of UK-based housebuilder Vanderbilt Homes Limited on its £50M restructuring and refinancing by Cheyne Capital (April 2018).
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Representing New York and San Francisco based private equity firm, Argand Partners, on its £150M acquisition of UK-based carpet maker, Brintons Carpets, from The Carlyle Group (July 2017).
Other notable transactions include representing:
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Auctus Industries on its US$220M acquisition of Shimtech Industries in an independent sponsor transaction that was backed by Inflexion Private Equity and Ares Management.
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Horizon Acquisition Company plc on its £850M acquisition of U.S. based APR Energy (the team were shortlisted for “Corporate Team of the Year” at the Legal Business Awards).
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Horizon Acquisition Company plc on its £400M IPO on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.