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 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.