Jayson Marks

Equity Capital Markets

• Advised Zeus Capital Limited on placings by 80 Mile plc, Celsius Resources Limited, DG Innovate plc and Alien Metals Limited.
• Advised Metals Exploration plc on its £19.7 million buyback of the 18.6% shareholding of a single shareholder and related circular, as well as Rule 9 whitewash.
• Advised Canaccord Genuity Limited as sole bookrunner on a block trade agreement to dispose of a 22% stake in Atalaya Mining plc on behalf of ICBC Standard Bank plc, following its enforcement of security over the shares held by Yanggu Xiangguang Copper Co. Ltd (XGC) for £98.2 million.
• Advised WH Ireland Limited in its capacity as nominated adviser and broker on the AIM dual-listing of ASX-listed, Artemis Resources Limited (a gold and copper exploration and development company with assets in Pilbara, Paterson Province of Western Australia) with a market capitalisation of £52 million and £5 million placing.
• Advised WH Ireland Limited on the accelerated bookbuild placing by Jubilee Metals Group plc to raise gross proceeds of £30 million to fund the strategic acquisition of interests in the Kitwe, Ndola and Mufulira copper and cobalt tailings projects in Zambia.
• Advised Canaccord Genuity Limited and Zeus Capital Limited as joint brokers on a fundraising by Pantheon Resources plc to raise US$21 million by way of a placing, direct subscriptions and a retail offer through Primary Bid.
• Advised Berenberg and WH Ireland Limited as joint brokers on a placing to raise £13 million for Jubilee Metals Group plc to fund its metals processing and recovery projects.
• Advised WH Ireland Limited as nomad and broker on the £10.1 million placing and £11.4 million debt for equity swap by AIM-quoted Various Eateries plc which owns, develops and operates restaurant, club house and hotel sites.
• Represented Hurricane Energy plc on its Court-approved reduction of capital and capital return programme involving distributions of up to $70 million to shareholders.
• Advised Canaccord Genuity Limited and H&P Advisory Limited as joint brokers on a US$31 million secondary placing by AIM and TSX-V quoted Southern Energy Corp, together with a simultaneous "bought deal" underwritten prospectus offering in Canada (together with over-allotment option) to fund the development of its US shale gas assets in the Gwinville field, Mississippi and to fund potential future acquisitions.
• Advised WH Ireland Limited in its capacity as nominated adviser and broker on the AIM IPO of Various Eateries plc (a hospitality group operating restaurants and hotels) with a market capitalisation of £65 million and £25 million fundraising.
• Advised WH Ireland Limited in its capacity as nominated adviser and broker on the AIM IPO of itim Group plc (an omni-channel SaaS IT company) on its £48 million AIM IPO and £8 million placing.

Public M&A

• Advising Metals Exploration plc on its recommended offer by way of scheme of arrangement to acquire Condor Gold plc (listed on AIM and TSX) for a consideration of up to £90 million, paid by way of cash, shares and the issue of contingent value rights to receive up to £28.8 million over a period of five years by reference to the increase in gold resources and first production of gold at Condor's Nicaraguan gold projects.
• Advising Hannam & Partners as financial adviser to Nioko Resources Corporation on its recommended unconditional US$17 million cash offer for the 22% of the issued share capital (not already owned by Nioko) of AIM-quoted Hummingbird Resources plc, following a US$30 million debt for equity swap and Rule 9 whitewash.
• Advising Asia Coal Energy Ventures on its successful US$200 million hostile takeover to acquire Asia Resource Minerals plc (formerly Bumi plc) which owns one of the largest thermal coal producing assets in Indonesia.
• Advising IP Group plc on its £87.8 million takeover by way of scheme of arrangement of Fusion IP plc and firm placing, placing, open offer and offer for subscription to raise £100 million.
• Advising Regal Petroleum plc on its competitive takeover process, resulting in the recommended increased partial offer by Energees Management to acquire 70%of the company (£85.3 million).
• Advising Neutrahealth plc on its recommended takeover by way of a scheme of arrangement by Elder Pharmaceuticals FZCO.

M&A and Joint Ventures

• Acting for the buyer on the acquisition of the owner of a bauxite mine in Guinea (including a royalty arrangement).
• Representing WH Ireland Limited on the business and assets sale of its equity capital markets division to Zeus Capital Limited.
• Advising Metals Exploration plc on its acquisition of 72.5% of the issued share capital of Yamang Mineral Corp., a Philippine company that holds the Abra gold/copper exploration tenement.
• Advising the Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources on its auction process for the licensing of the Khnaigiuyah copper/ zinc exploration project (the largest exploration site in Saudi Arabia).
• Advising ArcelorMittal SA, the world’s largest steel trader, on the sale of 50% of Global Chartering in order to form a 50:50 joint venture in respect of its dry bulk shipping business (deal value of US$530 million).
• Advising Enwell Energy plc on its acquisition of LLC Arkona Gas-Energy, which holds the Svystunivsko-Chervonolutskyi exploration licence in the Poltava region in north-eastern Ukraine.
• Advising Singapore Marine Pte Ltd on its private fundraising and the simultaneous acquisition of the Bermudan and Swiss entities forming the SwissMarine group, to form a new dry bulk shipping operator with around 175 vessels.
• Advising Motor Fuel Group on its £143 million acquisition of the UK retail fuel supply business of Murco Petroleum Limited, comprising 228 petrol stations and a 200+ independent dealer network.
• Advising Blue Coast Hotels on the £720 million proposed acquisition of a portfolio of 42 Marriott signature-branded hotels, with a syndicate involving Deutsche Bank and Starwood.
• Advising Asda Stores Limited on the disposal of 39 Netto stores to Haldanes and Morrisons to comply with OFT undertakings in lieu of a competition referral.
• Advising Mitsui OSK Lines in respect of its powership joint venture arrangements with Karadeniz.
• Advising on the establishment of a new freight parcelling shipping business in Switzerland, related joint venture agreement between the investors and equity and debt fundraising.
• Advising a major infrastructure investor on its joint venture to finance the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and operation of an FPSO for the Barossa gas field, offshore Australia.
• Advising Aker Solutions AS on its joint venture to provide local content EPC services and subsea systems in Angola to Total (in respect of the Kaombo project, a US$2 billion plus contract) and other oil companies.
• Advising Seven Energy International Limited on a restructuring of an existing upstream joint venture and establishing a new midstream joint venture in respect of the producing Uquo oil field and related processing facilities.