Jayson Marks

Public M&A and Capital Markets

• 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.
• Advising MedicX Fund Limited, a premium listed real estate investment company, on three fundraisings by way of placing, open offer and offer for subscription to raise £61 million, £49 million and £47 million respectively.
• Advising Crusader Resources Limited, an ASX listed company with exploration and near-development gold mining assets in Brazil on its dual listing on AIM and placings.
• Advising Kromek Group plc, a developer of x-ray and gamma ray detection for use in the aviation security and nuclear sectors, on its £55m AIM IPO.
• Advising Oriole Resources plc on its proposed £32 million AIM reverse takeover of an ASX listed mining company and subsequent shareholder requisition and proxy battle.
• Advising Regal Petroleum plc on three placings to raise US$263.7 million, in aggregate.

M&A and Joint Ventures

• 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 BP on its acquisition of a 50% interest in a PTA plant in Indonesia from Mitsui.
• 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 Alstom on its £45.5 million acquisition from Rolls-Royce plc of Tidal Generation Limited (a tidal stream turbine developer).
• 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.
• Advising AIC Limited, on its proposed joint venture with Vitol S.A. in respect of oil storage capacity at terminals in the ARA.