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 Paul Blackmore
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Paul Blackmore

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Paul has over 25 years of experience specialising in equity capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions (both public and private) with a particular focus on the TMC and Real Estate sectors. His equity capital markets work sees him regularly advising clients on lPOs and secondary offerings. He also advises bidders, targets and management teams on public M&A transactions.

Paul is interested in working with fast growing companies, helping them through their life cycle and the challenges they face; examples include acting for CityFibre, the UK’s largest alternative provider of wholesale fibre network infrastructure, on their growth from start up to listing on the AlM market, through various public equity fundraisings and acquisitions, to their take private in 2018 and beyond.

Awards & Recognitions
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    The "level-headed" Paul Blackmore concentrates on M&A and ECM transactions. He works with clients from the media, telecommunications and real estate industries, among others.
    Chambers UK 2017
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    Paul Blackmore has particular experience in joint ventures and partnerships in the real estate sector. Sources say: "He's a very straightforward lawyer and really understands our company," and appreciate that "he's very pragmatic and open to ideas."
    Chambers UK 2016
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    Sources call Paul Blackmore "very robust and pragmatic" for his wide-reaching corporate practice, which features expertise in media and real estate. He represented Quintain Estates & Development in its £39 million sale of the SeQuel property portfolio to Palace Capital.
    Chambers UK 2015

Relevant experience

  • Capital & Regional Plc on its £147m public takeover by NewRiver REIT Plc.
  • CityFibre on its £200 million acquisition of FibreNation from Talk Talk Group Plc.
  • Luceco Plc on its acquisition of D W Windsor Group Limited.
  • Capital & Regional Plc on its share issue and partial takeover offer in favour of Growthpoint Securities, valued at £150.4m.
  • idverde Holdings Limited on its acquisition of TCL Group, a national provider of landscaping, play products and grounds maintenance services.
  • CityFibre on its public takeover valuing the company at £540m.
  • CityFibre on its £200m placing and ABB.
  • Funds advised by Delancey on the £1.2 billion joint venture with Qatari Diar and Dutch pension fund APG in respect of various private rental schemes, including the former Olympic Village at Stratford.
  • Richard Caring on the sale of the iconic Wentworth Golf Club to Chinese conglomerate Reignwood, for £135 million.
  • Funds advised by Delancey and Qatari Diar on their acquisition of the East Village, the former Athletes Village at the Olympic Park, built for the London 2012 Olympic Games, for £557 million.

Education

  • 1990 – BA (Hons) (First Class) Jurisprudence, Lincoln College, Oxford.