Greg Stonefield is a partner in the Corporate department in the London office.  He has experience in domestic (UK) and international M&A; equity capital markets (LSE and AIM Listings); dual-listed company structures; international reorganisations; joint ventures and private equity transactions.

Greg has a wealth of experience in bringing overseas companies to the London Stock Exchange. His experience covers a broad array of industry sectors including real estate, oil and gas, mining and metals and telecoms.

Greg joined White & Case in April 2003 from another leading international firm.

Examples of recent M&A representations 

• Represented Toby Blackwell, one of the principal shareholders in and former group chairman of Blackwell Publishing, in the company's sale of all outstanding shares to US publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. for £572 million;
• Represented MITIE Group plc on its cash box placing of new ordinary shares to raise gross proceeds of approximately £43 million;
• Represented MITIE Group plc on its acquisition of 100 percent of the issued share capital of Dalkia Energy and Technical Services Limited and Parkersell Limited for a total consideration of up to £130 million;
• Represented Nordic Capital and US-based Avista Capital Partners in connection with their successful US$4.1 billion bid to purchase the ConvaTec business unit from Bristol-Myers Squibb;
• Represented Ruukki Group plc in its proposed acquisition of 100 percent of the share capital of Sylvania Resources Limited to be implemented by way of an Australian law governed scheme of arrangement;
• Represented the founders of Indicus Advisors in their entry into a strategic partnership with private equity firm Cinven Ltd;
• Represented Imprint plc as target on a three-way bid;
• Represented AFI Developments plc on its purchase of 100 percent of the share capital of AFI Ukraine Limited;
• Represented SRM in relation to their investment in Northern Rock plc;
• Representation of Colony Capital LLC in relation to an agreement between Colony Capital LLC and Raffles Holdings Limited to purchase all of the hotel interests of Raffles Holdings Limited, comprising 15 Raffles Hotels and Resorts and 26 Swissôtel Hotels and Resorts in 35 destinations, for approximately US$1.3 billion;
• Represented Frutarom Industries Limited in its acquisition of 100 percent of the share capital of Belmay Limited;
• Represented TNK-BP on the sale of a 96.9 percent stake in Russian oil firm Udmurtneft to China's Sinopec;
• Represented the principal shareholders of PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, Indonesia’s third largest tobacco company, in the US$2 billion sale of a 40 per cent block of shares to Philip Morris International;
• Represented Accent Equity Partners on (i) the disposal of Tribon Solutions AB, a leading global supplier of IT solutions for shipbuilding and marine design to Aveva Group Plc and (ii) the subsequent disposal of its stake in Aveva Group Plc;
• Represented a consortium of four steel manufacturers (Duferco Group, Marcegaglia, Group IMSA and Duferco Steel Co.) in relation to devising a structure whereby the consortium will purchase all the steel slab surplus to Corus’s requirements;
• Represented Tyco International in relation to the disposal of the Tyco Metals Business to Caparo;
• Represented American Signature Inc. in relation to its investment in Furnitureland;
• Represented Frutarom Industries Ltd., in relation to the acquisition of the fruit preparation business of International Flavours & Fragrances, Inc. in Germany, Switzerland and France;
• Represented Vodafone plc in relation to a joint venture in the Middle East;
• Represented First Atlantic Capital Ltd., a private investment firm specialising in acquiring and growing mid-sized companies, on its acquisition of Prestolite Electronic Holding Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of alternators and starter motors, from Genstar Capital;
• Represented Vereinigte Haftpflicht Versicherung, the parent of Criterion Insurance Company Limited, on the sale of its subsidiary Criterion Life Assurance Limited to Reliance Mutual Insurance Society Limited;
• Represented STN Atlas Marine Electronics GmbH on the sale of SAM Electronics United Kingdom Limited to Maria Vermögensverwaltung GmbH;
• Represented Deutsche Bank in relation to the sale of its interests in a number of limited partnerships;
• Represented Coca-Cola Beverages PLC on the acquisition of companies in eastern Europe and Russia;
• Represented GUS Plc on the purchase of Homebase Group Limited;
• Represented Benckiser NV in relation to its merger with Reckitt & Colman; and
• Represented Commercial Union in its merger with General Accident.

Examples of recent equity capital markets representations 

• Represented AFI Developments PLC on its premium listing of shares;
• Represented the majority shareholder, Emerging Capital Partners (holding a 50 percent shareholding), in Central African Gold PLC, an AIM listed company with a portfolio of production and exploration assets in Africa, including Zimbabwe and Botswana;
• Represented the underwriters in the rights issue of Bank Millennium;
• Represented Afren plc in its US$125 million equity raising by way of open offer;
• Represented Phytopharm plc, listed on London Stock Exchange, raise funds from institutional shareholders on a placing and open offer;
• Represented EastPharma Ltd., a Bermuda company, active in the manufacturing and marketing of branded generic pharmaceuticals in Turkey and other emerging markets, in its $200 million initial public offering and admission of its global depositary receipts to the official list of the London Stock Exchange;
• Representing Amer Sports Corporation in its €160 million rights offering;
• Represented UBS Investment Bank and Danske Bank A/S, Helsinki Branch, as the joint global co-ordinators and underwriters in an approximately €200 million rights offering of Sponda plc, a leading Finnish real estate investment company; 
• Represented AFI Development PLC, on its US$1.4 billion IPO on the London Stock Exchange which at the time was the fifth largest real estate/IPO globally;
• Represented JPMorgan Securities Ltd., Lehman Brothers International (Europe) and Merrill Lynch International on the US$1.54 billion initial public offering of Oil Refineries Ltd. (ORL), an Israeli corporation wholly owned by the State of Israel;
• Represented Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and Merrill Lynch International on a US$280 million offering of ordinary shares of MirLand Development Corporation Plc which listed on AIM;
• Represented Talvivaara Mining Company Ltd., a Finnish company, in connection with its US$378 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange;
• Represented Morgan Stanley in connection with a US$144 million follow on placing of shares in RGI International Limited on AIM;
• Represented RGI International Limited on the US$180 million offering of its ordinary shares to trading on AIM;
• Represented an underwriting syndicate led by UBS Limited on a US$302.4 million offering of shares of Plaza Centers N.V.which listed on the London Stock Exchange;
• Represented Indago Petroleum Holdings in connection with its IPO on AIM;
• Represented Frutarom Industries Ltd., an Israel-based global producer of food and beverage flavours and ingredients, in its US$91.5 million IPO of shares and GDRs on the London Stock Exchange;
• Represented a substantial shareholder on the disposal of 50 percent stake in Aroma Broadcasting Limited to Milestone Plc, with the latter being listed on AIM; 
• Represented Yuzhmash Plc on its offering structure in relation to the issue of bonds listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange;
• Represented Investec PLC in relation to its international restructuring, migration, listing and dual-listed company structure;
• Represented lastminute.com in relation to its listing on the London Stock Exchange;
• Represented Coca-Cola Beverages on its demerger from Coca-Cola Amatil and listing in London; and
• Represented Billiton in relation to its international restructuring upon its migration from South Africa and listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Bars and Courts
Solicitor of England and Wales, 1997

Education
LPC, The College of Law, London, 1994
MA, Jurisprudence, Oxford University, 1993

Languages
Afrikaans
English

Citizenship
British