Biography
George is a senior Associate in the Firm's Capital Markets group in London. He has extensive experience advising corporates, underwriting banks, private equity funds and shareholders on a wide range of equity capital markets and other strategic transactions in public and private companies. These include IPOs, rights issues, accelerated bookbuild offerings, SPAC listings, demergers, private placements and PIPE transactions on the London Stock Exchange and elsewhere throughout EMEA.
George also regularly advises listed companies on UK Listing Rules and corporate governance issues and has been closely involved in regulatory reforms to the UK listing regime.
Prior to joining the Firm, George worked for a Magic Circle law firm in London, Hong Kong and Dubai and spent time on secondment to the ECM and M&A legal team of a leading US investment bank in London.
Experience
Recent transactions include advising:
- on IPOs and stock exchange listings by Canal+, Athens Airport, Wise, Robyg, Oxford Nanopore, Funding Circle, Airtel Africa, CMC Markets, CYBG (Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank), TSB Bank and Al Noor Hospitals*
- secondary equity offerings by SSE, Saudi Aramco, National Grid, Pennon Group, Metro Bank, Oxford Biomedica, Kier Group, Auto Trader, Saga, Helios Towers and Centrica*
- ATLAS Infrastructure on a £400 million cornerstone investment in United Utilities comprising part of a broader £800 million capital raise by United Utilities
- Deliveroo on the £2.9bn recommended takeover by DoorDash, Inc.
- Eurowag on the €306 million acquisition of Grupa Inelo SA
- UK Listing Rules sponsors on the corporate migration of B&M from Luxembourg to Jersey and on Class 1 Listing Rule transactions by Barclays Bank PLC, Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Petropavlovsk*
- Arrival on a $118m private investment by BlackRock and its subsequent SPAC listing on Nasdaq*
- Friends Life on its £5.6bn takeover by Aviva*
- the private wealth arm of a leading U.S. investment bank and a "Big Four" accounting firm on the restructuring of their European operations*
* Inclusive of matters prior to joining White & Case
Moorgate
Key lawyer, Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
Legal 500 UK, 2026
Shortlisted for Rising Star - United Kingdom
IFLR Europe Awards 2026
