Jonathan Parry

Partner, London

Biography

Jonathan is included in the Hall of Fame for the UK ECM in the Legal 500 and is ranked in Chambers UK legal directory for ECM. Legal 500 describes him as ‘the top of his field, cutting through problems to get to the heart of issues and provide outstanding service to his clients on a wide range of ECM matters – extremely user friendly.’

Overview

Jonathan Parry is a partner in the Capital Markets group in London. He has more than 22 years' experience advising on equity capital markets transactions on the London Stock Exchange and other stock exchanges across the EMEA region, including IPOs, rights issues, placings and accelerated book-builds, acting for both issuers and investment banks. He spent 18 months on secondment to the UK Listing Authority.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales
Education
LPC
College of Law, London
CPE
College of Law, London
MA
(Oxon)
University of Oxford
Languages
English

Experience

Athens International Airport
Advised Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund, as selling shareholder, on the €785 million IPO and listing on the Athens Stock Exchange of Athens International Airport.

Ithaca Energy
Advised Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, HSBC Bank, Jefferies, BofA Securities and ING Bank on the £262 million IPO of Ithaca Energy Limited and its premium listing on the London Stock Exchange.

C&C Group
Advised Barclays, Davy, HSBC Bank and Numis on C&C Group's £151 million rights issue.

De La Rue
Advised Rothschild & Co, Investec, Barclays and Numis on De La Rue's £100 million equity raise by way of a firm placing and placing and open offer.

Amigo Holdings
Advised Amigo Holdings plc on its £369 million IPO and admission to the Premium Listing Segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Avast
Advised Avast plc on its £600 million IPO and admission to the Premium Listing Segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Kier
Advised Citi, HSBC, Numis, Santander and Peel Hunt as joint bookrunners in connection with the £264m rights issue by Kier Group plc.

Şok Marketler
Advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Ünlü & Co, Citi, UniCredit, and Garanti Yatırım as the underwriters on the US$531 million IPO of Şok Marketler A.Ş. on Borsa İstanbul.

Alfa Financial Software
Advised Alfa Financial Software Holdings PLC on its £277 million IPO and admission to the Premium Listing Segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Play Communications
Advised Play Communications S.A. on its €1.0 billion IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Tritax BIG BOX REIT*
Advised Jefferies on Tritax Big Box REIT's £200 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange and various further equity fundraisings amounting to £910 million.

Foxton Group*
Advised Jefferies in relation to the £50 million sale of shares in Foxton Group through an accelerated bookbuild to institutional investors.

JZ Capital Partners*
Advised JZ Capital Partners Limited on (i) its £39 million issue of convertible unsecured loan stock, (ii) the £90 million placing and open offer and (iii) simultaneous rollover of Zero Dividend Preference Shares.

OneSavings Bank*
Advised OneSavings Bank on its £143 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

Cambian Group*
Advised Cambian Group on its £190 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

Informa*
Advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Barclays on Informa PLC's £200 million placing.

William Hill*
Advised William Hill on its £388 million rights issue.

Merlin Entertainments*
Advised Merlin Entertainments on its £1.052 billion IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

*Matters worked on prior to joining White & Case.

Speaking Engagements

Presentation on recent amendments to the Prospectus Directive: LexisNexis conference

Recent trends and developments in UK equity capital markets: LexisNexis webinar

Presentation on the Listing Rules and the Prospectus Rules: Butterworths conference

Presentation on legal aspects of admission to the markets of the London Stock Exchange (AIM and Official List): EuroSummit conference

Presentation on developments in relation to the Listing Rules and the Prospectus Rules: Butterworths conference

Publications

Article on implementation of the Prospectus Directive in the UK, Capital Markets Law Journal

Article on implementation of the Transparency Obligations Directive in the UK, Capital Markets Law Journal

Article on AIM vs Official List, Energy Source magazine

Awards and Recognition

Hall of Fame, Equity Capital Markets, Legal 500 UK, 2023