Ian Christie Email & Phone Number

Principally focused on providing transaction services and capital markets advice to companies undertaking London IPOs and other corporate stock exchange transactions.Experience includes IPOs and further offers of UK and overseas companies on the London Stock Exchange Official List (Premium, Standard, Specialist Funds, GDRs) and AIM, including Rule 144a private placements to US institutional investors, and shareholder circulars in respect of reverse takeovers, Class 1 acquisitions and disposals, Takeover Code transactions and bond transactions.Highly knowledgeable on the rules governing London Stock Exchange transactions. I am one of a group of experts who meets regularly with the FCA (previously the UKLA) to discuss rules, give advice and to discuss hot topics.Responsibilities include business development, and I regularly give external presentations at conferences and to clients. I am also responsible for overseeing training for our national transaction services team, and for technical matters.

London, United Kingdom

Principally focused on providing transaction services and capital markets advice to companies undertaking London IPOs and other corporate stock exchange transactions.Experience includes IPOs and further offers of UK and overseas companies on the London Stock Exchange Official List, AIM and Euronext, including Rule 144a private placements to US institutional investors, and shareholder circulars in respect of reverse takeovers, Class 1 acquisitions and disposals, and Takeover Code transactions.Highly knowledgeable on the rules governing London Stock Exchange transactions. I am one of a group of experts who meets regularly with the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) to give advice and to discuss hot topics.Responsibilities include business development, and I regularly give external presentations at conferences and to clients.

London, United Kingdom

Specialised in providing reporting accountant services and advice to companies undertaking London IPOs and other London Stock Exchange transactions.Led work on capital market projects at a number of companies, including Rexam, Rentokil Initial, Hogg Robinson, International Power and Pilkington.Drected teams of up to 40 people; co ordinated the work of overseas teams; acted as principal contact with client management; met tight timetables and delivered high quality reports which were well received by clients.In addition I provided expert advice to clients and PwC teams on IPOs, rights issues, acquisitions, disposals, takeovers and other main market and AIM transactions.

London, United Kingdom

Oversaw the audits of large multi-national listed groups. Clients in this period included: BAA (British Airports Authority), Rank Group, Burberry Group, Liberty and Muji.Also extensive capital market transaction experience. Led PwC’s involvement in a number of London stock exchange transactions, including the IPO of Burberry Group.

Vienna, Austria

- Led teams on international audits.- Undertook financial due diligence work on acquisitions.- Some forensic accounting experience.- Led courses.- Also developed my German language proficiency.

London, United Kingdom

Audit trainee, doing ICAEW exams, including secondment to insolvency.