Experience includes: •IPOs: including of Pod Point, Darktrace, Deliveroo, Cazoo (through a US de-SPAC), Trainline, Funding Circle, Aston Martin, Quilter, Bakkavor, Alfa, McCarthy & Stone, Watches of Switzerland, Network International, Worldpay, Sophos, DFS, Virgin Money, Spire, SSP, Zoopla, TSB, Poundland, Arrow Global, Partnership, Perform Group, Fresnillo, Gondola Holdings, Hansen Transmissions, QinetiQ, Britvic, Virgin Mobile and eircom and the proposed IPOs of Rubix, Helios Towers, The Priory, CPA Global, Logicor, Cabot, Misys, Pure Gym, New Look, United Biscuits, Travelex and P3•Rights issues and open offers: including the rights issues by Whitbread, Aston Martin, Cineworld, Laird, Informa, BBA Aviation, Serco and the LSE, the rights issue by Barclays in 2013 and on all three capital raisings by Lloyds in 2008/9 as well as on rights issues by Wolseley, D S Smith, Lamprell, Balfour Beatty, National Express and Centrica and open offers including by the AA as well as Barclays and Kenmare Resources•Placings: including advising UKFI on its ABB in RBS shares in August 2015 and its trading plan in relation to Lloyds shares announced in 2014, the ABB sale by HMT of 7% of Lloyds in 2014, the bookrunners on the ABB sale by HMT of 6% of Lloyds in 2013 and on placings by Aston Martin, Auto Trader, Compass Group, National Express, SSP, Ultra, Workspace, Hammerson, Serco, Shaftesbury, G4S, Perform Group, BTG and Pennon•Mergers and acquisitions: including advising Spire Healthcare on its takeover approach by Ramsay Healthcare, Northgate on its merger with Redde, ZPG on its take private by Silver Lake, Laird on its take private by Advent, Spire Healthcare on its takeover approach by Mediclinic, Partnership on its merger with Just Retirement, the LSE on its proposed merger with Deutsche Borse, Perform Group on its take-private by Access Industries, BAE on its proposed merger with EADS, CPPIB and Onex on their bid for Tomkins and GMG on its bid with Apax for Emap