Nick Davis Senior Partner, Corporate Partner

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    Expertise

    Nick Davis is Senior Partner at Memery Crystal, and a Partner in our Corporate department.

    Nick has over 20 years’ experience in the corporate finance advice specialising in flotations, equity capital markets and Public Blue Book M&A across a number of key sectors including Natural Resources, Technology and Cannabis.

    Nick advises on public company listings on both the Main Market and AIM and has extensive experience acting for other issuers, NOMAD/brokers, and sponsors. Nick is also the only lawyer who sits on the AIM advisory group and regularly speaks at seminars and conferences globally in relation to London capital markets.

    Nick heads up the firms’ natural resources team having worked on many of the largest AIM fundraisings in the sector. In addition, Nick is considered one of the UK’s leading lawyers in the medical cannabis field and advised the first Cannabis listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

    Nick continues to be recognised by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as a leader in his field for his work in Capital Markets: AIM, Equity Capital Markets – small mid cap and Energy & Natural Resources: Mining.

    Accolades

    • Chambers 2024 - Nick Davis
    • Legal 500 2024 - Hall of Fame
    • Legal 500 2023 - leading individual
    • Chambers UK 2023 - Nick Davis
    • Legal 500 2022 - leading individual
    • Chambers UK - 2020
    • Chambers UK - 2019

    "He is a great lawyer, whether it's on financing or M&A-related work."

    Chambers & Partners, 2023

    In detail

    Recent experience

    • Main Market listings including Gulf Keystone Petroleum, Green Dragon Gas and Tharisa.
    • AIM listings including Kropz, Pelatro, Ten Group, Gulf Keystone Petroleum, Discovery Metals, Media Square, Mobile Streams, Nyota Minerals, MDM Engineering Group and Shanta Mining.
    • Broking Clients include Charles Stanley, Cantor Fitzgerald, Strand Hanson, Numis, Royal Bank of Canada and WH Ireland.
    • Advising on the NEX listing of medicinal cannabis investment vehicle, Ananda Developments which was the second ever public listing of a cannabis vehicle.

    Career history

    • 2021 – Present: Senior Partner, Memery Crystal
    • 2016 – 2021: Chief Executive. Memery Crystal
    • 2003 – Present: Partner, Memery Crystal
    • 2004: First oil & gas listing on AIM
    • 2002: First mining listing on AIM
    • 2000: Solicitor, Memery Crystal

    Awards and Recognition

    • Named as a leader in his field for his Capital Markets: AIM work by Chambers UK in every year since 2007.
    • Named as a leader in his field for his Energy & Natural Resources: Mining: International work by Chambers UK every year since 2013.
    • Named as a leader in his field for his Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions work in the Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom directory in 2013.
    • Named in Growth Company Investor’s ‘Top 50 Movers & Shakers’ list for 2012.
    • Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in United Kingdom 2021 for Corporate Finance Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law.

    What our clients think about us

    “Nick provides very good, clear tactical legal advice that factors in the commercial realities.” – Chambers and Partners, 2023

    “A great lawyer whether doing financing or M&A, as well as a host of other legal matters.” – Chambers and Partners, 2023

    “He is a great lawyer, whether it’s on financing or M&A-related work.” – Chambers and Partners, 2023

    “He is a leading expert in London Stock Exchange matters and seems to know everyone working in this space.” – Chambers and Partners, 2023

    “Partners Nick Davis and Kieran Stone embody this approach, leading deals and differentiating themselves from their competitors with their focused, open and realistic approach, technical knowledge and ability to deliver a deal in line with what was promised.” – Legal 500, 2023

    “Nick is phenomenal and very much geared towards serving early-stage companies, and he is super effective at that and takes that role very seriously.” – Chambers and Partners, 2021

    “He manages to cut straight through to the commercial issues.” – Chambers and Partners, 2021

    “He is approachable and always has a solution for anything.” – Chambers and Partners, 2021

    “He is very commercial and very good at seeing through things and cutting straight to the issues.” – Chambers and Partners, 2021

    Clients describe Nick Davis as “very pragmatic, clear and commercial.” – Chambers and Partners, 2020

    Nick Davis is a “big character” and “good operator”, who “comes up with sensible, practical commercial solutions.” – Chambers and Partners, 2019

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