UK:
Investment Funds Team Advises Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company Plc On Its £130 Million Main Market Initial Public Offering
09 December 2021
Gowling WLG
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Our Investment Funds team has advised Foresight Sustainable
Forestry Company Plc, an investment fund investing predominantly in
UK forestry assets, on its £130 million initial public
offering and its listing on the premium listing segment of the
London Stock Exchange's Main Market.
Corporate partner John Reed led on the transaction with
support from senior associate Emily Airton, associate Chris Kay and
paralegal Tonia Magda.
Commenting, John Reed said: "We are delighted to have
advised Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company Plc on its IPO.
COP26 recently underlined the huge importance of forests and
afforestation projects worldwide and we are proud to have played
our part in bringing the company to market as the forestry assets
that the company will make a genuine and measurable sustainability,
biodiversity and EGM impact in the UK."
Our Investment Funds team is one of the leading advisers to the
investment funds sector, and brings together a wealth of talent
covering tax, corporate, finance, regulatory and dispute
resolution.
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