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Christopher Nicholls is Vice Chair, Financial Advisory with Teneo in London.

Christopher joined Teneo as part of its acquisition of the restructuring business of Deloitte, where he was a Partner. Previously Christopher was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan Cazenove. He has over 29 years of corporate finance experience, advising corporates, shareholders and other stakeholders (such as governments) across a wide range of capital raisings, M&A and restructuring transactions.

Selected Project Experience:

• Petrofac on its £900m restructuring and refinancing.
• Lead advisory in connection with TGI Fridays and the sale of its UK business.
• Vue International on its £600m refinancing.
• Lender advisory in connection with R&Q Insurance.
• Strike on its acquisition of the business of Purplebricks Group plc.
• James Fisher & Sons plc on the disposal of James Fisher Nuclear.
• McBride plc on its £200m refinancing.
• Lender advisory in connection with Joules plc.
• Studio Retail Group and lender advisory in connection with its sale to Frasers plc.
• Ganfeng on its £285m public offer for Bacanora Lithium plc.
• DBAY on the £75m public-to-private of Proactis Holdings plc by Café Bidco.
• HM Treasury in relation to Export Development Guarantees for British Airways (£2bn) and easyJet plc (£1.4bn).
• British Business Bank on the £150m LSE IPO of Seraphim Space Investment Trust.
• Exponent on its £70m shareholder sell down in Moonpig plc.
• musicMagpie plc on its £200m LSE IPO.
• Accrol plc on its acquisition of LTC and associated equity fund raise.
• Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc on £920m share placing and related buyback.
• Murgitroyd plc on its £63m sale to Sovereign Capital.
• AJ Bell plc on its £650m main market LSE IPO.
• Xafinity plc on its £190m LSE IPO and subsequent £150m class 1 acquisition.
• Lenders to Lonmin plc on its $400m rights issue and wider recapitalisation.
• HgCapital on its disposal of Zenith Leasing.
• Morses Club plc on its £140m AIM IPO.
• Bridgepoint on its dual-track disposal of Quilter Cheviot.
• Cineworld plc on its £110m LSE IPO.
• AO plc on its £485m LSE IPO.
• Ocado plc on £370m LSE IPO.
• Riverstone Energy on its $1.2bn LSE IPO.
• HellermannTyton plc on its €270m LSE IPO.
• Ophir Energy plc on its $375m LSE IPO and subsequent transactions including $825m placing and rights issue.
• John Laing Infrastructure Fund on its £270m LSE IPO and multiple subsequent capital raises, totalling £1bn.
• Land Securities plc on its £750m rights issue.
• Songbird Estates plc on its £1bn restructuring and recapitalisation.