£20m equity fundraising on the London Stock Exchange
About the client:
Tritax Big Box is a leader in UK Big Box real estate investment and is the first listed investment company to give pure exposure to the Big Box asset class in the UK – advised by Akur since 2012.
About the transaction:
This equity fundraise (conducted as a non pre-emptive Placing) was concluded in a single morning. It allowed the Company to acquire a major big box asset let to NEXT Group plc for a total investment of £60m
Chris is focused on listed closed-ended funds, specialising in both equity and debt capital fundraising.
He has over 16 years’ experience in both sales and research. With relationships across many of the large institutional investors in the sector, he has worked across IPOs, secondary fundraisings, placings and sales.
He began his career in the City as an investment funds analyst at Credit Lyonnais in 1999, and has subsequently held positions at Lazard Panmure Gordon, Arbuthnot Securities, and most recently as a specialist salesman within the investment funds team at Westhouse Securities. He is focused on private and public real estate and REITs, infrastructure and utilities, emerging markets, private equity and alternatives.
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3780 8746
Mob: +44 (0) 7471 141 303
Email: cyoung@akur.co.uk
+44 207 493 3631
