| Unity Power plc | |
|---|---|
| Date: | November 2009 |
| Deal Size: | £20m convertible loan facility |
| About the client: | Unity Power plc successfully restarted a significant coal mine in Wales, UK, strategically located with access to rail links to supply high quality thermal and metallurgical coal |
| About the transaction: | Akur delivered a £20m convertible loan facility to Unity after an extensive period of marketing, the funding party was a large integrated global commodities group |
| Lead: | Tom Frost |
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