Patrick is a corporate lawyer with over 35 years’ experience, with a practice covering all aspects of private and public company mergers and acquisitions, equity capital market transactions, and corporate finance and growth solutions for family and entrepreneurial businesses.
He advises boards of several listed and unlisted companies, across the technology, energy and natural resources sectors.
Expertise
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Investment / shareholder agreements
- Joint ventures
- Restructurings and reorganisations
- Equity capital markets, principally AIM
- Corporate governance
Experience
Private Company Fundraisings and Investments
- Advised on the establishment of and initial fundraising for Optimism Health Group, plus several subsequent acquisitions and fundraisings.
- Advised on a confidential investment by a public body (by way of debt, warrants and contingent value rights) in a private company.
- Advised Origin Primary Limited on two investments by Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Deutsche Bourse.
- Advised RCF Management LLC and AFC on their investment in Alufer Mining Limited.
- Advised on numerous investments by a buy-and-build fund.
Joint Ventures
- Advised Lithium Assets Limited on its joint venture investment with Imerys UK Limited in Imerys British Lithium Limited.
- Advised OpenGI on a joint venture agreement and investment.
Share Reorganisations
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Advised the founders on the sale of Seneca Learning
- Advised Time Finance plc on five acquisitions.
- Advised Moog Inc. on the sale of its Tritech business which manufactures specialist subsea products.
- Advised Future plc on four acquisitions.
- Advised luxury clothing brand Orlebar Brown on its divestment to the Paris based fashion house, Chanel.
IPOs & Capital Markets Transactions
- Advised AIM listed Time Finance plc on several fundraisings.
- Advised Cenkos on the admission to AIM of CREO Medical plc and on subsequent fundraisings.
- Advised on an investment by Growthpoint Properties to achieve a 51% holding in Capital & Regional plc by way of a recommended partial cash offer and share subscription, and advising Growthpoint Properties on two subsequent fundraisings by Capital & Regional.
- Advised on an investment by Growthpoint Properties to obtain a 29% shareholding in AIM listed Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited.
- Advised CMO Group plc on its AIM admission and placing.
- Advised Investec as nomad and broker to LungLife AI Inc on the latter’s AIM admission and placing.
- Advised WH Ireland on fundraisings by AFC Energy plc.
- Advised WH Ireland on a fundraising by Solid State plc.
- Advised Future plc on a fundraising.
- Advised Funding Circle SME Fund Limited on its IPO, a placing and the establishment of two share issuance programmes.
Healthcare
- Advised on the establishment of and initial fundraising for Optimism Health Group, plus several subsequent acquisitions and fundraisings.
- Advised Optimism Health Group on a number of reorganisations.
- Advised Optimism Health Group on the acquisition of OutsideClinic.
- Advised Optimism Health Group on the acquisition of VisionCall.
- Advised Optimism Health Group on the establishment of a joint venture.
- Advised Cenkos on the admission to AIM of CREO Medical plc and on subsequent fundraisings.
- Advised Investec as nomad and broker to LungLife AI Inc on the latter’s AIM admission and placing.
TMT
- Advised Origin Primary Limited on two investments by Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Deutsche Bourse.
- Advised OpenGI on a joint venture agreement and investment.
- Advised Moog Inc. on the sale of its Tritech business which manufactures specialist subsea products.
- Advised Future plc on four acquisitions.
- Advised Activision Blizzard UK on various share reorganisations.
- Advised Future plc on a fundraising.
- Advised WH Ireland on fundraisings by AFC Energy plc.
- Advised WH Ireland on a fundraising by Solid State plc.
- Advised CMO Group plc on its AIM admission and placing.
Energy and Natural Resources
- Advised RCF Management LLC and AFC on their investment in Alufer Mining Limited.
- Advised Lithium Assets Limited on its joint venture investment with Imerys UK Limited in Imerys British Lithium Limited.
- Advised on the AIM IPO of Nighthawk Energy.
- Advised on the AIM IPO of Union Jack Oil.
- Advised on a reduction of capital by Nighthawk Energy.
Recognition
Recognised by Best Lawyers (2010-2025) for Corporate Finance
Recognised as a Leading Lawyer by Chambers (1996-2022) for Corporate Finance
Trustee of a Bristol based charity, Clifton Diocese.
Previous trustee of Bristol based charity, SOFA project.
Former governor of All Hallows School.
Career
Patrick qualified as a solicitor in 1989. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2024, he worked at the following firms:
- Simmons and Simmons
- Osborne Clarke
- Bevan Ashford
- Ashurst
- Maclay, Murray & Spens
- Linklaters