James Inness

Mr. Inness's representative transactions include advising:

• Savvy Gaming Group on its US$1 billion investment in Embracer Group AB, a prominent games and esports company
• Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and others in connection with the direct listing of Wise, Europe’s first direct listing by a technology company
• Darktrace in its £1.7 billion IPO on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
• Morgan Stanley and other banks in connection with the £351 million open offer by Mitchells & Butlers
• Morgan Stanley and Danske Bank on the DKK37 billion rights issue by Tryg A/S, the largest ever equity raise by a Scandinavian listed company
• The underwriters in the US$25.6 billion IPO and listing of Saudi Aramco on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) 
• The underwriters on the US$6.5 billion dual listed initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange and Astana International Exchange by Kaspi.kz, one of the largest payment and fintech companies in Kazakhstan
• Thomas Cook Group in connection with its strategic review, re-financing the proposed sale of its airline, and ultimately its attempted recapitalisation
• Diversified Gas & Oil on its London Stock Exchange Premium Listing
• The underwriters in connection with Synthomer plc’s £204 million rights issue on the London Stock Exchange in connection with its £654 million acquisition in Omnova Solutions Inc
• The underwriters in connection with the £130 million equity issue by Entertainment One
• The underwriters in connection with the £2.4 billion initial public offering (IPO) of Avast, the world’s largest consumer antivirus software supplier, listed on the London Stock Exchange
• TI Fluid Systems plc on its £1.3 billion IPO on the London Stock Exchange
• The founders of Dubizzle on the sale of their shareholdings in Dubizzle, the largest online classifieds platform in the Middle East 
• FMC Technologies Inc., the subsea oil services group, on its merger with Technip SA and listing on the NYSE and Euronext Paris 
• The underwriters on the proposed dual-track IPO of Brakes Group