Gareth Jones

Expertise

Gareth Jones joined Addleshaw Goddard in 2025. Prior to that he was a partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner and then Pinsent Masons. Gareth is a corporate lawyer specialising in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions matters across a broad range of sectors including energy, financial services, retail and consumer, technology, healthcare and real estate.

He has over 20 years' experience of advising on various corporate transactions including IPO’s and secondary offerings (both on the Official List and AIM), public takeovers and mergers and acquisitions, as well as advising boards of directors on their ongoing obligations and corporate governance matters.

Gareth also regularly advises investment banks on similar equity capital markets' transactions. More recently, Gareth has advised a number of clients on private capital fundraisings utilising a number of different structures.

When advising on such matters, Gareth successfully leads multi-disciplinary teams to manage cross-border issues.

Experience

advising a subsea cable manufacturer in connection with its investment round raising £40m in aggregate (with an option to provide an additional £67m of funding); *
advising Elcogen Group plc on its various equity funding rounds with Hydrogen One Capital Growth plc, HD Hyundai, Baker Hughes and Mirae; *
advising a leading UK wholesale provider on executing its recent M&A strategy, namely the acquisitions of a wine and spirits merchants (share purchase) and food distribution and logistics business (business and assets) and the disposal of a high end food distribution business (share sale); *
advising Strip Tinning Holdings plc on its AIM IPO and its follow on placing of new shares and unlisted convertible loan notes; *
advising FireAngel Technology Group plc on its recommended cash acquisition by Intelligent Safety Electronics, the first UK public takeover to be called in (and subsequently approved) by the Secretary of State pursuant to the National Security and Investment Act 2021. This followed on from advising the company on a number of fully pre-emptive open offers, placings and subscriptions since 2017;*
advising ANGLE plc in connection with a number of secondary fundraisings utilising a variety of structures including a Jersey cashbox, direct subscriptions, open offer and/or retail offer; *
advising Panmure Liberum in connection with secondary fundraisings undertaken by SiS and Marwyn Acquisition II as well as a share buyback undertaken by Town Centre Securities; *
advising Cavendish in connection with the secondary fundraisings undertaken by PCI Pal and Brave Bison; *
advising Panmure Gordon in connection with the proposed AIM IPO of a UK energy transition support services business; *
advising Canaccord Genuity in connection with the £102m AIM IPO of Saietta and follow on secondary fundraisings for the company; *
advising FTSE 350 listed PayPoint plc on the £83m recommended cash and share acquisition of Appreciate Group plc; *
advising Zeus Capital and Berenberg on the £340m AIM IPO of tinyBuild Inc.; *
advising a US bidder on an ultimately abortive competitive takeover of an AIM-listed media company; *
advising a UK industrials client on its participation in a formal sales process run by a FTSE 350 listed company; and *
advising Huntsworth in connection with its £524m recommended cash acquisition by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice *

* deals done at previous firm

Testimonials

"He is technically excellent with a sound knowledge of his practice area and a genuine pleasure to work with." Ed Horner - General Counsel and Head of Compliance, Canaccord Genuity

"Gareth has a wonderfully calm manner and gives excellent practical advice on complex matters."

"Gareth is very hands-on and gives practical advice. He's one of our go-to lawyers on any transaction." (Chambers UK Guide 2025)

Education