Koushik K. Prasad

Koushik’s experience includes advising:

Capital Markets

• The Public Investment Fund (PIF) on its:
  • Follow-on investment in the £216 million capital raise by way of placing by Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings
  • Proposed strategic investment in the £653 million capital raise by way of firm placing and rights issue by Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings
• Diversified Energy Company on its: 
  • Additional listing of shares on the New York Stock Exchange
  • US$163 million cash placing and retail offer to partially finance the acquisition of certain upstream assets and related infrastructure in its Central Region from Tanos Energy Holdings II
  • US$225 million capital raise by way of a cash box placing
  • Transfer from the AIM Market to the Main Market (Premium Segment) of the London Stock Exchange and its US$86 million placing
• Darktrace on its:
  • £1.7 billion initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the London Stock Exchange
  • £25 million post-IPO secondary placing via an accelerated bookbuilt offering
• The underwriters on Deliveroo Holdings’ £7.59 billion IPO and listing on the London Stock Exchange
• Ortho Clinical Diagnostics on its US$1.3 billion IPO and listing on NASDAQ
• J.P. Morgan and Numis, as joint bookrunners, on the £450 million placing of shares by The Unite Group plc
• J.P. Morgan as sponsor to Synthomer plc on the Class 1 disposal of its £200 million laminates, films and coated fabrics business
• Barclays as sponsor to Capita PLC on the Class 1 disposal of its £207 million software solutions business
• Merrill Lynch International, Deutsche Numis and J.P. Morgan Cazenove on the tender offer by Ascential plc to acquire up to £300 million of ordinary shares, as part of the intention to return £850 million to their shareholders
• Merrill Lynch International and Investec Bank, as joint bookrunners, on ITM Power’s £250 million placing via an accelerated bookbuilt offering
• Morgan Stanley and Numis, as joint bookrunners, on the £51.2 million placing of shares by YouGov, an internet-based market research and data analytics firm, to finance its acquisition of GfK’s consumer panel business
• Credit Suisse Group AG on selling its 8.6% stake in Allfunds Group via an accelerated bookbuilt offering for €334 million
• The sponsor, joint global coordinators, and joint bookrunners on Aston Martin Lagonda Global’s £125 million capital raise, listed on the London Stock Exchange and strategic cooperation with Mercedes-Benz 
• The joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners on the £116 million cash placing by S4 Capital plc, the digital advertising and marketing services company
• The joint global coordinators, bookrunners, and managers on Zealand Pharma’s US$100 million placement in 2020 and US$122 million placement in 2021
• The underwriters on the £2.4 billion IPO of Avast, the world’s largest consumer antivirus software supplier, listed on the London Stock Exchange
• DNEG, the international visual effects company, on its proposed IPO on the London Stock Exchange
• Bain Capital on its £157 million block trade sale of equity shares in TI Fluid 
• The principal creditors of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals on the reverse takeover of Aegerion by Amryt Pharma, an AIM-listed company in the UK in connection with Aegerion’s chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization petition in the US 

M&A and Joint Ventures

• Lithia Motors on acquiring the UK motor and leasing business of UK premium listed Pendragon, its joint venture with Pendragon in North America as part of a strategic partnership, and £30 million subscription for shares in Pendragon by way of a non-pre-emptive issuance 
• Zapp Electric Vehicles, a UK-based, high-performance two-wheel electric vehicle company, on its business combination with CIIG Capital Partners II, a special-purpose acquisition company
• The sole sponsor and joint financial adviser on EVRAZ’s potential demerger of its metallurgical coal business
• ReNew Power on its US$8 billion merger with RMG Acquisition Corporation II and subsequent listing on NASDAQ
• Total SA on its natural gas distribution joint venture with Adani Group, created via Total’s acquisition of 37.4% of Adani Gas Limited, an Indian public company
• A global financial technology company on its pre-IPO corporate reorganization