Laura Sizemore
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- +44 7720 341 214 (UK mobile)
- +90 532 421 2415 (Türkiye mobile)
Biography
Overview
Laura Sizemore is a partner in the Firm's Capital Markets group in London and Co-Head of the Global Capital Markets Practice.
She offers clients the benefit of her considerable experience representing issuers, underwriters and other participants in US registered public offerings, US offerings under Rule 144A, and offerings outside the United States under Regulation S and private placements.
Clients also look to Laura for her significant track record handling emerging markets securities offerings, including listings on one or more securities exchanges. Adept at navigating the cross-border complexities of large-scale, international transactions, she has been involved in a number of high-profile and ground-breaking deals in Türkiye, including the initial public offering of Türk Telekomünikasyon, the largest ever IPO in Türkiye.
A significant portion of Laura's practice is also devoted to advising both US and non-US issuers that are public companies in the United States on their disclosure obligations under the US federal securities laws, as well as their compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.
Laura regularly assists US and non-US issuers in the preparation of annual reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and helps non-US issuers to establish American Depositary Receipt programs.
Experience
Rights Issue/National Grid
Laura represented Barclays and J.P. Morgan on a fully underwritten £7 billion rights issue by National Grid – the largest rights issue in the UK since 2010.
IPO/Listing of Air Astana
Laura represented Citigroup, Jefferies and WOOD & Company on the US$350 million IPO of Air Astana and its listing on the London Stock Exchange.
IPO/Listing of Athens International Airport
Laura represented Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund, as selling shareholder, on the €785 million IPO and listing on the Athens Stock Exchange of Athens International Airport.
IPO/Listing of OQGN
Laura represented OQ Gas Networks on its US$750 million IPO on the Muscat Stock Exchange.
IPO/Listing of Ithaca Energy
Laura represented Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, HSBC Bank, Jefferies, BofA Securities and ING Bank on the £262 million IPO of Ithaca Energy Limited and its premium listing on the London Stock Exchange.
IPO/Listing of CTP
Laura represented CTP, the largest full-service owner-developer of logistics parks in CEE, on its US$1.1 billion IPO on Euronext Amsterdam.
IPO/Listing of BinDawood
Laura represented Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, GIB Capital and NCB Capital on the US$585 million IPO of BinDawood on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).
Placing and placing and open offer/De La Rue
Laura represented Rothschild & Co, Investec, Barclays and Numis on De La Rue's £100 million equity raise by way of a firm placing and placing and open offer.
Rights Issue/Mitie
Laura represented Jefferies, J.P. Morgan, Barclays and Santander on Mitie’s £201 million rights issue.
IPO/Finablr
Laura represented the consortium of banks led by Barclays, J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs on the £306 million IPO and LSE listing of Finablr.
IPO/Arion Bank
Laura represented Arion Bank as issuer in connection with its US$319 million initial public offering and listing of its ordinary shares on NASDAQ Iceland and Swedish depository receipts representing its ordinary shares on NASDAQ Stockholm.
IPO/Listing of Energean Oil & Gas
Laura represented Energean Oil & Gas plc on its £330 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
IPO/Listing of Enerjisa Enerji A.S.
Laura represented Enerjisa Enerji A.S. on its US$395 million IPO on Borsa Istanbul.
IPO/Listing of Alfa Financial Software Holdings
Laura represented Alfa Financial Software Holdings PLC on its £277 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
IPO/Listing of Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
Laura represented Goldman Sachs International, Merrill Lynch International and İş Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. on the US$288 million IPO and listing on Borsa İstanbul of Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. It was the largest IPO in Türkiye since 2010.
IPO/Listing of Prosegur Cash, S.A.
Laura represented Citigroup Global Markets, Goldman Sachs International, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. and Banco Santander, S.A. on the €825 million IPO and listing on the BME of Prosegur Cash, S.A.
Share placement in BT Group Ltd.
Laura represented J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Merrill Lynch International and Goldman Sachs International as placing agents in the £1 billion placing of ordinary shares in BT Group plc, in connection with its proposed £12.5 billion acquisition of EE, the leading mobile network operator in the UK, from Deutsche Telekom and Orange.
Newmont Mining Corporation debt securities offering
Laura represented Newmont Mining Corporation, a NYSE-listed Fortune 500 gold producer with operations on five continents, in its US$2.5 billion public offering of debt securities.
ABB Ltd. shares listing/ capital markets transactions
Laura represented ABB Ltd., one of the world's leading power and automation technology companies, regarding the listing of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, as well as various capital markets transactions.
Coca-Cola İcecek A.Ş. IPO/ listing
Laura represented Coca-Cola İcecek A.Ş., the bottling company operating in Southern Eurasia and the Middle East, in its TRY420 million initial public offering and listing on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
IPO/ Listing of Koza Altın İşletmeleri A.Ş.
Laura represented Goldman Sachs International and J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd., as joint global coordinators, and Ak Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. and İş Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş., as joint domestic coordinators, in the initial public offering and Istanbul Stock Exchange listing of Koza Altın İşletmeleri A.Ş., a leading Turkish gold mining company.
IPO/ Listing of Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş.
Laura represented Deutsche Bank and Garanti Securities as joint global coordinators in the initial public offering and Istanbul Stock Exchange listing of Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş., the leading integrated telecommunications operator in Türkiye. The offering, which raised approximately US $1.9 billion, was the largest-ever Turkish IPO.
IPO/ Listing of Pegasus Airlines
Laura represented Pegasus Hava Taşımacılığı A.Ş. (Pegasus Airlines) and its majority shareholder Esas Holding A.Ş. in the initial public offering and listing on Borsa Istanbul (the Istanbul Stock Exchange) of Pegasus Airlines. Pegasus is the leading Turkish low-cost airline and the second-largest airline in Türkiye in terms of passenger numbers. Barclays acted as sole global coordinator and joint bookrunner and İş Yatırım acted as domestic coordinator and joint bookrunner.
Debt shelf program registration, Goldman Sachs International
Laura represented Goldman Sachs International in connection with the registration of its TRY1.5 billion debt shelf program in Türkiye.
Featured in Financial News' list of the 100 Most Influential Women in European Finance 2024
Equity Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year - Women in Business Law EMEA Awards, 2023
Dealmaker of the Year - The Women in Law Awards, 2020
Best in Equity Capital Markets - Euromoney LMG Europe Women in Business Law Awards, 2019
Hall of Fame, The Legal 500 UK 2025
Equity Capital Markets – Mid-large cap
Band 1, Chambers UK 2025
Capital Markets: Equity – UK
Expert Based Abroad, Chambers Global 2019
Capital Markets – Türkiye
