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About Stifel Investment Banking in Europe

A full-service investment bank with deep industry and subsector expertise

Stifel’s investment banking professionals are committed to serving the needs of European companies through specialized expertise and strong relationships within our core industries. It is our fundamental belief that clients value genuine advice and long-term relationships, and we seek to provide these across a full range of industry coverage groups.

ACXIT Capital Partners joined Stifel in 2022. ACXIT was a leading independent corporate finance and financial advisory firm serving European middle-market clients and entrepreneurs. Joining forces allows the Stifel team to extend our platform further into the German, Austrian and Swiss markets.

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Stifel Acquires Acxit Capital Partners

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Investment Banking Coverage

Business Services

Stifel’s European Business Services team advises on a diverse range of transactions including private buy-side and sell-side M&A, public takeovers and defence, strategic advisory and investor positioning assignments, in addition to IPO's, rights issues, equity private placements, and investment and sub-investment grade financings.

We work closely with public and private clients across Continental Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia on transactions with a particular focus on Testing, Inspection, Certification & Compliance; Engineering & Infrastructure Services; Environmental/ESG Services; Speciality Rental; Speciality Consulting; Distribution; Industrial & Technical Services; Facility Services; B2C; BPO; and Human Capital Services.

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Capital Solutions

Stifel's London-based Capital Solutions Group (CSG) offers borrowers a full range of public and private capital markets solutions designed to span the full corporate lifecycle including complex and distressed situations. We work closely with clients across a wide range of industries and jurisdictions to communicate their credit stories to a targeted investor audience and create tailored debt financing structures. CSG leverages Stifel’s global coverage of more than 8,000 accounts, from large institutions to private wealth, to find the right pockets of capital. CSG is also able to advise on restructuring and liability management processes with a focus on early identification of credit related issues and a proactive approach in resolving any commercial, financial, or structural issues. 

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Consumer

The European Consumer Investment Banking team provides a full suite of advisory and capital markets services to clients across all major sector sub-verticals, including Active Lifestyle, Apparel & Footwear, Beauty, DTC & E-commerce, Food & Beverage, Home, and Specialty Retail.

We have a successful track-record of equity capital-raisings, IPOs and sell downs, and both sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions, including multiple cross-border assignments. The team’s success has been built around deep global industry knowledge with unrivalled market access and insight, working to provide clients with a unique offering capable of delivering the most relevant and commercially focused insight and advice. Given the global nature of the Consumer & Retail sector, we work closely with Stifel’s U.S. and other international offices, making sure our clients’ needs are addressed with a global perspective.

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Diversified Industries

Stifel's London-based Diversified Industries Group provides advisory and capital-raising services to family-owned businesses, larger strategics, and financial sponsors across multiple sub-sectors within the Diversified Industries landscape. The group offers its clients advice and execution on M&A, access to public and private equity and debt capital, and other financial advisory services, supporting our clients in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. We cover multiple subsectors within the Industrials landscape, but have deep and extensive experience within the Forest Products, Paper, Packaging and Chemicals, and we continue to broaden our advisory footprint.
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Energy & Natural Resources

The European Energy & Natural Resources Investment Banking team provides capital markets and advisory services to clients in the oil & gas, mining, and clean energy sectors. The team is the market leader in London for oil & gas equity capital-raisings, IPOs and sell downs. The team’s success has been built around deep industry and regulatory knowledge with unrivalled market access and insight. We provide clients with a unique offering capable of delivering the most relevant and commercially focused insight and advice. Our full-service offering includes equity capital markets, M&A advisory, regulatory advisory (Nomad, Sponsor, Takeover Code), debt capital markets, and acquisition and divestment services for oil & gas operators.
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Financial Institutions & Financial Technology

The UK Financial Institutions & Fintech Investment Banking Team (operating under the KBW banner kbw.com/capabilities/investment-banking/fintech-and-financial-services/) provides capital markets and advisory services to clients across the financial services industry, focusing on Insurance, Banking, Specialty Finance, Asset Management and Financial Technology subsectors. The team is a market leader in Europe for M&A advisory, capital- raisings (equity and debt) and IPOs. The team’s success has been built around deep industry and regulatory knowledge with unrivalled market access and insight, combining these elements into a single team to provide clients with a unique offering capable of delivering the most relevant and commercially focused insight and advice.

Healthcare

Stifel’s European Healthcare team provides capital markets and advisory services on a pan-European and global basis across the full range of healthcare companies from biotech, medtech, and diagnostics to animal health, OTC and specialty pharma, as well as outsourced pharma services and healthcare services. We provide a full-service product offering to clients including M&A (both company and asset based), equity capital-raising (including both IPOs and follow on offerings), corporate broking services for listed companies and capital solutions. We have expertise in helping European biotechnology companies access the U.S. capital markets, and we maintain a leading global franchise in branded healthcare products such as animal health and OTC/consumer health.  The team’s success has been built on its deep industry and scientific knowledge, exceptional access to investors, and global connectivity in our core segments. This allows our team to offer a comprehensive and integrated approach to addressing clients’ needs in the most effective way. We also operate in a highly coordinated way with our U.S. banking partners, which offers a highly differentiated proposition for UK and European companies raising capital in the U.S.
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Infrastructure

Stifel’s Infrastructure Investment Banking team offers specialist M&A, debt and strategic advisory services to infrastructure and private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and insurance companies across the infrastructure sector.

We provide clients with tailored and creative capital solutions, drawn from deep expertise across a variety of infrastructure sectors including renewable and conventional power (utility-scale and distribution level), energy transition, regulated utilities, transportation, logistics, telecoms, waste, recycling, district heating and storage.

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Investment Funds & Real Estate

Stifel Europe’s Real Estate Investment Funds Group provides specialist financing and advisory services and we are the market leader for capital raised from 2015 through July 2021. We pride ourselves on providing independent and non-conflicted advice to our corporate clients who benefit from our full range of investment banking services, and our success is underpinned by our unrivalled sector expertise and insights. Our market leading Real Estate franchise advises clients across Healthcare, Student Accommodation, Long-Income, Office, Industrial, Prime Central London, Strategic Land, and Residential sub-sectors. We are a specialist and leading corporate finance adviser to more than 20 retained investment funds clients with an average market cap of over £500m, devising and implementing long-term equity-issuance growth strategies and secondary market promotional activities.
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Legal Services

Stifel’s Legal Services Group is focused exclusively on law firms, litigation finance, and other legal services assets. Our team has advised on multiple transactions across the capital structure (debt and equity, private and public), across the investment banking product set (public equity, private equity, M&A, structured debt), and across the globe (U.S, UK, and Continental Europe). We advised Gerchen Keller on its disposal to Burford (the largest M&A deal in the sector to date), led the IPO of DWF onto the Main List of the London Stock Exchange (the premium listed international legal business) and have successfully executed structured private credit transactions for litigation finance platforms (giving us an unrivalled understanding of private cost of capital). The team specialises in ‘breaking new ground’ and is currently advising on a large ‘captive’ SPV for a prominent UK law firm and a social responsibility litigation fund.
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Sponsors

A substantial and growing advisor to the private equity community.

Private equity firms occupy a significant position in the mergers & acquisitions landscape, representing both buyers and sellers of businesses as well as serving as sponsors of leading companies accessing the capital markets for debt or equity financings. Stifel takes pride in the depth and quality of its relationships with Financial Sponsors. We maintain regular dialogue and deal flow with more than 600 private equity firms.

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Technology

A full-service technology investment bank leading the industry in M&A transactions under $1 billion. Offering a world-class combination of deep sector knowledge, strong industry relationships, and broad product expertise, our team provides clients with strategic advisory and capital-raising services designed to support growth companies and their investors during all stages of their development. With more than 100 professionals working as an integrated team across North America and Europe, Stifel is one of the leading providers of capital-raising services to technology companies and technology-focused institutional investors.
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UK Corporate Broking

Stifel is a leading UK corporate broker with retained relationships across multiple sectors with companies listed on the Main Market and AIM.  We offer a range of services to our corporate clients, providing them with support in the equity capital markets, as well as insightful advice on M&A, defence and debt capital markets.  Stifel is increasingly broadening its sector footprint, with significant momentum and recent clients wins in the Healthcare, Technology and Financials sectors complementing ongoing mid-market leadership in Real Estate, Energy and Resources, and Investment Funds.
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Notable Transactions

Roof_Brookfield M&A

£ 218,700,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Sole Financial Advisor

Investment Funds & Real Estate | November 2024
Marlin_Radar Healthcare
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Buyer

Healthcare | November 2024
Seven2_Lumion MA
Has Executed a Majority Recapitalization with

Advisor to Buyer

Technology | October 2024
ANIXE_Dertour MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Technology | October 2024
Biomapas_Carbyne MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Sole Financial Advisor

Healthcare Services | October 2024
5Vor Flug_Urlaubs MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Consumer | September 2024
ACG Equity Placing

$ 46,300,000

Reverse Takeover & Equity Placing

Capital Markets Advisor, Bookrunner & Sole Placing Agent

Energy & Natural Resources | September 2024
Sonio_Samsung MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Technology | August 2024
SAiba_Boehringer MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Healthcare, Biopharma | August 2024
Windrose_ASI Reisen MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Consumer | August 2024
Akston_Dechra
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Healthcare | July 2024
Endomag_Hologic

$ 310,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Medtech, Healthcare | July 2024
Foresight_Averon MA

£ 167,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Sole Financial Advisor

Investment Funds & Real Estate | July 2024
Demecan_FrogHawley MA
Has Received an Investment from Frog Hawley

Sole Financial Advisor

Consumer | July 2024
Vitroconnect_Oakley Capital MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Technology | July 2024
Instamotion Retail_Carvago M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Consumer | July 2024
Onward Medical SCF

€ 52,500,000

Secured Credit Facility

Exclusive Debt Advisor

Healthcare | June 2024
Strix Technology Equity Placing

£ 8,700,000

Equity Placing

Joint Bookrunner and Joint Corporate Broker

Industrial Technology | June 2024
Bharat PIPE

$ 11,500,000

Advisory

Financial Advisor

Healthcare | June 2024
Accrol_Navigator M&A

£ 188,194,390

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Paper & Forest Products | May 2024
Polarean Equity Placing

$ 10,000,000

Equity Placing

Sole Corporate Broker and Sole Bookrunner

Healthcare | May 2024
D’Amico Block Trade

€ 40,300,000

Block Trade

Joint Global Coordinator / Joint Bookrunner

Diversified Industries | May 2024
MaaT follow-on

€ 19,200,000

Follow-on Offering

Sole Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner

Healthcare | May 2024
Sappi_Progroup MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Paper & Forest Products | May 2024
Greif_Ipackchem_MA March

$ 538,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Buyer

Packaging | March 2024
Renalytix Follow-on Offering

$ 12,000,000

Follow-on Offering

NOMAD, Sole Financial Advisor and Sole Bookrunner

Healthcare | March 2024
Soverign Appointed Joint Broker

Joint Corporate Broker

Energy & Natural Resources | March 2024
Avacta

£ 31,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Bookrunner, Joint Corporate Broker, NOMAD

Healthcare | March 2024
Amaroq Minerals

$ 57,800,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Bookrunner

Energy & Natural Resources | February 2024
ACOME Group_LYNDDAHL Telecom

Mergers & Acquisitions

Diversified Industries | January 2024
Aquapharm_PCBL MA

£ 380,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Healthcare | January 2024
Rainbow JCB

Joint Corporate Broker

Energy & Natural Resources | January 2024
Wentworth_Maurel Proom MA

$ 75,300,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Financial Advisor

Energy & Natural Resources | December 2023
Euro Manganese

$ 100,000,000

Convertible Loan Royalty

Financial Advisor

Energy & Natural Resources | November 2023
ic Berlin_Marcolin MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Financial Advisor

Consumer, Technology | November 2023
BarkyGroup Private Placement

£ 100,000,000

Private Placement Joint Venture

Sole Financial Advisor Sole Placement Agent

Real Estate | October 2023
Infirst_Carlin MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Healthcare | September 2023
Pollen Street Private Debt
Private Debt

Financial Advisor

Software | September 2023
Skymark_Interflex Group MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Diversified Industries, Paper & Forest Products | September 2023
Kooth Follow-on

£ 10,000,000

Equity Placing

Joint Bookrunner

Healthcare | July 2023
Jadestone Follow-on Offering

$ 50,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Sole Bookrunner

Energy & Natural Resources | June 2023
Zoo Digital Equity Placing

£ 12,500,000

Equity Placing

Nomad, Joint Broker and Joint Bookrunner

Technology | May 2023
Sunbloom_Avril MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Consumer | April 2023
Franchise Brands Follow-on

£ 92,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Bookrunner

Diversified Industries | April 2023
Diversified Energy

$ 163,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner

| February 2023
Renalytix PIPE

$ 20,300,000

PIPE

Sole Placement Agent and Nomad

Healthcare | February 2023
Keensight_Onventis MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Buyer

Technology | January 2023
Greif_Lee Container MA

$ 300,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Buyer

Packaging, Paper & Forest Products | December 2022
Bioassay_ReactionBiology
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Healthcare | December 2022
Avacta Group Convertible Bond FO

£ 64,000,000

Convertible Bond & Follow-on Offering

Sole Bookrunner, Sole Placement Agent, Sole Broker and Nomad

Healthcare Services | October 2022
Maxive_Thales MA

€ 120,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Software | October 2022
Bidstack Placing

£ 10,482,996

Placing and Subscription

Broker and Sole Bookrunner

Internet & Digital Media | October 2022
Exact_Weclapp MA September
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Buyer

Software | September 2022
Riskmethods_Sphera MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Software | September 2022
Kape Follow-on

$ 220,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Broker and Joint Bookrunner

Technology | September 2022
7C Solar Parken Follow-on
Follow-on Offering

Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner

Energy & Natural Resources | September 2022
Zephr_Zuora
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Software | September 2022
Cryptosense MA
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Software | August 2022
Medpharmex_Dechra MA

$ 260,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Healthcare Services | August 2022
Energy IPO

€ 30,000,000

Initial Public Offering

Joint Global Coordinator and Euronext Growth Advisor

Energy & Natural Resources | July 2022
Neogames_Aspire MA

$ 480,000,000

Tender Offer

Exclusive Financial Advisor

Gaming & Leisure | June 2022
Redex Pharma Follow-on

£ 34,261,864

Follow-on Offering

Joint Bookrunner

Biopharma | May 2022
Supermarket Income REIT Follow-on

£ 300,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Sole Sponsor, Financial Adviser, Global Coordinator, Bookrunner

Real Estate | April 2022
Hyloris Follow-on

€ 15,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner

Healthcare | April 2022
Renalytix

$ 30,000,000

Convertible Bond and Equity Placing

Sole Financial Advisor and Sole Placement Agent

Medtech | March 2022
Unbound Group

£ 30,000,000

Transfer of Listing to AIM

Financial Advisor, Sponsor & Nomad

Consumer | February 2022
Marlowe Follow-on

£ 130,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Bookrunner

Diversified Industries | January 2022
Revalize_Tenado M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Buyer

Technology | November 2021
esight_MRI M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Technology | October 2021
Supermarket Income REIT Follow-on

£ 200,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Sole Bookrunner and Financial Adviser

Real Estate | October 2021
Marlowe Follow-on Offering

£ 50,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Bookrunner

Diversified Industries | October 2021
Kape

$ 354,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Bookrunner

Technology | September 2021
Opensignal_Comlink Data M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Internet & Digital Media | September 2021
Target Follow-on

£ 125,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Bookrunner and Financial Adviser

Real Estate | September 2021
Atlas Antibodies – Afinum – SHS M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Buyer

Biopharma | August 2021
FSI Global – MRI Software M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Software | August 2021
BioAgri – DWHP M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Biopharma | July 2021
Gen inCode IPO

£ 17,000,000

Initial Public Offering

Sole Global Coordinator, Joint Bookrunner & Nomad

HealthTech | July 2021
Nyxoah IPO

$ 97,807,500

Initial Public Offering (U.S. Nasdaq)

Joint Bookrunner

Medtech | July 2021
Tremor IPO

$ 128,600,000

Initial Public Offfering

Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner

Internet & Digital Media | June 2021
Assura Senior Notes

£ 300,000,000

Senior Sustainable Notes

Joint Bookrunner

Real Estate | June 2021
Diversified Energy Follow-on

$ 225,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Global Coordinator

Energy & Natural Resources | May 2021
Studio Retail Group 04-2021

£ 30,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Retail | April 2021
Supermarket REIT 03-2021

£ 150,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Sole Bookrunner

Real Estate | March 2021
Polarean Imaging PLC 03-2021

£ 25,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Sole Bookrunner

Healthcare | March 2021
Energean 03-2021

£ 104,400,000

Block Trade

Joint Bookrunner

Energy & Natural Resources | March 2021
Target Healthcare REIT 03-2021

£ 60,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Sole Bookrunner

Real Estate | March 2021
Profit Software/Volpi Capital 12-2020

£ 110,500,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Software | December 2020
Opensignal_Infobip M&A

$ 300,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Software | December 2020
ReNeuron Group 12-2020

£ 17,500,000

Follow-on Offering

Sole Bookrunner

Biopharma | December 2020
Third Point 12-2020

$ 56,600,000

Block Trade

Joint Bookrunner

Energy & Natural Resources | December 2020
Nicelabel/Loftware 12-2020

£ 89,200,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisor to Seller

Software | December 2020
Marlowe plc 11-2020

€ 30,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Bookrunner

Business Services | November 2020
Kape Technologies 10-2020

$ 115,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Joint Bookrunner

Software | October 2020
Supermarket REIT 10-2020

€ 200,000,000

Follow-on Offering

Sole Bookrunner

Real Estate | October 2020
Smith and Williamson 09-2020

£ 1,800,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions

Financial Advisor

Financial Institutions | September 2020
Currency volume represents full credit to each underwriter. All transaction announcements appear as a matter of record only. Stifel collectively refers to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and other affiliated broker-dealer subsidiaries of Stifel Financial Corp.

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