June Paddock

June is head of the Corporate / Commercial team. June's practice spans a wide range of corporate, commercial, capital market and financing transactions and covers both public (AIM and Official List) and private companies, financial sponsors and acting for investors and investee companies alike. Much of her work involves cross-border transactions and a variety of financing structures (both equity and debt) and includes private equity, joint venture and collaboration agreements as well as IPOs, M&A and takeovers (public and private).

She has worked extensively in a variety of sectors particularly life sciences, natural resources and technology on a wide variety of transactions, including IPOs, M&A, bond issues, reverse takeovers, private placements and subscription agreements as well as acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, refinancings and reorganisations.

She has also worked extensively on corporate governance and regulatory issues and is author of Tolley's Practical Guide to Corporate Governance and Directors' Remuneration.

Selected Experience

• Lead All Investments Limited commences trading on AIM
• Perbadanan Nasional Berhad (PNS) completes divestment of a UK asset

News

• When Mining meets Litigation: Fasken Martineau's litigators help First Quantum Minerals Ltd. with major favorable settlement
• Ginette Leclerc and June Paddock are the authors of an article featured in Governance on gender diversity within boards of directors

Publications

• Women on Boards
• New Guidelines for UK Listings of Natural Resources Companies

Presentations

• Raising Capital in Jakarta and London
• Directors Duties & Governance 2011

Membership/Affiliations

• City of London Law Society
• Member of legal committee of Quoted Companies Alliance (which represents the interests of smaller quoted companies in the UK)
• International Bar Association

Honours and Awards

• June is recognised in  Legal 500 2011 directory for her expertise in Corporate and Commercial – Flotations, M&A: Smaller Deals up to £50m and TMT – IT and Telecoms; "June Paddock leads on the telecoms side."
• June is recognised by Chambers Global 2011 as a leading individual within 'Corporate: Leading Foreign Firms in London: UK'.
• June is listed in Legal Experts 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, published by Legal Business, as an authority in Corporate and M&A.
• June is recommended in Legal 500 2010 within: 'Corporate & Commercial - Flotations: small & mid-cap', 'Corporate & Commercial - M&A - smaller deals up to £50m',  'TMT - IT & Telecoms' and is recognised for leading 'on the telecoms side'.
• June is recommended in Legal 500 2009 within: 'Corporate & Commercial - Flotations: small & mid-cap' and 'Corporate & Commercial - M&A - smaller deals up to £50m'.