Biography
Nick Davis is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in Haynes Boone's London office.
Nick has more than 25 years experience in the corporate finance advice focusing on flotations, equity capital markets and Public Blue Book M&A across a number of key sectors including natural resources, technology and healthcare.
Nick advises on public company listings on both the Main Market and AIM and has extensive experience acting for other issuers, NOMAD/brokers, and sponsors. He sits on the AIM advisory group and regularly speaks at seminars and conferences globally in relation to London capital markets.
Nick continues to be recognised by Chambers UK, Chambers and Partners, and Legal 500, Legalese, as a leader in his field for his work in Capital Markets: AIM, Equity Capital Markets – small mid cap and Energy & Natural Resources: Mining.
Nick Davis is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in Haynes Boone's London office.
Nick has more than 25 years experience in the corporate finance advice focusing on flotations, equity capital markets and Public Blue Book M&A across a number of key sectors including natural resources, technology and healthcare.
Nick advises on public company listings on both the Main Market and AIM and has extensive experience acting for other issuers, NOMAD/brokers, and sponsors. He sits on the AIM advisory group and regularly speaks at seminars and conferences globally in relation to London capital markets.
Nick continues to be recognised by Chambers UK, Chambers and Partners, and Legal 500, Legalese, as a leader in his field for his work in Capital Markets: AIM, Equity Capital Markets – small mid cap and Energy & Natural Resources: Mining.
- Main Market listings including Yámana Gold, Vaalco Energy Gulf Keystone Petroleum, Tseko Mines and MGC Pharmaceuticals
- AIM listings including Helix, Kropz, Pelatro, Ten Group, TinyBuild and Shanta Mining.
- Broking Clients include Zeus Strand Hanson, Turner Pope, Stifel
- Public M&A Shanta Gold Limited (“Shanta”) on its acquisition by Saturn Resources Limited, Tungsten Corporation plc (“Tungsten “) on the £71 million recommended cash offer by Kofax Inc. (“Kofax”) for Tungsten.
Some of these representations were handled by Nick prior to joining Haynes Boone.
- Law Society of England and Wales
- Trustee Olivia’s Vision Uveitis charity
- AIM Advisory Group of the London Stock Exchange
- Named as a leader in Capital Markets: AIM work by Chambers UK, Chambers and Partners, in every year since 2007
- Named as a leader in Energy & Natural Resources: Mining: International work by Chambers UK, Chambers and Partners, and Legal 500, Legalese, every year since 2013
- Ranked in Chambers Global, Chambers and Partners, Energy and Natural Resources; Mining, International, 2025
- Legal 500, Legalese, Hall of Fame Equity capital markets - small and mid cap
- Recommended in the 2020 edition of The Legal 500, Legalese, (Flotations: Small and Mid-cap)
- Recognised as a leader in the PLC Capital Markets Cross-Border Handbook, 2020
- Named in the Legal Business 'Legal Experts' directory 2019-2020
- Cannabis Europa
- London Stock Exchange listing seminars around the world
Education
LL.B. (Hons.), Leeds University, 1993
Admissions
England and Wales

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