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Owen E. Waft  Partner
London  +44.(0)20.7360.8132
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Areas of Practice • Representative Experience • Professional Background • Education

Areas of Practice

Owen is a partner in K&L Gates’ Corporate practice group and has particular experience in corporate finance, M&A and private equity. He has a wide range of experience of transactions in a broad range of sectors including, in particular, life sciences, technology and financial services. Owen typically works on transactions in the £15 -£150 million range but also works on smaller and larger transactions. Owen is a member of the firm's AIM Team (which focuses on transactions for companies and merchant banks on the secondary market of the London Stock Exchange).

Representative Experience
  • Admission to AIM of UK execution only private client broker
  • Admission to AIM of New York based financial services company (£31 million)
  • Acquisition of UK pharmaceuticals company by NASDAQ listed specialty pharmaceuticals client(£27 million)
  • Fundraising by way of offer for subscription to a limited number of investors for AIM listed New York based financial services company (£7.5 million)
  • Reverse takeover of a music distribution business for an AIM listed client financed by combination of equity and debt (£30 million)
  • Sale of Swedish pharmaceuticals group for pharmaceuticals client (£10 million)
  • Pan-European acquisition of printing technologies group of companies of US industrial vehicles group (price not disclosed)
  • Simultaneous acquisition of three UK industrial manufacturing businesses for German industrial Group (price not disclosed)
  • Admission to AIM of US investment company (£45 million)
  • Acquisition of UK biotechnology company for Danish life sciences group (price not disclosed)
  • Joint venture and acquisition of advanced spinal technologies company (price not disclosed)
  • Fundraising by way of offer for subscription for AIM listed private client broker (£20 million)
  • Pan-European acquisition of truck body manufacturer of US industrial vehicles group (£90 million)

Professional Background

Owen qualified as a lawyer in 1993. He joined the firm in 1994 and was made partner in 1997.

Education
  • LL.B., City of London Polytechnic (Hons)

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