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What ever size or stage of your operations, our aim is to be your partner in business
“Our relationship with the capital markets team at
Crowe Clark Whitehill has been a long-standing
one and we were keen to ensure that our AIM
adviser team would be able to work closely
together to ensure a smooth, successful
admission. We greatly appreciated their practical
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we would certainly recommend the team to other
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Non-Executive Chairman
Adamas Finance Asia Limited
Working together as part of your team
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146 capital market transactions completed since January 2005 (by market)
Market Country Number of
completed
transactions
AIM UK 110
ISDX UK 16
MAIN UK 15
TSX-V Canada 2
Frankfurt Germany 1
SGX Singapore 1
US OTC USA 1
146
“Our international management
team needed the support of an
efficient and knowledgeable
reporting accountant in London to
support us on our admission to
the Main Market of the London
Stock Exchange. We were very
pleased with the team at Crowe
Clark Whitehill and would highly
recommend them to other
companies seeking admission to
London's capital markets."
Mark Gustafson,
Chairman
Challenger Acquisitions Limited
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146 capital market transactions completed since January 2005 (by region)
70
3
7
7
9
8
19
20
1
2
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The AIM Adviser Rankings Guide, published quarterly, rank Crowe Clark Whitehill as the 8th largest auditor to
companies listed on AIM (April 2015)
“Our placing and admission
represents the third capital
markets transaction over a
ten-year period that the team
from Crowe Clark Whitehill
has assisted me with. As with
my previous experiences, the
assistance provided by the
them this time around did not
disappoint. "
Colin Orr-Ewing,
Non-Executive Chairman
Bacanora Minerals Limited
Rank
Auditor
Number of
AIM-listed
clients
1 BDO 152
2 KPMG 150
3 Grant Thornton UK 144
4 PwC 120
5 Deloitte 77
6 EY 61
7 Baker Tilly 58
8 Crowe Clark Whitehill 43
9 UHY Hacker Young 30
10 Nexia Smith & Williamson 29
51 listed company audits
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51 listed company audits (by region)
20
1
7
2
2
1
9
6
2
1
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• AB Dynamics (AIM)
• Adamas Finance Asia (AIM)
• AdEPT Telecom (AIM)
• Aquatic Foods Group (AIM)
• Auhua Clean Energy (AIM)
• CDialogues (AIM)
• CentralNic Group (AIM)
• Challenger Acquisitions (MAIN)
• Chapel Down Group (ISDX)
• CIC Gold (MAIN)
• Condor Gold (AIM)
• Craven House Capital (AIM)
• DP Poland (AIM)
• Eco City Vehicles (AIM)
• Fishing Republic (AIM)
• Fusionex International (AIM)
• Galasys (AIM)
• Geo Global Group (ISDX)
• Graphene NanoChem (AIM)
• Hardy Oil & Gas (MAIN)
• Hightex Group (AIM)
• Independent Resources (AIM)
• Jarvis Securities (AIM)
• JQW (AIM)
• Learning Technologies Group (AIM)
• MayAir (AIM)
• Medilink-Global UK (AIM)
• MiLOC Group (ISDX)
• Motif Bio (AIM)
• Oxus Gold (AIM)
• PHSC (AIM)
• PipeHawk (AIM)
• Plexus Holdings (AIM)
• Prime People (AIM)
• Quadrise Fuels International (AIM)
• Rame Energy (AIM)
• Real Good Food Company (AIM)
• Sorbic International (AIM)
• Sound Oil (AIM)
• Sovereign Mines of Africa (AIM)
• Sunrise Resources (AIM)
• SWP Group (AIM)
• SyQic (AIM)
• TechFinancials (AIM)
• Tertiary Minerals (AIM)
• Trafalgar New Homes (AIM)
• Vertu Capital (MAIN)
• Water Intelligence (AIM)
• Xplorer (MAIN)
• Xtract Resources (AIM)
• Yujin International (AIM)
51 listed company audits
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Capital markets team
Robin Stevens – Partner, Corporate Finance
Tel: +44 (0) 207 842 7282 Mobile: +44 (0) 7787 112 059
Email: [email protected]
Paul Blythe – Partner, Corporate Finance
Tel: +44 (0) 207 842 7231 Mobile: +44 (0) 7876 282 728
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Stephen Bullock – Partner, Corporate Finance
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 842 7166 Mobile: +44 (0) 7714 700 657
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Leo Malkin – Partner, Audit
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 842 7245 Mobile: +44 (0) 7795 554 932
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Matthew Stallabrass – Partner, Audit
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 842 7212 Mobile: +44 (0) 7736 659 186
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Laurence Field – Partner, Corporate Tax
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 842 7280 Mobile: +44 (0) 7799 812 173
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Lee Hamilton - Director, International Mobility
Tel: +44 (0) 207 842 7357 Mobile: +44 (0) 7876 825 358
Email: [email protected]
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