Nicola Evans

Nicola Evans

Partner
London

Email [email protected]​hoganlovells.com

Phone +44 20 7296 2861

Fax +44 20 7296 2001

LanguagesEnglish

Practice groupCorporate & Finance

Described as "approachable and pragmatic" by Legal 500 UK, Nicola has over 20 years’ experience advising clients on game-changing and often innovative corporate finance transactions.

Nicola’s broad experience is international and extends to corporate transactions, domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, the Takeover Code, disclosure and governance issues, securities law and the Listing Rules as well as secondary capital raising and restructurings. She is also often called upon by boards of listed companies to advise on their significant corporate matters.  

Nicola is Leader of our Insurance Sector, the first woman in the firm to be appointed to this role.  She has experience across a number of sectors including, in particular, insurance, financial services, retail and real estate.  

Awards and recognitions

Approachable and Pragmatic Legal 500 UK

Education and admissions

Education

LL.B. (Hons), University of Edinburgh, 1992

Diploma in Legal Practice

Memberships

Admitted as a lawyer in England and Wales

Admitted as a lawyer in Scotland

Bar admissions and qualifications

Solicitor, Scotland

Solicitor, England and Wales

Related industries

Diversified Industrials Financial Institutions Insurance Real Estate

Related practices

Business Integrity Capital Markets Corporate Governance Joint Ventures Mergers and Acquisitions Securities and Public Company Advisory

Related areas of focus

Bolt-ons Business Integrity and Sustainable Development Buy Outs Buy-ins and Buy-outs Capital Markets and Tax Carve-outs, Spin-offs, and Split-offs Corporate and Commercial Transactions Corporate Group Structures Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Governance Hostile Takeovers and Takeover Defense Insurance M&A, Business Transfers, and Restructuring M&A and Tax M&A, Business Transfers, and Restructuring in Financial Services Raising Equity Capital

Related knowledge

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

Representative experience

Represented Shaftesbury on its £300 million underwritten equity capital raise.

Represented U+I on the sale of its stake in the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus to Brookfield Asset Management. 

Represented Just Group plc cash box placing of £75 million alongside an underwritten benchmark restricted tier 1 debt offering of at £300 million.

Represented AXA on various transactions including the disposal by way of auction sale of Bluefin and HAPS.

Represented OYAK, a Turkish pension Fund on its proposed acquisition of British Steel.

Represented Suramericana on the multi-jurisdictional acquisition from Royal + Sun Alliance of its Latin American businesses.

Represented Prudential/M+G on various corporate acquisitions of real estate assets.

Represented Segro on its £1bn public takeover of Brixton plc and associated placing and open offer.

Represented the Pears family on the acquisition of various hotels from the De Vere Group.

Represented Aviva on its acquisition of real estate assets by way of the acquisition of shares in various companies.

Represented Santander on the integration of the Alliance & Leicester business by way of a Part VII transfer.

Represented CH2M Hill on its £120m acquisition of Halcrow Holdings Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement.

Represented the Pension Protection Fund on its arrangements with Tata Steel.

Represented CH2M Hill on its arrangements with the Pension Protection Fund.

Represented Constellation Hotels on the acquisition of the InterContinental Park Lane for £400m.

Represented SEGRO plc on its £500m fully underwritten rights issue.

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