Charles Hancock

Chief Executive

Charles is a senior investment banker with over 30 years’ experience in international corporate finance. During his time, he has been involved with some of the most complex transactions of the period: Argyll’s £2.5 billion hostile bid for Distillers against Guinness (then largest UK take-over bid), WPP’s hostile US take-over of J. Walter Thompson, creating the £483 million European venture capital fund for Electra Investment Trust (then the largest European private equity fund), advising the large German conglomerate VEBA on its European joint venture with Cable and Wireless, including a purchase of £896 million shares in Cable and Wireless, then the largest ever stock market transaction.

Prior to Anglo-Suisse Capital, Charles worked for Samuel Montagu, Morgan Grenfell and NatWest Markets. He was Chief Executive of London quoted Anglo Asian Mining PLC and Managing Director of LII Europe GmbH, a large German chemical company.

Transaction list:
• easyFood (UK), Series A growth capital raise, January 2022, ongoing
• Lakeward AG (Switzerland), €150m fund raise, September 2021, ongoing
• GSX (Gibraltar Stock Exchange), $25m capital raise, September 2021, ongoing
• Rockaway Blockchain Capital (Cayman), $100m fund raise, final close July 2021
• Blitzscaling Ventures Fund (backed by Reid Hoffman), $50m fund raise, 2021
• Wunder Mobility (Germany), $15m secondary capital raise, ongoing, 2021
• easyProperty (UK), $5m primary capital raise, ongoing, 2021
• Lloyd Jones (USA), $100m fund capital raise, ongoing, 2020
• Protos Asset Management (Switzerland), $50m fund capital raise, ongoing, 2020
• easyGroup (Monaco, UK), corporate advice on easyJet, 2020
• easyGroup (Monaco, UK), corporate advice on easyCapital, ongoing, 2020
• VoiceBase (USA), $60m primary and secondary capital raise, ongoing, 2019
• BitFolio/FiCAS (Switzerland), $100m fund capital raise, ongoing, 2019
• Alphabit (UAE), $100m fund capital raise, 2019
• Apleona (Germany), $350m fund capital raise, 2018
• Patagro Handels (Switzerland, Nigeria) oil company acquisition, ongoing 2016
• Avalon Media Limited (UK), London Stock Exchange listing and capital raise, ongoing 2016
• Avalon Media Limited (UK, Germany, Denmark), acquisition of photo press agency ongoing 2016
• Avalon Media Limited (UK), pre-IPO capital raise, ongoing 2016
• Fastjet PLC (UK, Tanzania), capital raise for this AIM-quoted African airline ongoing 2016
• Avalon Media Limited (UK, Spain), acquisition of Look Press Agency 2016
• de Candole Fry Limited (UK, Monaco), major commercial agreement, 2016
• de Candole Fry Limited (UK, USA, Singapore), capital raising advice, 2016
• easyGroup (Monaco, UK, Tanzania), corporate advice on Fastjet, ongoing, 2016
• easyGroup (Monaco, UK), corporate advice on easyJet, ongoing, 2016
• Vaxeal SA (Switzerland) biotech series A capital raise, 2015
• Altamas PLC (Malaysia, UK, Middle East), £120 million mining IPO, London Stock Exchange 2014-5
• Oando Energy Resources, Inc. (Nigeria, UK, BVI, Canada), acquisition work 2014
• Aston Property Venture, (UK, Middle East) commercial property 2014
• Action Hotels PLC (Kuwait, UK), £95 million London listing of this Kuwaiti royal family hotel chain 2014
• GeHoGa AG (Germany, UK, Russia), strategic advice for this waste-to-energy group 2014
• FairFx PLC (UK) broker for this £20 million AIM flotation 2014
• Oando PLC (Nigeria, UK, BVI), advisory work on the acquisition of Equator Exploration Limited 2013
• EW Group Limited (UK, Switzerland, Jersey) £2 million placing for this AIM quoted fund management group 2013
• Croma Group PLC (UK) £5 million capital raise for this London listed security company, 2012
• easyGroup (Monaco, UK), shareholder activism advice on easyJet, including EGMs 2013
• Brainspark PLC (UK, Italy) £2 million capital raise for this London listed UK-Italian venture property investor, 2012
• Media Corp PLC (UK), placing for this AIM listed media company, 2012
• Equator Exploration Limited (BVI, Nigeria, Canada), advisory work in relation to a buy-out/conversion of minority interest in conjunction with a reverse take-over listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 2011
• Ruby Creek Resources (Tanzania, Canada), corporate adviser, 2011
• Tata Capital Growth Fund LP (India, Singapore), $300 million capital raise for an Indian private equity fund, ongoing, 2010
• Farmers House PLC (Zambia), $30 million debt and equity capital raise for this Zambia blue chip listed property company, 2010
• Confidential Asset Management S.A.M. (Monaco, Austria), advice on the acquisition of a Monegasque asset management company, 2010
• Minéro Minerals (Mauritius) Limited (Mauritius, Zimbabwe), $3 million convertible preference share for this Zimbabwe gold company, 2010
• Cleantech Capital Partners LP (Guernsey, UK, USA), $1 billion capital raise for this private equity fund focussed on late stage cleantech in Europe and the United States, 2010 (ongoing)
• Gadeco Energy Company (United States), $350 million capital raise for this US oil and gas company, 2010
• Atna Resources Limited (Canada, United States, Guernsey), $15 million gold bond, 2010
• Maverick Resources Limited (Canada, China), Underbidder on the acquisition of the Jean-Marie Field of EnCana Corporation, 2010
• Confidential Private Bank Monaco S.A.M. (Monaco, Spain, Belgium), advice on the acquisition of a Monegasque private bank, 2010
• Equator Exploration Limited (BVI), advice to this Oando PLC (Nigeria) subsidiary on minority shareholders 2010
• Black Marlin Energy Limited (Dubai, west Africa), assistance in the Toronto IPO of this oil & gas company 2010
• Media Corporation plc, advice on the acquisition of Purple Lounge Limited (UK, Malta) 2009
• Nimbus Oil & Gas Group Ltd. (BVI), UK Takeover Code acquisition of GB Petroleum PLC, 2009
• Lane Energy PLC (Isle of Man, Poland), capital raise with ConocoPhillips, 2009
• Mesopotamia Petroleum PLC, co-manager on $60 million global capital raise, 2009
• Strait Oil & Gas Limited (Gibraltar, Georgia), pre-IPO capital raising for oil and gas assets in Georgia, 2008
• Media Corporation plc, advice re acquisition, 2008
• LII Holdings Limited, €55 million sale of LII Europe GmbH, German chemical company, 2007
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References available upon request