Independent corporate finance and investment advisory firm, specialising in smaller quoted and larger unquoted companies
Corporate Finance
Nicolas Greenstone qualified as a solicitor in 1973 and went on to specialise in corporate and securities law. He has been a partner in Berwin Leighton, Olswang and Fladgate Fielder and was head of the corporate department in the latter two firms. During his legal career, he led transactions with an aggregate value in excess of £3 billion, including a real estate acquisition with a transaction value of £600m. He was involved in more than 40 flotations on the Official List, the Unlisted Securities Market, AIM and OFEX, now PLUS Markets. He is the co-author of a book on management buy-outs published by Butterworths.
He is chairman of Microcap Equities plc, an AIM quoted investment company, and was until 31 August 2006 chief executive officer of The Niche Group plc, an AIM quoted company which focuses on pre-ipo investments. During his tenure, this company registered gains on investments ranging from 80 percent to 260 percent over periods of months. He is also chairman of two formerly quoted AIM companies, Healthcare Holdings plc and Matisse Holdings plc, both of which are in negotiation intended to restore their quotations on AIM. Nicolas is the proprietor of Barton Brown Limited, an FSA authorised corporate finance firm which specialises in small cap fundraising and listing.
He is a solicitor of the Supreme Court and a Member of the Securities and Investment Institute.
Merchant Capital Limited
Aldermary House
10-15 Queen Street
London EC4N 1TX
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7332 2200