What we do

Founded in 2007 as a wholly staff-owned business, since inception we have aimed to provide insight, honesty and a highly personalised approach to all our clients.

Companies receive unrivalled advisory work from our trusted and experienced banking team. Institutional investors hunting for ideas receive direct access to our seasoned sales team and research analysts, along with introductions to companies, innovators and thought leaders. Traders wanting high or low-touch execution from multiple venues, with proper performance benchmarking, deal with us daily.

c. 310 All-cap companies and funds covered across UK & Europe
£26bn Raised since 2007 £12.9bn since 2015
173 Staff employed across the UK & North America
120 Corporate clients that we advise

Our latest transaction successes

Company
SigmaRoc
Amount raised
£30m
Placing
Feb-2023
Company
Helium One
Amount raised
£9.9m
Placing
Dec-2022
Company
Ferro-Alloy Resources Ltd
Amount raised
£8.6m
Placing
Sep-2022
Company
TruFin plc
Amount raised
£10m
Placing
Apr-2022
Company
The Renewables Infrastructure Group Ltd
Amount raised
£277m
Placing
Mar-2022
Company
CT Automotive Group plc
Amount raised
£34m
IPO
Dec-2021
Thought of the week – How do practitioners use ESG data?

Thought of the week – How do practitioners use ESG data?

01 June 2023 | Insights

To me, it is always interesting to see what investment practitioners think about ESG and how they use it in practice. No wonder then that I like a new survey by Franck Bancel and his colleagues involving 303 mostly French portfolio managers, financial analysts, ESG specialists, and company valuation experts.

Thought of the Week - The first really awesome biodiversity resource

Thought of the Week - The first really awesome biodiversity resource

15 May 2023 | Insights

Last year, I asked my readers to let me know if they had any good data on the relevance of biodiversity risk for investments. While I received lots of input from my readers, the input was usually company-specific and didn’t allow for a systematic analysis of biodiversity risks across companies. Furthermore, nobody could point me in the direction of any studies that showed biodiversity risk priced into markets. I said back then we were currently at the beginning of the journey. Now, it seems, we have taken a major step forward.

Thought of the week – Second best is first to lose

Thought of the week – Second best is first to lose

03 May 2023 | Insights

Fund managers are constantly trying to gather assets for their funds. One good way to do that is to win prizes and be named “Fund of the Year” or “Fund Manager of the Year”. But, especially with retail investors, this can backfire.

Thought of the Week - Corporate tax increases in a globalised world

Thought of the Week - Corporate tax increases in a globalised world

25 April 2023 | Insights

Assume you live in the UK and the government has decided to increase corporate tax rates to 25% as of April 2023. Surely, higher corporate taxes mean that businesses will think about investing less in the UK and directing more of their investments to other countries with lower tax rates. After all, that is what economic theory says and what most of us learned at university. By now, you probably know me well enough to know that if it was that simple, I wouldn’t be writing about this topic here…

Thought of the week – Greenwashing with green bonds

Thought of the week – Greenwashing with green bonds

17 April 2023 | Insights

A couple of months ago, I read an analysis of around 1,000 green bonds issued by governments and corporations. It made me very angry. Unlike sustainability-linked loans and bonds, which are general purpose bonds, the Green Bond Principles require that the proceeds from issuing such bonds are ringfenced and used for eligible green projects. Yet, it seems that the lawyers have done a great job in negating the very essence of the Green Bond Principles and turned them into another exercise of greenwashing.

Management Board

Bidhi Bhoma

Bidhi Bhoma

Chief Executive Officer

Bidhi joined Liberum in December 2017 as a Managing Director in the Investment Banking team.

David Parsons

David Parsons

Executive Chairman and Head of Equities

David joined Liberum in 2008 as Head of Equity Sales and was appointed Executive Chairman in December 2020.

Shane Le Prevost

Shane Le Prevost

Founder & Executive Director

Shane Le Prevost is Liberum’s founder and is an Executive Director of the Company, he was Chairman and Chief Executive until December 2020.

Andrew Duquemin

Andrew Duquemin

Non-Executive Director

Andrew is a Board Director of Liberum and Liberum Wealth and is also Executive Chairman of Elysium Fund Management.

Julian Plant

Julian Plant

Chief Executive Officer - USA

Chief Executive Officer - USA

Christopher Howlett

Christopher Howlett

Chief Operating Officer

Christopher is Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Executive Management Team.

Rebecca Gordon

Rebecca Gordon

General Counsel

Rebecca is General Counsel at Liberum and is also a member of the Risk & Regulatory Committee.

Dru Danford

Dru Danford

Head of Investment Banking

Dru is Head of the Investment Banking team at Liberum, having joined in November 2022.

Richard Crawley

Richard Crawley

Chairman, Investment Banking

Richard joined Liberum in 2013. He has over 30 years of experience, gained at Charterhouse, Credit Suisse, Oriel Securities and most recently, at Espirito Santo.

Oliver Baxendale

Oliver Baxendale

Head of UK Sales

Oliver joined Liberum in April 2016 as a member of the UK Small and Mid-Cap Sales Team. He was then appointed as Head of UK Sales in March 2021.

Joe Brent

Joe Brent

Head of Research

Joe joined Liberum in 2009. He was previously Managing Director and Head of UK Small and Mid Cap research at Citigroup.

Graham Smith

Graham Smith

Head of Execution

Graham joined Liberum in 2016. Prior to Liberum, Graham has worked for Dillion Reed, Salomon Brothers, Citigroup, Unicredit and Trafalgar Capital.

Clayton Bush

Clayton Bush

Managing Director, Investment Banking: Consumer, Leisure

Clayton joined Liberum in 2008 from Canaccord, having previously worked for Credit Lyonnais, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and PWC.

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Our offices

London

Ropemaker Place, Level 12 25 Ropemaker Street London EC2Y 9LY

New York

20th Floor 575 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10017