David Floyd

After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, David Floyd has been working in corporate finance since joining Hambros Bank in 1983. Subsequently working for a UK subsidiary of Credit Lyonnais, Dawnay Day Group and Fairfax I.S. PLC he gained an in-depth working knowledge of the Takeover Code, Listing Rules, Prospectus Rules, DTRs and AIM Rules and has accumulated many years’ experience of transaction management and co-ordination working closely with broking/sales teams, lawyers, accountants, receiving agents, regulators and other specialists. He has been involved in over 100 takeovers, about half of which were subject to the Takeover Code, 43 new issues of securities and a large number of other assignments such as capital reconstructions, debt advisory services, introductions to Listing and to AIM, rescue operations and defences of hostile takeover attempts.