International law firm Bird & Bird has advised Gamma Communications plc (“Gamma”) on its admission to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. This is one of the first AIM to Main Market move ups since the London Stock Exchange reformed its listing rules in 2024 and accounts for the fifth listing mandate for Bird & Bird since the start of 2024.
Gamma is a leading technology-based provider of communication services across Europe. They offer a range of solutions including unified communications, voice enablement, connectivity, mobile and security.
The Bird & Bird corporate team consisted of partners Clive Hopewell and Fiona McFarlane, with associates Zoe Bannell-Symes, Thomas Davies and Kevin Wu.
Lead partner on the matter, Clive Hopewell, commented: “We are very pleased to have assisted Gamma on their recent listing on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market. As a longstanding client of Bird & Bird, we are grateful to have had the opportunity to advise on this key milestone in Gamma’s impressive growth story. This deal adds to Bird & Bird’s growing repertoire of listings that we have assisted on in recent years.”
Neil Blundell, Bird & Bird’s client partner for Gamma, commented: “We have been working with Gamma for 14 years and have developed a very strong commercial relationship. I am personally delighted to see Gamma reach the next stage of their ambition, as I was involved in advising on Gamma’s AIM IPO ten years ago. Our long relationship with Gamma demonstrates Bird & Bird’s capacity to advise technology clients in all aspects of their business including, in Gamma’s case, significant international expansion.”
Andrew Belshaw, CEO of Gamma remarked, “Thank you to Clive and the team at Bird & Bird for navigating us through the move-up process, 10 years after the firm assisted us with our original AIM IPO. The move-up process went very smoothly, on time, and within budget. We are delighted with the result.”
Gamma Communications plc ("Gamma") is a leading provider of technology-based communication solutions across Europe. With approximately 2,200 employees and listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Gamma helps organisations connect and collaborate through solutions including Unified Communications, voice enablement, connectivity, mobile and security.
Gamma's vision is a better-connected world - working smarter for the benefit of businesses, people and the planet. Selling exclusively to businesses and public sector organisations, Gamma's core markets are the UK and Germany, with additional presence in Spain and the Benelux region.
In the UK, Gamma serves SMEs through an extensive network of over 1,500 channel partners (Gamma Business). For larger businesses and public sector organisations, Gamma Enterprise engages directly to sell, deliver, and support more complex, integrated communications solutions. Gamma Europe has its largest presence in Germany, where it operates through a combination of a strong partner network and a self-service digital platform and is now one of the country's leading cloud communications providers, following strategic acquisitions.
For more information about Gamma and its full range of products and services, visit gammagroup.co
