A little about Rick
Rick Thompson is a Partner in FRP’s Financial Advisory team leading our Public Company Advisory offering. Based in London, he has more than 35 years’ public advisory experience in UK Equity Capital Markets, advising public companies primarily quoted in London.
Rick advises companies across the full corporate lifecycle, from IPOs and secondary fundraisings to public company takeovers, M&A and strategic advice. His experience spans a broad range of sectors, with particular expertise across industrials and support services, business services, consumer and technology.
His IPO highlights include Unite Group, Mulberry Group, Flomerics, Lambert Smith Hampton, Big Yellow, Sanctuary Music, Charteris, Biofocus, Cains Beer Company, Victoria Carpets, Strip Tinning and Aurrigo. Public company takeover experience includes Blockley’s Brick, Estates & General, Newport Holdings, Local Radio Group, UA Group, Parkdean Holidays and Belvoir.
Before joining FRP, Rick held senior investment banking roles, including Managing Director, Investment Banking at Singer Capital Markets, Head of Corporate Finance and Broking at Cantor Fitzgerald London and Charles Stanley Securities. His previous roles also include senior corporate finance positions at Teather & Greenwood and Brown Shipley.
He has been a Member of the AIM Advisory Group of the London Stock Exchange since 1999 and a Member of the Technical Committee of the ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty since 2003.
At FRP, Rick provides strategic, commercially focused advice to public companies, growth businesses and boards considering or undertaking public markets activity, helping them navigate fundraising, M&A, public takeovers and other complex corporate transactions.
