Laytons ETL’s Equity Capital Markets team advised AIM-quoted Empyrean Energy Plc (the Company), the oil and gas development company with interests in Indonesia and the United States, on their recent share capital re-organisation in connection with a fundraising (the “Transaction”).

A Family Investment Company (“FIC”) is a private company formed with the specific intention of managing and holding investments for a single family. FICs have become a popular method of structuring wealth and passing it down to younger generations.

Laytons ETL’s Equity Capital Markets team advised AIM-quoted Empyrean Energy Plc (the Company), the oil and gas development company with interests in Indonesia and the United States, on their recent share capital re-organisation in connection with a fundraising (the “Transaction”).

Invigorating capital markets in the UK has been at the forefront of the previous and current government’s agendas. Notably the previous ‘Edinburgh Reforms’ that have set about changing the prospectus regime and the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) listing rules.