United First Partners (“UFP”) is pleased to announce its role as Introducing Broker on Mayflower Acquisition Limited (“Mayflower”), which completed its IPO today, raising USD 500 million. The size of the capital raised places Mayflower among the largest London acquisition vehicles of recent years.
The offering represents an important development for UFP’s expanding capital markets platform and reflects the firm’s increasing activity within Equity Capital Markets (ECM).
About Mayflower Acquisition Limited
Mayflower is a UK Listed Acquisition Vehicle, sponsored by TOMS Capital and JRJ Group, incorporated to unlock exits across a closely-held company universe, including long-held private equity assets and large family-owned businesses.
Mayflower’s structure provides guaranteed capital to asset owners, offering a flexible liquidity solution and higher potential for transaction success, and highly aligned economics to investors, with a significant Sponsor commitment of USD 75m.
Mayflower was founded by Noam Gottesman, Sir Jeremy Isaacs CBE, and Roger Nagioff, who have a working relationship of over three decades and a strong track record of sourcing acquisition opportunities and building businesses both through organic growth and executing accretive M&A strategies that deliver shareholder value.
UFP’s Expanding Focus in ECM
UFP’s participation in the Mayflower IPO aligns with the firm’s broader strategy to continue developing its ECM offering.
Building on its established strengths in event-driven and special situations research and distribution, UFP is investing in capabilities across:
- IPO and SPAC origination and distribution
- Block trades and equity placements
- Equity-linked transactions
- Cross-border capital markets solutions
“Our work on the Mayflower transaction illustrates the direction of our growing ECM platform,” said Michael Hadjedj, Founder and CEO of UFP.
“We aim to participate in transactions where our global reach and cross-market expertise can provide constructive support to clients.”
