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General Counsel Strategic Hire & Grant of Options
General Counsel Strategic Hire & Grant of Options.
About this update from Emv Capital Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n \n \n NetScientific plc\n \n \n \n \n \n (\n \"\n NetScientific\n \"\n or the \"Company\n \"\n )\n \n \n \n \n \n \n General Counsel Strategic Hire and Grant of Options\n \n \n \n \n \n \n NetScientific plc (AIM: NSCI), the international life sciences and sustainability technology investment and commercialisation group,\n is delighted to announce the appointment of its first General Counsel, Ed Hooper, with immediate effect. Ed also joins as Group Company Secretary and as Executive Director to the Company's corporate finance specialist subsidiary, EMV Capital Limited.\n \n \n \n \n \n Ed joins from his position as a Partner at international law firm, Trowers & Hamlins LLP, where he led and developed the firm's Corporate Finance team in London. Ed has 20 years' experience as a lawyer in the City, specialising in advising on a broad range of corporate transactions, including fundraisings, M&A, IPOs, joint ventures and restructurings, many on an international scale.\n \n \n \n \n \n Ed will work alongside and support the CEO and Executive Chairman, with a focus on implementation of the Company's growth strategy. He will deploy his legal, commercial and transaction management skills to lead on projects to expand and grow the Company's portfolio companies, and to prepare and deliver exit and liquidity events for them, as part of the Company's planned strategy to realise shareholder value and returns.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ilian Iliev, CEO of NetScientific commented:\n \n \"\n \n We have worked closely with Ed for many years and highly value his legal, commercial and strategic insight. We are delighted to welcome him to our Company as we continue to drive and scale our growing portfolio towards key value inflection points, support in key transactions, and drive towards exits and liquidity events. Ed brings to the Company a wealth of high-calibre transactional expertise, providing us with further critical mass as we continue our ambitious growth plans, and will overlay additional governance measures for the Company and its Group.\n \n \"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ed Hooper commented: \n \n \"Having advised NetScientific, and before that, EMV Capital, for a number of years, I am thrilled to join the Company at a key point in its continued growth cycle. I look forward...