17 Dec 2025

Bird & Bird advises Pathos Communications on AIM IPO

"International law firm Bird & Bird advised Pathos Communications plc on its admission to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange following a £5.6 million placing of new and existing ordinary shares. The transaction values Pathos at about £20 million and supports its AI-driven, pay-on-results PR model."

Bird & Bird acted for Pathos Communications plc in connection with its admission to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. Pathos Communications plc is a technology-enabled, human-led public relations company that seeks to democratise small and medium enterprises' access to established news publications through a pay-on-results model. The group works with clients to create and distribute articles across established news outlets, digital media and podcast channels, and leverages proprietary AI-driven technologies that are currently validated and functional as internal assistants at minimum viable product stage. Admission followed the successful closing of a fundraising of £5.6 million through a placing of new and existing Ordinary Shares with certain institutional and other investors. Upon admission the company has a market capitalisation of approximately £20 million. Bird & Bird represented Pathos Communications plc with a team composed by: Clive Hopewell (partner, Corporate, London; head of international Equity Capital Markets), Zoe Bannell-Symes (associate, Corporate, London), Surabhi Singhi (partner, Corporate, Dubai), Maria John (associate, Corporate, Dubai) and Omar Sharief (associate, Corporate, Dubai).
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