Travers Smith corporate partner Andrew Gillen and corporate associate William Young have advised Numis Securities Limited on the £80m IPO of Shoe Zone plc on AIM. Numis was Nominated Adviser and Broker to Shoe Zone on the IPO.

Shoe Zone is a leading UK specialist value footwear retailer, offering low price and high quality footwear for the whole family, which operates from a portfolio of 553 stores and employs approximately 4,100 employees across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

The market capitalisation of Shoe Zone was £80 million on admission to trading on AIM at 8.00 a.m. on 23 May 2014.