Private acquisitions and disposals
Examples of our recent work include:
3i and Electra
Advising 3i and Electra on the disposal of their interest in Freightliner Group Limited.
Alchemy Partners (Guernsey) Limited
Advising Alchemy Partners (Guernsey) Limited on the acquisition of Noonan Services Group, an Irish based facilities management business, and the subsequent acquisition by Noonan of the facilities management business of the Federal Group.
Bank of NT Butterfield and Son Limited
Advising Bank of NT Butterfield and Son Limited on the $225m sale of Butterfield’s fund administration businesses in Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Bahamas and Guernsey and the acquisition by Butterfield of a 40 per cent stake in Fulcrum Group Limited, the purchaser.
BATS Global Markets
Advised BATS Global Markets on its acquisition of Chi-X Europe to create largest pan-European equities trading platform by volume.
Bourne Business Consulting LLP
Advising Bourne Business Consulting LLP on the sale of its tax advisory business to LECG, a global expert services and consulting firm.
Brooks Macdonald Group plc
Advising Brooks Macdonald Group plc on the acquisition by its wholly owned subsidiary, Brooks Macdonald Asset Management Limited, of the investment management activities of national law firm, Clarke Willmott LLP, based in Taunton, Somerset.
D.C. Thomson & Company Limited
Advising D.C. Thomson & Company Limited on its £25m acquisition of Friends Reunited, the online social networking, genealogy and dating services provider, from ITV plc by its subsidiary brightsolid Limited, the owner of findmypast.com.
Discovery Group Holdings Limited
Advising Discovery Group, an Exponent investee company, on its acquisition of Gorkana, a PR and media services company.
e2v Technologies plc
Advising e2v Technologies plc on its acquisition of QP Semiconductor, Inc.
H. Lundbeck A/S
Advising H. Lundbeck A/S on its $147m acquisition of LifeHealth Limited, which holds rights to Tetrabenazine, a compound used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of Huntingdon's disease.
Hermes Investment Management Limited
Advising Hermes Investment Management Limited on the disposal of its private equity investment funds management business to Bridgepoint.
James Arverdieck
Advising James Arverdieck, the managing director and founder of Gü Puddings, on the disposal of the Gü group of companies to a subsidiary of Noble Foods Limited and on his minority equity investment in the acquiring company.
M. DuMont Schauberg group
Advising M. DuMont Schauberg Group on the €152m acquisition of the German publishing house BV Deutsche Zeitungsholding GmbH, whose newspapers include the Berliner Zeitung, from pan-European media investor Mecom Group plc.
Pernod Ricard
Advising Pernod Ricard SA on the €5.63bn acquisition of Vin & Sprit, owner of the Absolut vodka brand, from the Kingdom of Sweden, and the subsequent early termination of agreement between Maxxium shareholders (Vin & Sprit/Pernod Ricard, Remy Cointreau, The Edrington Group and Beam Global Spirits & Wine) for the distribution contract for Vin & Sprit brands and disposal of non-core assets.
Pushbutton
Advising the co-owners of interactive digital design and build agency Pushbutton on the sale of Pushbutton to Amazon.com.
Tune QPR
Advising Tune QPR, Tony Fernandes' acquisition vehicle, on its acquisition of 66 per cent of the shares and shareholder debt in QPR Holdings Limited, the parent company of QPR football club. The interests were acquired from Bernie Ecclestone and Sarita, a BVI vehicle linked to Flavio Briatore.
Team Lotus
Advisng Team Lotus on its acquisition of Caterham Cars Group Limited, from institutional and management investors.
Trafigura
Advising Trafigura on the disposal of a 20 per cent stake in Puma Energy.
Veronis Suhler Stevenson
Advising Veronis Suhler Stevenson on the merger of Xtreme Information and Ebiquity plc.
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