Our Corporate Finance specialists have advised:

capital markets

  • Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company plc on its defence of a £10 million hostile takeover bid made for it by AIM listed company, Falkland Island Holdings plc
  • Hamworthy plc on its £40 million admission to AIM
  • Imprint plc on separate £14 million and £24 million acquisitions, an AIM-listed client, part-funded by institutional share placings on AIM to raise a total £28 million
  • a target plc on a £7 million recommended takeover offer

 

domestic

  • Alcatel Telecom Limited on the €2.9 million sale of its fraud management business to Subex Systems Limited
  • Human Capital Support Services Limited, an outsourcing bureau, on its second and third acquisitions in relation to their buy and build campaign
  • Exel on its minority investment in 4C Associates Limited
  • the £30 million disposal of one of the largest independent chains of convenience stores in the UK with over 120 stores
  • the disposal of one of the largest independent chains of plumbers merchants in the UK with over 50 branches
  • purchase of an independent financial advisers company for £9.5 million
  • a sale of a facilities management business for £60 million
  • an investor taking a minority stake in Flaming Nora, a London-based fast food retail outlet start­-up

 

MBO/MBI

  • a plc and Independent Directors in a £77 million MBO
  • the management team in relation to a £55 million investors buy-out
  • the management team in a £22 million MBI 

 

overseas

  • Surrenda-link Mortgage Holding Limited, a mortgage originator, in obtaining a € 40 million ring-fenced Spanish asset funding facility
  • Kerry Group on the acquisition of Noon Group Limited for £124 million
  • US arm of large plc on various aspects of a European acquisition programme
  • a French publication on their fund raising acquisition strategy together with providing them with advice in relation to their admission to trading on AIM
  • a £10 million Canadian joint venture
  • the opening and funding by rights issue of a restaurant chain in France and in the UK
  • a US business acquisition for UK national factoring company based locally, by acquiring regional positions in the US
For further information contact a member of our Corporate Finance team using the key contacts information provided or alternatively email us at corporatefinanceinfo@bllaw.co.uk