Recent Deals
The last few years have presented a very difficult climate in which to complete deals due to limitations on funding and underlying economic uncertainty. We believe our ability to continue to undertake transactions reflects our creativity, perseverance and extensive experience in handling difficult deal issues. The list below shows some examples of the many varied deals we have completed over recent months:
Date: October 2011
Deal type: Acquisition
Company Name: Graphic Controls Ltd
Sector: Manufacture
Details of deal: Acquisition of Chartrite Ltd
Our role: Chris Hicks provided financial and tax advice on this acquisition by a US owned business
Date: October 2011
Deal type: Purchase
Company Name: Kirton Recycling Limited
Sector: Waste Sector
Details of deal: Purchase of car parts business.
Our role: Sharon Austen provided financial and tax advice on this acquisition.
Date: October 2011
Deal type: Acquisition
Company Name: The Mission Marketing Group plc
Sector: Media
Details of deal: Acquisition of certain assets of FireIMC
Our role: Mark Greaves led the negotiations and completion of the acquisition of certain assets of this Northern Ireland based marketing business.
Date: September 2011
Deal type: Acquisition
Company Name: The Mission Marketing Group plc
Sector: Media
Details of deal: Acquisition of Yucca.
Our role: Mark Greaves led the negotiations and completion of the acquisition of this Bristol based marketing business.
Date: August 2011
Deal type: Sale
Company Name: Project Sun
Sector: Energy & utilities
Details of deal: Sale of solar farm project.
Our role: Bob Meier acted in this complex sale to a PE house coordinating between all the parties and their advisers.
Date: August 2011
Deal type: Purchase
Company Name: Project Wildflower
Sector: Hospitality & Leisure
Details of deal: Purchase of Hotel from Akkeron Hotels.
Our role: Tom Kingston and Mark Greaves undertook due diligence on this acquisition as well as providing financial and tax advice.
Date: July 2011
Deal type: MBO
Company Name: Homeserve/Castelan
Sector: Insurance
Details of deal: MBO of insurance division of leading warranty and insurance provider.
Our role: Nick Farrant and Mark Greaves undertook due diligence and provided tax and financial advice to the MBO team.
Date: May 2011
Deal type: GBI
Company Name: Project Lectern
Sector: Training
Details of deal: GBI Grant funding.
Our role: Dave Armstrong and Tom Kingston assisted this training business in raising £155k in GBI grant funding from SWRDA.
Date: May 2011
Deal type: GBI
Company Name: Pall Newquay
Sector: Manufacturing
Details of deal: GBI Grant funding .
Our role: Dave Armstrong assisted this leading local manufacturer in raising £1.4m in GBI grant funding from SWRDA.
Date: April 2011
Deal type: Acquisition
Company Name: New Care Devon
Sector: Healthcare
Details of deal: Acquisition of Trenovissick Domiciliary Care Agency Limited.
Our role: Sean Grinsted and Matt Willmott assisted the acquirers in providing financial, tax and structuring advice on this acquisition as part of the acquirer's buy and build strategy. We also undertook financial and tax due diligence on behalf of the acquirer
