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Acted for AIM listed Mwana
Africa plc on a £17.4 million acquisition of
the ASX and AIM listed company Gravity Diamonds Limited |
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Advised Charles Stanley Securities
on an institutional placing for Debtmatters plc. |
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Acted for Saber Energy Corporation
on a Cdn$45.5 million private placing to raise funds for
a coal-based methane project in Botswana. |
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Acted for Cornhill Asset
Management and WH Ireland Limited on acquisition
of a steel plant in Montenegro, being the country's first
privatisation since independence. |
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Advised Canaccord Adams
Ltd on the introduction to AIM of Energem Resources
Inc, a natural resources company listed on the Toronto
Stock Exchange.
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Acted for Corac Group Plc
on a placing of new shares and admission to AIM to raise
£4.4 million. |
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Acted for Canaccord Adams
on a private placing to raise funds for phosphate mining
and production plant in Khazakhstan. |
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Acted for Amerisur Resources
Plc on the acquisition of the entire issued share
capital of Fenix Oil and Gas S.A. |
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Advised Canaccord Adams
on the acquistion by AIM listed Gemfields plc of
Krinera and Greentop for £48m to be satisfied by
the issue of shares in Gemfields. This transaction will
constitute a reverse takeover.
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Advised JPMorgan Cazenove
Limited on the £33million placing for main market
listed Aricom plc.
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Charles Russell LLP acted for
The Key Revolution Limited in relation to the Vodafone
Group's equity investment and licence of IP to the company.
The Key Revolution has developed a USB drive with Chip
and PIN technology, which enables customers to securely
access, work with, and store all of their work using any
desktop
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Acting as UK legal advisers
for Alta Berkeley, a venture capital investor in
Castify Holdings Limited (a digital software services
provider), in the sale of the entire issued share capital
of Castify to a US purchaser, Omneon, Inc. This was in
conjunction with Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
LLP, acting as US legal advisers to Alta Berkeley.
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Advised Britannia Pharmacy (Laser Impex Ltd)
in their recent purchase of Patel’s Chemist,
53 Green Lane, Ilford - our expertise in pharmacy law
enabled contracts to be exchanged within a two week
period and a 21 December completion.
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Advised Bouygues (UK) Limited on its acquisition
of the entire issued share capital of Warings Construction
Group Holdings Limited through its French subsidiaries
Bouygues Bâtiment International and Quille.
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Advised Lower Vicars (Holdings)
Limited on the sale of the website www.cricinfo.com
(through the sale of the entire issued share capital
of Wisden Cricinfo Limited) to ESPN.
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Acting for the owners of Peterborough
based Pirmo Chemist Group on the sale to Guidebrook
Limited (a regional pharmacy operator).
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Acting for the owners of surrey
based pharmacy company Karsons Enterprises Ltd
on its sale to the Rowlands Group.
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Acting for DOZ UK Limited
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Polska Grupa Pharmaceutyczna
(listed on the Polish Stock Market)) on the
acquisition of its first retail pharmacy in the UK - Endo
Chemists of 70 Chapel Market, Islington, London (and
associated property arrangements).
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Advised John Wisden and Company
on the sale of entire issued share capital of Oldie
Publications Limited to Serendipity Publishing
Limited.
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Advised John Wisden and Company
on the sale of the Wisden Cricketer Magazine (through
the sale of the entire issued share capital of Wisden
Cricketer Publisher (Holdings) Ltd) to BSkyB.
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Advised Mwana Africa plc
on offer for TSX listed Southernera Diamonds inc. |
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Advised SimCorp A/S on
the sale of SimCorp Treasury Solutions Limited to a private
equity investor (CapMan). |
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Acted for EDC Technologies
Limited on the sale of the sale of their entire issued
share capital to REFCO Manufacturing UK Limited. |
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Acting for the Wilky Group Limited in respect
of its sale of its merchant bathroom supply business
operating from Stake Works Farnborough to the Plumbing
Imports UK Group of Companies.
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Acted for JP Morgan Cazenove
and Canaccord Adams on the admission to the Official
List of Aricom plc, which has titanium and iron ore resources
in Far East Russia, and its simultaneous de-listing from
AIM. On admission Aricom’s market capitalisation
was £830m.
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Advised AIM listed Mwana
Africa plc's recommended share exchange offer for
TSX listed SouthernEra Diamonds Inc, on the basis of 1
Mwana share for every 2.28 SoutherEra shares.
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Advised Canadian client,
Rock Well Petroleum Inc. on a pre-IPO fundraising
to raise approximately US$134 million. Rock Well is a
rapidly-growing independent oil and gas production company
headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.
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Underwritten placing of Kangaroo
Media Inc. to raise approximately Cdn$22m; acted for
lead underwriter Raymond James Ltd on the UK aspects of
the fund-raising.
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Advised W.H. Ireland Limited
on a £3.1M secondary fundraising for AIM listed
River Diamonds Plc.
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Acted for Jefferies International
Limited on a placing in the UK and the US for Afren
plc to fund the development of its Ofa oil field in the
Northern Niger Delta.
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Advised Amerisur Resources plc on a fundraising
which raised £15 million. Amerisur is a UK company
involved in oil and gas exploration in South America.
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Acted for Canaccord Adams
on the placing and admission to AIM for Phorm Inc to raise
approximately £15 million before expenses.
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Acted for AIM listed Celoxica Holdings plc,
a leading provider of accelerated computing and electronic
system level design and services solutions, in relation
to its placing of 14,000,000 Ordinary Shares to raise
approximately £0.66 million.
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Advised Morgan Sindall plc, the listed construction
and regeneration group, on its acquisition of the Property
Developments and Building and Civil Engineering businesses
of AMEC plc, a listed international project management
and services company that designs, delivers and supports
infrastructure assets across the public and private
sectors.
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Advised Seymour Pierce Limited
on the admission to AIM of Welsh coal mining company Energybuild
Group Plc, together with a related £15 million
placing. |
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Acted for Chris and Cilla Britton
and others in connection with the sale of the entire issued
share capital of Chris Britton Consultancy Limited
to Balfour Beatty plc. |
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Acted for Roger and Susan Burgess
in connection with the sale of the entire issued share
capital of S E Burgess Limited to Hywel Davies
(Caerphilly) Limited and associated property transactions”. |
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Acted for Yamana Gold Inc, a Canadian gold producer,
in connection with its admission to the Official List
by way of a secondary listing and simultaneous de-listing
from AIM. Yamana was the largest company on AIM with
a market capitalisation of approximately £2.4
billion on admission to the full list.
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Advised JPMorgan Cazenove Limited on the London
Stock Exchange listing of Gem Diamonds Limited.
The listing included a £297 million placing of
new and existing shares and an over-allotment option
which resulted in Gem Diamonds issuing a further £39
million of new ordinary shares.
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Acted for Canaccord Adams
on a placing for AIM listed Oriel Resources plc,
a London-based chrome and nickel mining and processing
company to raise £48.8m before expenses. |
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Acted for Canaccord Adams
on a placing by way of accelerated Bookbuild for AIM
listed SubSea resources to raise £4.36m before
expenses. |
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Acted for Canaccord Adams
on a placing for International Marketing & Sales
Group plc, an Irish company listed on AIM to raise
£9.5 million before expenses. |
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Advised Matrix Corporate Capital Limited on
a placing for AIM listed Altona Resources plc,
a London-based coal mining and processing company, to
raise £2.06 million before expenses to fund further
development of its South Australian mining project.
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Acted for Westminster Group
plc on the admission to AIM of its existing issued
share capital and a placing to raise £3.1 million
before expenses. |
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Advised JPMorgan Cazenove
and Canaccord Adams on a placing conducted by way
of accelerated book build for AIM listed company Aricom
plc to raise $554million before expenses. |
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Advised Barkers Group Limited (‘Barkers’),
a long established advertising agency and recruitment
provider to the UK Government, on a joint venture arrangement
with PLUS listed Global Education Group Plc (‘Global’).
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Acting for Sanjay & Rajeshree Shah, Rajan Shah
and Pradeep & Rashmi Shah in connection with
their sale of the entire issued share capital of multiple
outlet pharmacy operator Renton (Chemists) Limited
to Nucare Health Limited and associated lending
arrangements with Skydeep Limited.
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Acting for B Payne & Son Limited in connection
with its acquisition of Milton Chemists from
Sanjai Patel and associated property arrangements.
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Advised Canaccord Adams Limited on a placing
for AIM listed environmental services company TEG
Environmental Plc to raise £11million before
expenses.
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Acting for Pharma-Z Limited on its acquisition
of Coastal Pharmacy (Mundesley) Limited as a
wholly owned subsidiary and simultaneous hiving up of
the business into Pharma-Z Limited's retail division.
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Advised Vedior’s subsidiary, Select
Appointments (Holdings) Limited, on its acquisition
of Charmwish Limited. Vedior is one of the world's
largest recruitment companies and is a full-service
recruitment provider with a diversified portfolio of
brands targeting a broad range of industry sectors.
Select acquired a 70% shareholding in Charmwish Limited
and has options to increase its holding.
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Acting for The Wilky Group Limited on its sale
of Wilky Foundations Systems Limited (and associated
arrangements) to MAN Miller Holdings Limited
as a management buy-out.
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Advised TSX and AIM listed Afriore Limited
on the UK aspects of the CDN$496.4m (£219.3m)
takeover bid by Lonmin plc for its entire issued
share capital. Afriore is focused on the exploration
and development of platinum and gold projects in Southern
Africa, where the Company is undertaking its exploration
programs. Lonmin Plc is the third largest platinum producer
in the world.
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Advised JPMorgan Cazenove Limited on the London
Stock Exchange listing of Gem Diamonds Limited.
The listing included a £297 million placing of
new and existing shares and an over-allotment option
which resulted in Gem Diamonds issuing a further £39
million of new ordinary shares.
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Acted for the shareholders of FBI Holdings Limited
on the sale of the share capital of FBI Holdings
Limited, together with its subsidiary, Baxters International
Removals Limited, to Pureleaf Limited.
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Advised the management buy-out vehicle of Danielle
Lux (Managing Director), Heather Hampson (Director of
Production) and Murray Boland (Head of Factual), in
connection with their MBO to acquire Celador Productions
Limited.
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Acted for AIM listed Celoxica Holdings plc,
a leading provider of accelerated computing and electronic
system level design and services solutions, in relation
to its share re-organisation and placing of 18,756,250
Ordinary Shares to raise approximately £3 million
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Acted for Atlas On-Line ¡letisim Sistemleri
Ticaret A.S, a private telecommunications and data
services provider to SMEs
in Turkey, in connection with the admission to
trading of its holding company Telekom Atlas On-Line
Turkey plc on the PLUS Market.
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Advised Canaccord Adams Limited on a placing
for AIM listed environmental services company TEG
Environmental Plc to raise £11million before
expenses.
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Advised TSX and AIM listed Afriore Limited on
the UK aspects of the CDN$496.4m (£219.3m) takeover
bid by Lonmin plc for its entire issued share
capital. Afriore is focused on the exploration and development
of platinum and gold projects in Southern Africa, where
the Company is undertaking its exploration programs.
Lonmin Plc is the third largest platinum producer in
the world.
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Advised BNB Recruitment Solutions plc on the
cancellation of admission to trading of its ordinary
shares on AIM.
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Advised Seymour Pierce Limited on a £3.5million
placing for Synchronica plc, a mobile e-mail
and wireless device management software company.
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Acted for Chaco Resources plc on a £2million
placing. Chaco Resources is a company involved in oil
and gas exploration in South America.
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