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2007

South West Regional Development Agency

Transaction: Advising the South West Regional Development Agency on the outsourcing of the Business Link services to Serco Regional Services Limited. This involved advising the RDA on the tender process including applicable state aid requirements and implementation of the contract.

Completed: September 2007

Lawyers: Garry Mackay and Liz Gibson

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CENTRAX LIMITED

Transaction: Industrial Gas Turbine Packager Agreement

Other Party: Rolls-Royce Power Engineering plc

Business: Gas Turbine Power Generation

Deal Features: Agreement for Centrax Limited to buy Rolls-Royce 'Trent' engines and package and sell them to customers as gas turbine power generators

Completed: March 2007

Lawyers: Carl Steele

CENTRAX

McKinney Rogers International Limited

Transaction: Joint Venture
Business: Business Performance Consultancy services

Legal Advisors to McKinney Rogers International: Ashfords

Completed: November 2007

Lawyers: Mark Lomas, Claire Werry, Brian Farrell

McKinny

Centrax Turbine Components Limited

Transaction : Providing a contract law training programmefor employees who are responsible for the negotiation of commercial contracts. The seminars provided delegates with an awareness of basic contract law and its implications for Centrax Turbine Components Limited's business.

Completed: November 2007

Lawyers: Carl Steele and Victoria Ferguson

CENTRAX

WebHost Automation Limited

Vendors: Mark Hall, Adam Saunders and others
Buyer: SWsoft Holdings Limited

Transaction: Sale of the entire issued share capital of WebHost Automation Limited maker of the Helm control panel and billing software for Windows

Business: Development, production and sale ofserver virtualization and hosting automation service provider software

Vendors' Advisers: Ashfords

Buyers' Advisers: Anolik & Associates, USA

Completed: December 2007

Ashfords' Team: Karl Taylor

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Lloyds TSB Bank plc

Vendors: Woodbury Holdings Ltd and Rosanne Elizabeth Mansell

Buyer: Merehaven Investments Limited

Transaction: Purchase of Woodbury Park Hotel, Golf and Country Club Limited

Business: Hotel and Country Club.

Bank: Lloyds TSB Bank plc

Bank's Advisers: Ashfords (Taylor)

Vendors' Advisers: Statham Gill Davies

Buyers' Advisers: Michelmores

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The Natural Mat Co Limited

Transaction: Equity investment by a consortium of investors in The Natural Mat Co Limited, a company established to produce pure natural fibre mattresses and organic bedding for babies, children and adults.

Client Advisers: Ashfords

Legal Advisers to the Consortium of Investors: PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP

Lawyers: George Wilkinson and Laura Cox

Completed: October 2007

Natural Mat Co Limited

Action Indoor Sports Stadiums Limited

Transaction: Second round investment by South West Ventures Fund and Finance South West into Action Indoor Sports Stadiums Limited.

Client Advisers: Ashfords

Legal Advisers to the Investors: Veale Wasborough

Lawyer: George Wilkinson

Completed: December 2007

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YFM Venture Finance

Transaction: Equity and debt investment by Finance South West Growth Fund, which is managed by YFM Venture Finance, into Wildfire Communications Limited, a company specialising in online media publishing.

Client Advisers: Ashfords

Legal Advisers to Wildfire Communication Limited: Meade King

Lawyers: George Wilkinson and Laura Cox

Completed: December 2007

YFM

YFM Venture Finance

Transaction: Equity investment by Finance South West Growth Fund, which is managed by YFM Venture Finance, into Coull Limited, a company specialising in interactive video advertising.

Client Advisers: Ashfords

Legal Advisers to Coull Limited: Veale Wasborough

Lawyers: George Wilkinson and Laura Cox

Completed: December 2007

YFM

Bishop Fleming

Transaction: Successful application to obtain recognition of an English Bankruptcy by the Court in the United States of America
Trustee: Jeremiah O'Sullivan of Bishop Fleming

Deal Features: Acting for the Trustee in Bankruptcy of a bankrupt with assets in the USA worth in excess of $500,000. Successfully petitioned for recognition of the bankruptcy as a foreign main proceeding under Chapter 15 of the United States' Bankruptcy Code, allowing the Trustee in Bankruptcy to administer the bankruptcy estate in the USA and utilise the rights and remedies available to him under Chapter 15. First ever recognition order in the State of Virginia.

Client Advisers: Ashfords
Other Advisers: McGuire Woods LLP

Completed: December 2007
Lawyers: Alan Bennett and Katie Stables

Bishop Fleming & McGuire Woods LLP

Eden Ventures

Transaction: Eden Ventures, a venture capital fund, provision of additional finance to Volutio Ltd, a software company specialising in personal organisation

Legal Advisors to Eden: Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Volutio: Osborne Clarke

Completed:
December 2007
Lawyers:Andrew Betteridge, Chris Dyson

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YFM VENTURE FINANCE LIMITED

Transaction: YFM Venture Finance Limited investment in Provision Communication Techmologies Limited, who provide digital and wireless video technology solutions

Legal advisors to YFM: Ashfords
Legal advisors to Provision: BeachcroftLLP

Completed:December 2007
Lawyers:Andrew Betteridge & Chris Dyson

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Eden Ventures

Transaction: Eden Ventures, a venture capital fund, secondary finance round in Revieworld Ltd which hosts a product review website

Legal Advisors to Eden: Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Revieworld: Olswang

Completed: December 2007
Lawyers:Andrew Betteridge

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YFM Venture Finance

Transaction: YFM Venture Finance Limited, venture capital fund managers, secondary investment in Mirifice Limited – a provider of quality solutions and consultancy to the broadcasting industry

Legal Advisors to YFM: Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Mirifice: Veale Wasbrough


Completed:
November 2007
Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge and Chris Dyson

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YFM Venture Finance

Transaction:YFM Venture Finance Limited, a venture capital fund, secondary investment in Atlas Genetics Limited, a company specialising in the development of electrochemical DNA detection.

Legal Advisors to YFM: Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Atlas: Taylor Vinters

Completed: December 2007
Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge and Chris Dyson

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Pitkin Publishing Limited

Transaction: Sale of contract publishing business of Pitkin Publishing Limted to Heritage House Media Limited
Business: Publishing
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Heritage House Media Ltd: Paul Davidson Taylor

Completed:
November 2007
Lawyers:Andrew Betteridge and Chris Dyson

Pitkin

South West Of England Regional Development Agency

Transaction: Proposed mixed use development of an 8 acre site at Osprey Quay, Portland to include a hotel, restaurant, shops, apartments, self catering units and employment space. The aim is to secure the transformation of part of Osprey Quay into a £30 million year-round tourism and leisure facility. The facility is expected to play a major role in supporting the sailing events for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Deal Features: Advising the Regional Development Agency (as landowner) on all aspects of the development agreement.
Exchanged: Nov 2007
Lawyers: Andrew MacMillan-Scott
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Confidential

Transaction: Conditional option for the sale of development land to a leading supermarket chain
Vendors: Private individual
Buyer: Leading supermarket chain
Vendor's Advisers: Ashfords
Buyers' Advisers: Clarke Willmott
Price: circa £2,000,000

Completed:
2007

Lawyers:Joanna Clarke


KPMG

Transaction: Acting for the Trustee in Bankruptcy in the tracing of and application for delivery up and subsequent seizure of a high value motor boat.
Deal Features: Urgent injunction obtained following tracing preventing disposal of asset.

Client Advisers: Ashfords

Completed: 2007
Lawyers: Alan Bennett and Katie Stables

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Harris Lipman LLP

Transaction: Acting for the Liquidator in a successful misfeasance claim against the sole director.

Deal Features: Resulting in a significant dividend for creditors

Client Advisers: Ashfords

Completed: 2007
Lawyers: Alan Bennett

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Albert Goodman

Transaction: Sale of the business and assets of Scott Nurseries Limited (in liquidation)
Vendors: Scott Nurseries Limited (in Liquidation) acting by its Liquidator Laurence Russell
Buyer: Merriott Garden Centre Limited
Business: Plant Nursery
Deal Features: Completed within one week

Client Advisers: Ashfords
Other Advisers: The Stokes Partnership
Price: Confidential

Completed: October 2007
Lawyers: Alan Bennett, Katie Stables, Neil Starr

Albert Goodman

Charmy Down Residents and Associates

Transaction: Representing clients at two planning public inquiries into a gypsy site at Charmy Down, Swainswick near Bath.
Features: Dealing with Green Belt, landscape, highway safety and Human Rights issues and advising clients in connection with injunctive relief
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Completed: August 2007 (Appeal decision awaited)

Lawyer: Tony Mason


Schlumberger Oilfield UK Plc (in The UK)

Schlumberger Oilfield UK Plc (In The UK) And Schlumberger Technology Corporation (In The USA)
Transaction: Kyrogen Joint Venture
Business: Development and Commercialisation of new Technology
Investment: US$20M at Stage 1
Legal Advisors to Schlumberger: Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Minority: Paull & Williamsons

Lawyers: Simon Rous, Jonathan Kelt, (Corporate) Carl Steel (IT) & Angus Bauer (Corporate Tax)

Schlumberger

Eden Ventures

Transaction: Eden Ventures, a venture capital fund, second round investment into Exabre Limited, software developers for the entertainment and media marketplace.
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal Advisers to Exabre: Osborne Clarke

Completed: 9th October 2007
Lawyer: Andrew Betteridge

Eden Exabre

DML (Devonport Management Limited)

Transaction: Shipbuilding contract
Buyer: Royal National Lifeboat Institute (A charity registered in England, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland)
Business: Marine - Shipbuilding
Deal Features: Contract for the building of 9 Tamar Class lifeboats

Completed: 9th October 2007
Lawyers: Charles Hattersley and Ashley Axten

RNLI DML

Schlumberger Oilfield UK plc and Schlumberger Water Services USA Inc

Transaction: Share Purchase of various entities of Water Management Consultants in Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, UK and USA.
Business: Development, Management and Environmental Protection of Water Resources.

Legal Advisors to Schlumberger: Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Vendors: Blackbourn Andrews

Completed: October 2007
Lawyers: Simon Rous, Brian Farrell (Corporate), Angus Bauer (Tax) and Andrew Macmillan-Scott (Property)

Schlumberger - Water Management Consultant

Stonehaven (Healthcare) Limited

Vendors: Christopher and Christine Yard
Buyer: Stonehaven (Healthcare) Limited

Transaction: Purchase of entire share capital of The Manor, Exminster Limited
Business: Private Care Home

Vendors' Advisers: Foot Ansteys
Buyers' Advisers: Ashfords

Ashfords' Team: Tim Heal, Stuart Mathews

Stonehaven

The Courtenay Group of Companies

Transaction: Property investment, management, litigation, development and planning work for a national portfolio of primarily retail property

Business of client: Property investment and development

Client Advisers: Strettons, Colliers CRE, Innes England

Start date: February 2004 and ongoing

Lawyers: Colin Wright, Sian Gibbon, Robert Horsey, Tracyann Tweedie, Michelle Ellis and Liz Osborne


Eden Ventures

Transaction: Eden Ventures, a venture capital fund, investment in Ninian Solutions Limited, trading as Huddle, a software development company

Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal Advisers to Huddle: Winston & Strawn LLP

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge and Chris Dyson

Eden Ventures Huddle

Innovation Centre

Transaction: Acting on the integrated project for the provision of a re-launched Innovation Centre at the University of Exeter. This involved the funding of the construction of Phase ll along with the restructuring of the property interests of Phase l to facilitate the appointment of an operator of the Centre, procured competitively using the European procurement rules.

Deal Features: This was a complex transaction involving a number of stakeholders and included the production of an innovative suite of documents in relation to the partnering, funding, operating and property aspects of the deal.

Lawyers: Andrew MacMillan-Scott & Ruth Murray

RDA Innovation Centre

PKF

Transaction: Sale of certain business assets of South West Batteries Limited (in Administration)

Vendors: South West Batteries Limited (in Administration)
Buyer: Bristol Batteries Limited
Business: Battery wholesaler

Client Advisers: Ashfords
Other Advisers: Meade King
Price: Confidential

Completed: September 2007

Lawyers : David Pomeroy, Jo Clarke, Stephen Young and Chloe Minchington

PKF

CRS WarnerKugel and Hanson Renouf

Transaction: Freezing Injunction with Disclosure Order made against assets situated in Jersey, amounting to over AUD$3 million on behalf of the Trustee in Bankruptcy, Anthony Warner of CRS Warner Kugel.
Features: Application made and order granted within 24 hours

Client Advisers: Ashfords
Other Advisers: Hanson Renouf, Jersey

Completed: 24 August 2007
Lawyers: Alan Bennett and Andrew Pay

CRS Hanson

South West of England Regional Development Agency

Transaction: St Austell Town Centre Redevelopment.
Acting for the South West of England Regional Development Agency in relation to the Regeneration Agreement with Restormel Borough Council and the Development Agreement with David Maclean Developments
Unconditional: Summer 2007

Lawyers: Andrew Rothwell, Annabel Holyoak, Mark Moore, Frances Smith and Lynne Atkinson

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Persimmon Homes Limited

Transaction: Land Assembly at Court Farm, Cullompton for residential development and the completion of the Cullompton Northern Distributor Road.

Lawyers: Andrew Rothwell and Frances Smith

Persimmon

NPI Media Limited

Transaction: Advising NPI Media Limited on debt and equity refinancing by Octopus Investments Limited and associated funds
Business: Publishing
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal Advisers to Octopus Investments Limited: Burges Salmon, Wragge & Co

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge & Chris Dyson

NPI

Sale of Shares in APS Project Management Limited

Transaction: Advising various partners of Hartnell Taylor Cook Project Management Partnership on the sale by way of buy back of its shares in APS Project Management Limited
Business:
Commercial Property consulting
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal Advisers to APS Project Management Limited: Roxburgh Milkins

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge and Chris Dyson

Hartnell

YFM Venture Finance Limited

Transaction: YFM Venture Finance Limited, investing in Dynmark International Limited, a leading mobile messaging applications developer
Business: Venture capital fund
Client Advisers: Ashfords

Lawyer: Andrew Betteridge

YFM DYNMARK

Jerrett Collins Limited

Vendors: Graham and Janet Jerrett
Buyer: Chimney Holdings Limited
Transaction: Purchase of entire share capital of Jerrett Collins Limited
Business: Supplier of stoves, cookers flues chimneys and solid fuel appliance spares.
Bank: Lloyds TSB and LTSB Commercial Finance

Bank's Advisers: Ashfords (Smith, Farrell)
Vendors' Advisers: Slee Blackwell (Reed)
Buyers' Advisers: Foot Anstey (Wallwork)

Ashfords' Team:Andrew Smith, Brian Farrell

Jerritt Collins

Golfhill Limited

Vendors: Elizabeth Hunter
Buyer: Shervey Limited
Transaction: Purchase of entire share capital of Golfhill Limited, t/a the Three Corners Nursing Home
Business: Private Nursing Home

Vendors' Advisers: Boyce Hatton (Cris Boyce)
Buyers' Advisers: Ashfords

Ashfords' Team: Simon Rous, Tim Heal, Stuart Mathews, Brian Farrell

Golfhill

Neath Properties Limited

Transaction: Re-gearing of two headleases of retail and office investment properties at Neath

Business of client: Property investment and development

Deal Features: Surrender of two headleases and acquisition of two new headleases at a premium for a term to 2132

Client Advisers: Colliers CRE
Other advisers: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (acting in-house for the Council)

Lawyer: Colin Wright
Completed: 2007

Gro-Group

Transaction: Group restructure
Business: Childcare products
Client Advisers: Ashfords

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge, Garry Mackay and Chris Dyson

GroGroup

Preferred Medical

Transaction: Sale of shares in Preferred Medical Ltd and Preferred Medical IT Ltd to Chase Templeton Group
Business: Private medical insurance brokers
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal Advisers to Chase Templeton: Pannone

Lawyers: Peter Fox (Corporate), Tony Mason (Property), Claire Tofts (Property) & Angus Bauer (Corporate Tax)

Preferred Medical

Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance Ltd

Transaction: Advising Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance Limited (James Hester) on a suite of Asset-Backed Lending (ABL) facilities for the purpose of financing a management buy-out of Plant & Engineering Services Limited.


Lawyer: Andrew Smith

lloyds

Alexandria Properties LLP

Transaction: Purchase of freehold reversion of Alexandria Industrial Estate, Cullompton, Devon - 27 leases

Client Advisers: Ashfords, Taunton
Other Advisers: Foot Anstey, Exeter
Value: Plus £1,000,000


Lawyers: Peter Fox and Catharine Rowe


Finance South West Growth Fund, L.P. and South West

Transaction: Acting for FSW and SWV in relation to £1,000,000 investment in Wykeham Inns Limited.

Lawyers: Andrew Smith

Finance South West

Clyst Holdings Limited

Transaction: Acting on the pre-letting to Bookham Technology Plc of a new build office/light industrial property extending to some 18,000 square feet at Westfield Business Park, Long Road, Paignton, Devon.

Landlord: Clyst Holdings Limited
Tenant : Bookham Technology Plc
Deal Features: Pre-letting of building under construction on new business park.Main contractor: Devon Contractors Limited

Client Advisers: Ashfords
Other Advisers: Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP for Bookham Technology Plc

Exchanged: June 2007 (completion expected late 2007)

Lawyers:
Andrew MacMillan-Scott

Clyst Holdings

Eden Ventures

Transaction: Eden Ventures, a venture capital fund, providing finance facilities to Secerno Limited, an intelligent security technology company
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Secerno: Osborne Clarke

Lawyer: Andrew Betteridge

Eden Secerno

Abbey Manor Group Limited

Transaction: Acquistion of 8.64 acres of land at West Wick Business Park for the purpose of commercial development.
Vendors: Locking Castle Limited
Buyer: Abbey Manor Group Limited
Business: Property Development
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Other Advisers: Davies and Partners
Price: Plus £4,000,000

Lawyers: Andrew Rothwell, John Bosworth and Joanna Clarke

Abbey Manor

Finance Cornwall Fund Managers Limited

Transaction: Equity and debt investment by Finance Cornwall Fund Managers Limited into Cornish Sea Salt Company Limited, a company established to produce high quality culinary sea salt from Cornish waters.
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal Advisers to Cornish Sea Salt Company Limited: Follett Stock

Lawyers: George Wilkinson, Laura Cox and Anastasia Ambrosio (Corporate); Andrew Smith (banking), Tim Heal (Commercial Property), Charles Pallot (Employment), Liz Osborne (Public Law) and Sarah Ziff (Construction).

Finance Cornwall

Healthskills Limited

Transaction: Sale of entire share capital of Healthskills Limited to Elision Health Limited
Business: leadership development, organisation training and educations within the health sector
Legal advisers to sellers: Ashfords
Legal advisers to Elision: Edwin Coe LLP

Lawyers: Peter Fox (Corporate) and Michelle Fox (Employment)

Healthskills

Eden Ventures

Transaction: Advising Eden Ventures, a venture capital fund, on the re-structure of its portfolio member, Biometric Security Limited (VoiceVault)
Business: Provision of voice based biometric identity verification solutions
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal Advisers to Biometric Security: Starr & Partners LLP
Finance Advisers to Biometric Security: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Lawyer: Andrew Betteridge

Eden Voicevault

Eden Ventures

Transaction: Eden Ventures, a venture capital fund, investment in Mobyko Limited who provide an online data repository service for mobile phone data
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Mobyko: Charles Russell LLP

Lawyer: Andrew Betteridge

Eden Mobyko

The Spreading Chestnut Company

Vendors: Richard and Alison Smith
Buyer: Anthony Vickery and Matthew Fry
Transaction: Sale of entire share capital of the Spreading Chestnut Company Limited
Business: Café-Bar and Restaurant "Bar One Nine"
Vendors' Advisers: Ashfords and Chartax
Buyer's Advisers: Alan Hodge

Lawyers: Simon Rous, Brian Farrell, Stephen Harris

  • 9th June 2007
BarOneNine

Francis Clark

Transaction: Application for possession and sale of matrimonial home.
Features: Difficult and protracted application. Realisation resulted in a substantial dividend to creditors.

Client Advisers: Ashfords

Referred from: Stephen Hobson, Francis Clark
Referred to: Alan Bennett

Completed: 18 May 2007
Lawyers: Alan Bennett, Andrew Pay and Neil Starr


CRS WarnerKugel

Transaction: Application to High Court for an Order that the Australian Bankruptcy be recognised in England and Wales and that the Australian Trustee in Bankruptcy, Anthony Warner of CRS WarnerKugel, be afforded powers to investigate, locate and realise assets held in this jurisdiction.

Features: Application made pursuant to the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006.

Client Advisers: Ashfords

Referred from: Peter Harkin, Colin Biggers and Paisley, Sydney, Australia

Referred to: Alan Bennett


Completed:
18 May 2007

Lawyers:Alan Bennett and Andrew Pay

CRS CBP

Systematics International Limited

Transaction: Management buy-out of the data processing and analysis business of Systematics International Limited.
Advisers to the management team: Ashfords
Advisers to sellers: Nabarro

Lawyers: George Wilkinson, Laura Cox and Anastasia Ambrosio (Corporate); Charles Pallot (Employment) and Davida Evans (Commercial Property).

Systematic

Telemedic Systems Limited

Transaction: Equity and debt capitalisation investment by the Elision Group Limited into TeleMedic Systems Limited
Business: Development of integrated telemedicine and e-health solutions
Legal advisers to TeleMedic: Ashfords
Financial advisers to TeleMedic: Saffrey Champness, Bristol
Legal advisers to Elision: Edwin Coe LLP, London

Lawyer: Andrew Betteridge

Telemedic

YFM Venture Finance Limited

Transaction: YFM Venture Finance Limited, venture capital fund managers, investment in Mirifice Limited – a provider of quality solutions and consultancy to the broadcasting industry.
Legal Advisors to YFM: Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Mirifice: Veale Wasbrough, Bristol

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge and Chris Dyson

YFM Mirifice

Schlumberger Oilfield UK Plc

Transaction: Share Purchase of Insensys Oil and Gas Limited
Business: Subsea Oil & Gas Fiber Optic Integrity Monitoring
Legal Advisors to Schlumberger : Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Vendors: Maclay Murray & Spens LLP
Legal Advisors to 3i: Osborne Clarke
Corporate Finance Advisers to Vendors:
Simmons & Co International

Lawyers: Simon Rous, Geoff Trobridge & Rachael Morgan (Corporate), Garry Mackay (IP/IT) & Angus Bauer (Corporate Tax)

Schlumberger Insensys

Number One Health Group Limited

Transaction: Equity and debt investment by Medical Solutions Plc in Number One Health Group Limited
Business: Harley Street based health care provision
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Advisers to Medical Solutions Plc: Shammah Nicholls

Lawyer: Andrew Betteridge

NOH

Schlumberger Oilfield UK plc

The acquisition for an undisclosed sum of the entire issued share capital of V.I.P.S. (Vector International Processing Systems) Limited a UK based company providing market leading geomechanical modelling software and related consultancy services to global oil gas and mining industries.

Lawyers: Mark Lomas and Simon Rous

Schlumberger

Eden Ventures

Transaction: Eden Ventures, a venture capital fund, investment in Smith Bayes Limted, a software company specialising in management and strategic decision making software.
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal Advisors to Smith Bayes Limited: Olswang

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge & Chris Dyson

Eden Smith

YFM Venture Finance Limited

Transaction: YFM Venture Finance Limited investment in Object Matrix Limited who provide digital asset archiving solutions
Client Advisers: Ashfords
Legal advisors to Object Matrix: Maclay Murray & Spens LLP

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge & Chris Dyson

YFM Matrix

PSP Group Limited

Transaction: Group restructure
Business: Property/Healthcare
Client Advisers: Ashfords

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge & Chris Dyson

PSP

A1 Commerce (Holdings) Limited

The Buyer: Morleigh Limited
The Vendors: A1 Commerce (Holdings) Limited
The Transaction: Sale of the entire issued share capital of Pinerace Limited (t/a Collamere Residential Care Home).
The Business: Residential Care Home in Lostwithiel, Cornwall
Buyer's Advisers: Nalders
Vendor's Advisers: Ashfords and Condy Mathias

Lawyers: Tim Heal, Andrew Smith

A1

CPM Consulting Limited

Transaction: Share transfers to new members and share buyback from existing shareholders
Business: Corporate property consultants
Client advisors: Ashfords

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge and Chris Dyson

CPM

NPI Media Limited

Transaction: Equity and Debt Financing by Octopus Investments Limited and associated funds and Debt Finance by GMAC Commercial Finance plc for the acquisitions of

  • Phillimore and Co. Limited
  • Sutton Publishing Limited
  • Jarrolds Publishing
  • The History Press Inc
  • Oaklands Book Services Limited

Corporate Finance advisers to NPI Media Limited: Axis International Limited
Legal advisers to NPI Media Limited: Ashfords
Legal advisers to Octopus Investments Limited: Burges Salmon
Legal advisers to GMAC Commercial Finance plc: Speechly Bircham

Lawyers: George Wilkinson and Andrew Betteridge

NPI

Harris Construction Limited

Transaction: The acquisition by Harris Construction Limited and purchase in by Harris & Harris Construction Limited of the entire issued share capital of Harris & Harris Construction Limited for £1.3m
Business: Civil Engineering and Construction
Client Advisers: Ashfords & Milsted Langdon

Lawyers: Peter Fox, Andrew Smith and Rachael Morgan

Harris

Eden Ventures

Eden Ventures, a Venture Capital Fund, investment in Ontology Partners Limited

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge & Chris Dyson

Eden

YFM Venture Finance Limited

Transaction: YFM Venture Finance Limited provision of additional equity investment in Dynmark International Limited, a leading mobile messaging applications developer.
Business: Mobile software development
Client Advisers: Ashfords

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge and Chris Dyson

YFM DYNMARK

Eden Ventures

Transaction: Eden Ventures, a Venture Capital Fund, refinancing and further subscription in Apertio Limited, a leading provider of subscriber-centric networks for the telecommunications industry
Business: Telecommunications
Client advisors: Ashfords

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge & Chris Dyson

Eden Apertio

Bathe Limited

Transaction: Sale of the business and assets of Bathe Limited (In Administration) as a going concern.
Vendors: Bathe Limited(In Administration) acting by its Administrator – Houghton Stone Business Recovery Limited
Buyer: Frenix Limited
Business: Bathroom equipment
Deal Features: Sale of the business and assets of Bathe Limited

Client Advisers: Ashfords
Other Advisers: Darbys

Lawyers: David Pomeroy, Jo Clarke and Chloe Minchington


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