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2004

Wyndham House Surgery

Completion of property transfer and loan refinance in respect of the introduction of a new partner to the medical practice.

Lawyer: Chris Gregson
WYNDHAM

East Devon District Council

Advising on Construction Partnering Agreement for response maintenance services to housing stock under PPC 2000

Contract Value : £1.5million

Lawyer: Stephen Homer

EastDevDC

Diving Diseases Research Centre

Providing ongoing employment law support since 2000.

Lawyer: Rhiain Lewis
ddrc

Carrick Housing Limited

Advice on £10m Partnering Contract for Maintenance for Housing
“Carrick Housing has benefited from Expert Advice on contracts and procurement … the way the contracts have been set up should result in future savings”
Audit Commission Report on Carrick Housing ALMO 3 Star Assessment

Lawyer: Stephen Homer
Carrick

National Westminster Bank PLC

Advising funder on Construction Contract and Collateral Warranties in relation to new Highways Agency office at Ash House Exeter.

Lawyer: Stephen Homer
natwest

Dart Properties Limited

Advising on construction documentation including Building Contract, appointments and warranties in connection with development at Darts Farm Village.

Lawyers: Stephen Homer and Patrick Blake
Darts Farm

South Somerset District Council

Construction partnering advice to project manager regarding the Council’s planned maintenance programme.

Lawyer: Stephen Homer
South Somerset DC

CPM Consulting Limited

Advising in relation to project management / development agreement with Kemsley Fields Limited concerning mixed use development valued at c.£4.5 million at Sittingbourne Kent.

Lawyer: Stephen Homer
CPM

Watts Blake Bearne & Co PLC

Advising in connection with the proposed sale of its former head office building in Newton Abbot, Devon.

Lawyers: Annabel Holyoak
wbb

Sprue Aegis Plc

Licensing & distribution agreement with DuPontfor safety protection products in the US including advanced royalties of $1.2m.

Lawyer: Simon Rous
DuPont

Bradleys Estate Agents

The acquisition of Andrew Davis Estate Agents, a two office estate agency business in the South West, for an undisclosed sum.

Lawyers: Mark Lomas and Mark Moore
Bradleys

Pittards Plc

Divestiture of Raw Materials Division in Dumfries.

Lawyers: Simon Rous and Andrew Betteridge
Pittards

Carpediem Holdings Limited

Sale of 75% of the issued share capital of Stenner Limited by way of a management buy-out.

Lawyer: Simon Rous
Carpediem

Home Hardware Southwest Limited

Share acquisition of Mallett & Son Limited by Home Hardware Southwest Limited and lease of the trading premises for an undisclosed sum.

Lawyers: Simon Rous, Clare Werry and Mark Moore
HomeHardware

Europasia Education Plc

Purchase of all of the shares of Bournemouth Educational Centre Limited for an undisclosed sum.

Lawyers: Simon Rous and Andrew Betteridge
Europasia

Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited

Sale of the Portland Dimension Stone Quarrying and Masonry business for an undisclosed sum

Lawyers: Andrew Rothwell, Lynne Atkinson & George Wilkinson
Hanson

Launchright Limited

Acquisition of business and assets of Global Games Online Limited by Launchright Limited.

Lawyers: Andrew Betteridge and Stuart Mathews

Gro-Group International Limited

Acquisition and investment into an Australian company to form a new subsidiary in Australia and related IP advice.

Lawyer: Garry Mackay
GroGroup

Zoeftig and Company Limited

Completion of the purchase of the entire issued share capital of Zoeftig and Company Limited by Extenzia Limited.

Lawyer: Peter Fox
Zoeftig

Prickly Pear Gift Shop, Taunton

Acquisition of the Prickly Pear Gift Shop, Taunton for an undisclosed sum.

Lawyer: George Wilkinson

East Devon Land Ltd

Acquisition of development site in Sidmouth, Devon for development of 23 prestigious apartments.

Lawyer: Annabel Holyoak

Swindon College

Work in connection with proposed sale of existing college campus at Regent Circus Swindon for a mixed residential/retail development prior to relocation

Lawyer: Annabel Holyoak
SwindonCollege

St Dunstans Abbey School

Merger of St Dunstans Abbey School with Plymouth College to operate as a combined entity on the two present school sites.

Lawyer: George Wilkinson

Hardinge Machine Tools Limited

UK elements of the purchase of IPRs and certain assets of Bridgeport’s worldwide operations from Bridgeport International, a portfolio company of American Capital Strategies Limited for over $7M and machining centers for over $4M

Lawyers: Simon Rous, Charles Pallot, Garry Mackay, David Pomeroy and Andrew Betteridge
Hardinge

Schlumberger

Sale of BCO disaster recovery Business serving Governments, Banks and major Corporations from 40 sites globally, including France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, UK and the USA by sale of shares to IBM

Lawyers: Simon Rous, Antony Lee and Andrew Rothwell
Schlumberger

Brazz PLC

Acquisition of the flagship catering facilities at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay Waterfront.

Lawyers: Andrew Rothwell & Colin Wright
brazz2

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Investigated a series of property transactions which took place prior to bankruptcy. Six figure recoveries and substantial return to creditors.

Lawyer: David Pomeroy
GrantThornton

Lloyds TSB Bank Plc

Advising Lloyds TSB Bank and Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance on various debt and invoice discounting facilities for the purpose of financing a management buy-out of Latimer Trend & Company Limited. With assistance from Francis Clark who advised the MBO team.

Lawyer: Andrew Smith
lloyds

Jasun Filtration Plc

Conversion to a public limited company.

Lawyer: Simon Rous
Jasun

Vick Properties Limited

Sale of business and assets of Gordon, Vick and Partners estate agency to Kivells & Partners.

Lawyer: George Wilkinson
Gordon Vick

Grobag International Limited

Acquisition and investment into a Hong Kong company to form a new subsidiary in Hong Kong and related IP advice

Acquisition and investment into a Canadian company to form a new subsidiary in Canada and related IP advice

Lawyer: Garry Mackay
grobag

Ewals Cargo Care BV

Advising Ewals Cargo Care BV on the acquisitionof part of the business and assets of the AutoLogicGroup.

Lawyers: George Wilkinson and Charles Pallot
Ewals

Airport Business Centre

Purchase of the old Stafford Miller industrial site at Estover, Plymouth.

Value: circa 1.5 million

Lawyer: Brian Hegarty
Airport Business Centre

Tempus Publishing Group Limited

Acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Tempus Publishing Group Limited by Nonsuch Publishing International Limited.

Lawyer: George Wilkinson
Tempus

Marling Industrial Felts Limited

Marling Industrial Felts Limited, part of the Peter Griffiths (Stanley Mills) Group, sold its non-woven filtration products manufacturing business to Webron Products Limited, a subsidiary of Andrew Industries Limited. The asset sale involved some complex employment issues and was concluded within a tight six week period.

Lawyers: Andrew Smith, Rhiain Lewis and George Wilkinson
marling

Carpediem Holdings Limited

Sale by Management-Buy-In of the Parkins Group including Parkins Engineering, Anchorpac Compactors and Yeoman Stoves - manufacturers & distributors of a branded gas, oil and multi fuel domestic heating stoves & specialist engineers with turnover of £6M.

Lawyers: Simon Rous and Andrew Smith
Carpediem

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