Corporate Deals
Over the past year, our Corporate Finance team has been involved in over 120 corporate deals spanning a large number of sectors and a wide range of deal values. These transactions have involved both ends of the spectrum, from large PLCs to some of Scotland’s most exciting and ambitious start-ups. Below is an overview of some of those deals.
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Acted for the shareholders of Orr Kerr Dykes Financial Services Limited, an independent financial services business based in Glasgow, in the sale of its entire issued share capital to KPW Investments (Scotland) Limited.
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Acted for Heliex Power Limited in relation to its latest investment round involving funding from ESB Novusmodus LP, BP Technology Ventures Limited and Scottish Enterprise.
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Acted for the vendors in the sale of the entire issued share capital of H.P.M.C. Limited, which owned the Crowne Plaza London Docklands hotel, to Leena Plaza Holdings Limited.
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Acted for Clyde Munro Dental Group, a network of family dentists providing the best possible dental care for our NHS and private patients, in the purchase of M&S Dental Care Ltd, a company operating a dental practices in Fort William and Glencoe.
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Acted on behalf of Together Energy Limited, one of the UK's fastest growing energy companies, in the investment of £18 million by local authority, Warrington Borough Council.
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Acted on behalf of the M&J Builders Merchants Limited, a family owned timber and builders’ merchant, on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of South Lanarkshire Building Supplies Limited, one of South Lanarkshire’s leading independent timber and builders’ merchants, established in 1997.
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Acted on behalf of Greenwood Moreland Insurance Brokers, a leading independent insurance broker in West Central Scotland, in the acquisition of Tain-based J Moore & Co.
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Advised Douglas Laing & Company Limited, a leading independent blender and bottler of Scotch Whisky, on its strategic acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Perthshire distillers, Strathearn Distillery Ltd.
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Acted for the vendor of J Thomson Colour Printers, a market leading print solutions provider in Scotland with offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness and Aberdeen, in the share sale of the company.
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Advised on the sale of Cultivate Software Limited, an Edinburgh-based software consultancy business, to international food delivery operators Deliveroo, creating Deliveroo's first UK tech centre outside of London.
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Acted for Black & Lizars Limited, one of Scotland's most renowned optometrists and audiology service specialists, in relation to the sale of selected branches to optical and hearing service provider Duncan and Todd Limited.
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Acted for Greenwood Moreland Insurance Brokers, a leading independent insurance broker in West Central Scotland, in the acquisition of Greenock-based Campbell Smith Insurance Services.
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Acted for the vendor of Unick Consulting, a multi-disciplinary architects firm specialising in the design and construction of cinemas and multiplex cinemas across the UK and throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East, in a management buy-out by the company's management team.
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Acted for the shareholders of Store-Rite Ltd, specialists in document storage and solutions based in Stirlingshire, in the sale of the company to the Oasis Group.
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Acted for the Tillicoultry Quarries Group, a market-leading supplier of a wide range of construction materials for more than 85 years, in a restructure of its group.
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Acted for Biotangents Limited, a company which develops easy-to-use, low-cost diagnostics for infectious diseases of livestock, in relation to an investment from Glasgow-based Kelvin Capital, Scottish Enterprise and others.
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Advised a group of majority shareholders in the sale of the entire issued share capital of Kingdom FM Radio Ltd to Dundee-based publisher DC Thomson & Company Limited.
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Advised the majority shareholders in the sale of the entire issued share capital of The Interactive Design Institute (IDI) to an Australian-based purchaser.
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Advised on the sale of shares in 20/20 Business Group Limited to a newly created employee-ownership trust.
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Advised on the sale of Bathing Mobility Advisory Service Limited to the national operator Mobility Group.
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Acted for Breedon Northern Limited in the purchase of the entire issued share capital of Blinkbonny Quarry (Borders) Limited.
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Acted for Islay Boys Limited in the share purchase of brewery operator Islay Ales Company Limited.
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Acted for the management team of ICS Limited in a management buy-out, backed by Primary Capital Partners LLP.
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Advised Edinburgh-based Speech Graphics in relation to an equity investment by two angel investment syndicates and Scottish Enterprise.
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Acted for the management team of McTear Contracts Limited, in relation to an MBO.
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Acted for Boyd & Company Limited, part of the UK-wide Broker Network, in the purchase of Musselburgh-based insurance broker, Insureness Limited.
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Acted for Fixed Phage Limited in a top-up investment deal with Alimentos Ventures GmbH, TreeRunner Holdings Limited, Biomedical Business Partners Limited and a member of the existing management team.
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Acted for Handmade Shoes (UK) Limited in the purchase of the Ayrshire-based farrier supplies business operated by the firm of J & A Ferrie.
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Advised the purchaser on the management buy-out of Quality Assured Property Maintenance Limited, a Dundee-based property maintenance and contracting business.
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MacRoberts LLP advised Joint Venture Partner, Highland Community Energy Society Limited, in the establishment of six joint venture SPVs in relation to the setting-up of community-based hydro renewable energy social enterprises.
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Advised the management team in its buy-out of the entire issued share capital of AOC Archaeology. Edinburgh based AOC is one of the UK’s leading heritage companies.
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Advised HV Systems Ltd, an early stage technology company developing hydrogen-powered motor vehicles, in obtaining seed funding from investors.
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Acted for the shareholders of GP Properties (Scotland) Limited in the sale of GP Green Recycling Limited, a recycling business based in Lanark, to GWE UK Opco Limited.
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Acted for start-up restaurant Hicce in securing an equity investment to fund the opening of a new restaurant in Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross, London.