Specific Cases
- Corporate Synergy plc as Nominated Adviser to Neptune Minerals plc on admission to AIM inc. placing of new ordinary shares raising £9.3m.
- Seymour Pierce in connection with the admission to trading on AIM of ADD Leisure plc. inc. placing and offer for subscription successfully raising £1.5m.
- E-prime Financial plc on a placing raising £19.5m and admission to AIM.
- PrintPotato.com plc, an online print provider on admission to AIM and a placing raising £3m.
- Adval Group plc, AIM listed e-learning product provider, on a placing and open offer to raise £3.6m.
- Williams de Broë plc as Nominated Adviser and Broker to Eureka Mining plc on admission to AIM and raising of £7m via a placing
- Seymour Pierce as Nominated Adviser and Broker for a £2m placing and admission to AIM for Flightstore Group plc, an in-flight business intranet provider.
- Futura Medical Plc, pharmaceutical and medical device group developing innovative sexual healthcare products on admission to AIM raising £1.7 million via private cash subscription for 2,428,571 new ordinary shares at a price of 70 pence per share, giving an implied market capitalisation of approximately £30 million.
- Collins Stewart as Broker and Nominated Adviser to Inditherm plc on admission to AIM and subsequent fund raising of £5.3m by way of a placing and open offer
- Company Health Group plc on reduction of capital to eliminate £12.5m deficit.
- World Trade Systems Plc listed on main market of London Stock Exchange on proposed restructuring.
- Seymour Pierce on reduction of capital to cancel £14.5m deficit on its share premium account.
- Company Health Group plc on acquisition of Milligan & Hill Ltd for total consideration (inc. earn out cons) of up to £1.05m.
- Shareholders of DTS Logistics Ltd on £10m sale of entire issued capital to Clipper Group Holdings plc.
- Cinram International Inc, world’s largest independent provider of pre-recorded multimedia products on acquisition of entire issued share capital of The Entertainment Network, a joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd and Warner Music UK Ltd.
- Gieves & Hawkes plc on recommended £8m cash offer by Marvinbond Limited (controlling shareholder).
- Shareholders of Chivers Communications on £9m sale of entire issued share capital to BBC Worldwide.
- Partners of Brighton BDO Stoy Hayward on sale of the business to Baker Tilly.
- Driving Seat Services Ltd on launch of new concept business capitalising on opportunities in the motor trade arising from changes in the European block exemption rules and associated fund raising.
- Lifestyle Access and Mobility Ltd on formation of group structure and internal shareholder arrangements.
- Software company providing software services to oil rigs on private equity inward investment raising up to £250,000.
- Majority shareholders of Storageonline Holdings (UK) Ltd on €3.4m investment into the company.
- Defence of High Court application for injunctions and settlement of substantive claim in respect of alleged breaches of our client’s contract of employment, specifically: non-solicitation and non-competition covnants; misuse of confidential information; and failure to return company property.
- Highly litigious case involving the alleged breach of directors’ fiduciary duties and theft of database, including defence of freezing order application and subsequent application to discharge, successful defence of application for summary judgment, and eventual £1.3million settlement.
- Advising on termination of IT software development and services contracts in particular the recovery of outstanding fees in excess of €1million.
- Advising on and handling dispute (via correspondence and mediation) between exiting director/shareholder of a management consultancy and the other directors/shareholders in relation to alleged breach of fiduciary duties (by solicitation of clients prior to exit) and the division of clients and future profits.
- Issue of claim for unpaid fees (circa £80,000 including interest and costs) and subsequent settlement through mediation.
- Pre-litigation settlement of claim in restitution for a £30,000 refund paid twice in error by our client to its own client.
- Pre-litigation settlement of claim for non-payment of invoices (circa £30,000) and breach of consultancy agreement between our client and a multinational energy provider.
- Grant of ten-year lease of Covent Garden premises to MD’s (London) Limited for use as London’s first authentic Austrian sandwich shop.
- Assignment of a lease of a floor of a Covent Garden office block.
- Grant of ten-year lease of Punch-tied public house in Sandwich including licensing and purchasing obligations.
- Grant of nine-year lease of modern office premises in Ealing to Feelingpeaky Limited.
- Grant of 15-year lease of Chelsea premises to L’Art du Fromage, Britain’s first speciality cheese restaurant.
- Grant of five-year lease of a floor of Mayfair office premises to Pensar Systems Limited.
- Grant of five-year and 15-year leases of retail premises in Victoria and Bayswater to for use as souvenir shops.
- Assignment of lease of retail premises in Knightsbridge for the residue of its term for use as a souvenir shop.
- Grant of three-year lease of a floor of Covent Garden office premises.
- Grant of short-term lease of Knightsbridge office premises and subsequent renewal lease.
