Transaction: Bates Wells’ cross departmental team acted for Schleuniger Holding AG (“Schleuniger”) on its acquisition of a 20 per cent stake in LW Solutions Ltd (“LWS”), a manufacturer of laser wire stripping machines for the stripping of insulation from high-tech cables and wires.
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Transaction: Bates Wells’ cross departmental team acted for the shareholders Eos Wealth Management Limited (“Eos”), a financial advisory firm with over £300 million of assets under advice, in the sale of Eos toClose Brothers Asset Management (“Close Brothers”).
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Transaction: Bates Wells cross departmental AIM team acted for Blenheim Natural Resources Plc (“Blenheim”) on its acquisition of a 27.17 per cent strategic investment stake in IGS (International Geoscience Services) Limited (“IGS”).
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Transaction: Bates Wells acted for Lumi Technologies Ltd and its subsidiaries on £3m invoice discounting and overdraft facilities with Clydesdale Bank.
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Bates Wells advises Research Views Limited (formerly GlobalData Ltd), and its shareholders on the international pre-sale reorganisation and subsequent £67m sale of the GlobalData healthcare business and simultaneous acquisition of a print business.
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Transaction: Bates Wells has advised the HCT Group, one of the country’s most enterprising charities, as borrower under a series of new lending arrangements.
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Transaction: Bates Wells has advised the shareholders of Portcullis Computer Security Limited (“Portcullis”) in respect of the sale to Cisco of Portcullis and its associated companies in the USA, Spain and France.
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Transaction: Bates Wells has advised instiHub Analytics Limited, in relation to a new private SEIS and EIS qualifying investment in the company.
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Transaction: BWB advised Ethos Group Holdings Limited on its strategic acquisition of Walters Limited, a provider of business supplies, office interiors and equipment. Walters serves over 1,000 customers across all product sectors from its Peterborough base. The acquisition is part of Ethos’s strategic growth plan and will add to its core print and telecoms operations as well as to its solutions portfolio.