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.
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Transaction: Bates Wells has advised the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education (“Cache”) on the sale of its business to the vocational awarding body, NCFE.
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Transaction: Bates Wells has advised Bulldog Skincare Limited in respect of its recent group reorganisation. The reorganisation has been conducted to facilitate further overseas expansion of the Bulldog Group.
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Transaction: Bates Wells has advised The Ethical Property Company Limited in relation to a recent share buyback with a value of approximately £390,000 through a tender offer to all shareholders. The buyback provided the company’s shareholders with an opportunity to exit, potentially stimulating secondary trading in remaining shares and creating value for the remaining shareholders.