Transaction: Bates Wells acted for 3i- backed Element Materials Technology Holding UK Ltd (“Element”) on its entry into an agreement with Bioquell PLC (a company listed on the London Stock Exchange) for the £44.5 million acquisition of TRaC Global Limited, a highly successful and specialist testing business. The purchase of TRaC is expected to be completed by the end of April 2015.
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Transaction: Bates Wells advised start-up catering company, Lisa’s on Broadway Limited, on taking its EIS investment.Client: Lisa’s on Broadway Limited is founder, Lisa Burton’s, second entrepreneurial venture and the catering company specialises in supplying high-end and sumptuous food.Lawyers: Mark Tasker (partner) and Gemma Boore (solicitor) advised Lisa’s on Broadway Limited on the equity investment.
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Transaction: Bates Wells acted for The Alan Edward Higgs Charity (“Higgs Charity”) on the sale to London Wasps Holdings Limited of its 50% joint-venture interest in Arena Coventry Limited (“ACL”), manager of and holder of the long-leasehold interest in the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. BWB negotiated the sale documentation and advised on the deal structure in light of the joint venture arrangements.
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Transaction: Bates Wells acted for Kindred Agency Limited in connection with the reorganisation of its digital marketing business which included the merger of the business and assets of its subsidiary Kindred Digital Limited.
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Transaction: Bates Wells recently advised on the corporate aspects of the incorporation of a family investment company as part of a private client’s estate planning strategy.
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Transaction: Bates Wells advised Access Innovation Media UK Limited, a subsidiary of Access Innovation Holdings Pty Limited, an Australian and UK-based speech-to-text technology developer on an investment by Nesta Impact Investments. Ai-Media and Nesta are continuing to explore the use of real-time captioning and transcripts of lessons to assist with teachers’ professional development.
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In Feedback Placement’s acquisition of Cambridge Computed Imaging Limited and TexRAD, Bates Wells acted for Sanlam Securities UK Limited in its capacity as nominated advisor and joint broker to Feedback Plc, an AIM listed company.
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Transaction: Bates Wells’ corporate team acted for Sanlam Securities UK, nominated advisor and joint broker in the Feedback Plc acquisition of Cambridge Computed Imaging Limited (CCI) and TexRAD Limited.
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Transaction: Bates Wells has acted for Beaumont Cornish on the readmission of Minds + Machines (formerly Top Level Domain Holdings) to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange plc. Mine + Machines is a £137m market cap company with offices in Dublin, London, Munich, and Santa Monica. Mines + Machines offers not only registrar services for new top-level domains including .london but also offers other related services from registry ownership and operations to consumer sales. It also has an interest in over two dozen uncontested gTLD applications.