Case Studies

Bates Wells advises Intellego Technologies AB on the acquisition of the Daro Group of UK manufacturing companies

Bates Wells supported Intellego Technologies AB (“Intellego”), a Swedish technology company listed on NASDAQ First North Growth Market on the acquisition of the Daro Group of UK manufacturing companies. Intellego is the world leader in photochromic indicator technology, manufacturing patented photochromic ink that changes colour based on exposure to ultraviolet irradiation or specific substances. The …
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Bates Wells supports the founders of Heart & Lung Imaging Limited (“HLH”), a London-based teleradiology network focused on lung cancer screening, on the sale of the company to RadNet, Inc.

HLH was founded by Professor Sam Hare, Dr Graham Robinson, Dr Jonathan Rodrigues and Dr Aniket Tavare to improve lung cancer outcomes through early detection and accurate diagnosis. HLH’s unique network of over 70 expert cardiothoracic radiologists provides specialist reporting services for the NHS as well as a variety of hospitals and academic institutions. Through …
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Bates Wells supports long-standing client Entrepreneur First C.I.C. on the restructuring of Code First Girls to facilitate the next stage in its growth

Bates Wells has advised Entrepreneur First C.I.C. on their restructuring of Code First Girls in connection with the business receiving incoming Series A investment of £4.5million Code First Girls was founded in 2011 by Alice Bentinck MBE and Matt Clifford MBE, who also co-founded start-up accelerator Entrepreneur First, and provides the skills, space and inspiration …
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Bates Wells advises Ripple Energy on large UK co-operative share offer

Bates Wells has advised on the £13m co-operative share offer to fund Ripple Energy’s second wind farm – the largest ever UK co-operative share offer achieved in a single raise (now superseded by Ripple Energy in 2023) – and will enable construction of an 18.8MW wind farm in Scotland. Owning shares in a Ripple wind …
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Bates Wells advises on the transfer of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board to the IFRS Foundation

Bates Wells has advised CDP, the global non-profit that runs the world’s environmental disclosure system, on the transfer of the intellectual property and employees of its Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) to the IFRS Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that develops globally accepted financial reporting standards. CDP pioneered using capital markets and corporate procurement to motivate …
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Bates Wells represents Kids Company trustees in High Court win

The High Court has ruled against the Official Receiver in his bid to disqualify the former trustees and CEO of Kids Company from acting as directors. In a 225 page judgment Mrs Justice Falk found that the public needed no protection from the ‘highly impressive and dedicated’ trustees and that she was ‘wholly satisfied’ that …
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Samaritans’ branch restructure

We took on a large project with Samaritans. It had around 200 branches which were all unincorporated separate charities. The trustees wanted to restructure this to allow the branches to either merge into the main charity, or to incorporate as separate but affiliated CIOs. This was to help the local trustees with the risks of …
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Governance review for The Jewish Museum

The Jewish Museum has an income of around £2m a year and the trustees wanted a health check to make sure their governance arrangements were up to date, compliant and good practice. We helped them with: Modernised articles of association  incorporating good practice recommendations from the Charity Governance Code and the Accreditation Scheme for Museums. …
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Bates Wells rewrites fellow B Corp Planit IE’s articles of association and employment contracts to better reflect its values

Planit IE is a design practice that pioneers sustainability and puts the long-term health of the environment and communities it works with at the heart of everything it does. Earlier this year, we rewrote their articles of association and employment contracts to better reflect their B Corp values. Our first step was to gain a …
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Bates Wells advises SigmaRoc plc on its £305 million syndicated debt facility

SigmaRoc was created in 2016 and focuses on investing, improving and integrating companies in the European construction materials sector. Nordkalk was established in 1898 as a limestone developer in Finland and has expanded to become a leading supplier of limestone-based solutions for agricultural, construction and chemical industries. The enlarged quarried materials group is operating across …
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Bates Wells M&A and acquisition finance teams advised SDM Holdings on its acquisition of Kent based document storage company

Bates Wells’ M&A team advised long-standing client SDM Holdings Limited on its acquisition of The Chatham Archive & Document Storage Company Limited (“Chatham“). SDM Holdings is a specialist, offsite premium storage provider to some of the UK’s most well-known brands. Chatham is a records management service business operating in London and the South. The acquisition …
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Bates Wells advises Just After Midnight Limited on its sale

Bates Wells M&A team advised the shareholders of Just After Midnight Limited on its sale to Ultima Business Solutions. Bates Wells’ M&A team advised the shareholders of Just after Midnight (JAM) on the multi-million-pound sale of its entire issued share capital to private equity backed automation and services specialist, private equity backed, Ultima Business Solutions. …
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