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Travers Smith LLP represents the joint nominees in relation to a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) that had been proposed by the directors of Caffè Nero's operating company, Nero Holdings Limited (the Company), on 12 November 2020.
Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client Livingbridge EP LLP (Livingbridge) on its investment in Venatus Media Limited (Venatus).
Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce that its Funds team has won the Legal: Fund Formation Award at the 2021 The Drawdown Awards.
Travers Smith LLP has advised S4 Capital plc on the merger between Zemoga and MediaMonks, expanding its offering into Technology Services.
Travers Smith LLP has advised an investment vehicle backed by the founders, longstanding client Inflexion and all other shareholders, on the sale of Medivet Group Holdings Limited ("Medivet") to CVC Capital Partners VIII.
Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce that its Pensions Sector team won two awards at the prestigious Professional Pensions UK Pensions Awards 2021: Pensions Lawyers of the Year, and Diversity & Inclusion Excellence.
Travers Smith LLP has advised S4 Capital plc on the merger between Cashmere and MediaMonks, which significantly expands the capabilities of both its content practice in the USA and global cultural strategy.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Paragon Bank plc (Paragon) on a speciality finance facility provided to LE Capital to partly fund LE Capital's acquisition of the RateSetter car dealer finance loan portfolio from Metro Bank.
Travers Smith LLP has advised the management team of RAC, one of the UK's biggest breakdown assistance providers, on its partnership with Silver Lake, joining existing owners GIC and CVC.
Travers Smith LLP is advising longstanding client Exponent and certain other shareholders on the sale of Dennis, the leading international media group and publisher of The Week in the US and the UK, to Future plc (“Future”), the global platform for specialist media, for a purchase price of £300 million.
Travers Smith LLP has confirmed that it has signed an Agreement for Lease with Ivanhoé Cambridge, a global real estate industry leader and a subsidiary of CDPQ, a global investment group, regarding a move from its Snow Hill office headquarters to Stonecutter Court, EC4. The move will take place in 2025, when the firm's existing property leases will come to an end.
Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client, Bridgepoint, on the employee share schemes aspects of its listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Travers Smith LLP has advised RSK Group (RSK), the UK’s largest privately-owned multi-disciplinary environmental business, on £1 billion of available debt facilities made available by leading global alternative investment manager, Ares Management Corporation (Ares). Ares is the sole unitranche lender for this transaction which marks the largest private credit-backed sustainability-linked financing to date, with an additional £40 million of day-one revolving debt provided by National Westminster Bank plc (NatWest) to further support RSK's working capital requirements.
Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client Breedon Group plc (Breedon) on the £350 million refinancing of its existing debt facilities.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Impact Healthcare REIT plc (Impact) on a new three-year £26 million revolving credit facility made available by National Westminster Bank plc (NatWest), with an accordion feature which could take the facility up to £50 million alongside the option of two one-year extensions. This new facility will help to ensure that Impact continues to be well capitalised and support its future growth plans.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Shawbrook Bank (Shawbrook) on a bespoke unitranche facility provided to technology implementation and services business, Codestone. This funding will be used to pursue significant acquisitions and to continue investing in strong organic growth.
Travers Smith LLP is advising Goldman Sachs International and Numis Securities Limited (as Joint Bookrunners), and Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co.
Travers Smith LLP is delighted to have won the Diversity Award at the Pensions Age Awards 2021.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Berenberg as nominated adviser and sole broker to LendInvest Plc on its AIM IPO.
Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client TA Associates and certain other shareholders on the sale of a Flashtalking, a leading independent ad serving, measuring and technology company, to Mediaocean, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners. The transaction is expected to close by Q3 2021.