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A group of Travers Smith partners, including Managing Partner David Patient and Senior Partner Chris Hale, will be taking to the streets on 1 September to complete a Sleep Easy Challenge in aid of City YMCA, one of the firm's long-running charity partners.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Groupe Agrial on its acquisition (through its UK subsidiary, Florette UK & Ireland) of Axgro Foods Limited, a producer of ready-to-eat beetroot products.
Travers Smith corporate partner Adrian West, senior corporate assistant Jamie Lumsden and corporate assistant Isabel Dwan have advised Benchmark Holdings plc, the international biotechnology and food chain sustainability business, in connection with its placing of 47,279,127 new ordinary shares at a price of 65 pence per share to raise approximately £30.7 million before expenses.
Travers Smith LLP has advised ECI Partners, Livingbridge and management on exit as Inflexion invests in Reed & Mackay’s next phase of growth.
Travers Smith LLP has advised its long standing AIM-listed client Breedon Group PLC ("Breedon"), on the £336 million acquisition of Hope Construction Materials Limited ("Hope") from Cortolina Investments, which completed on 1 August 2016 following competition clearance by the CMA.
Travers Smith LLP has advised investment trust Ranger Direct Lending Fund plc (the "Fund"), which launched in May last year, in connection with its placing of 30 million ZDP shares through its subsidiary, Ranger Direct Lending ZDP plc.
Travers Smith LLP is advising PHS on the conditional sale of PHS Data Solutions to Restore plc.
Travers Smith LLP is delighted to be amongst a group of leading institutions, including BT, CISI, Euroclear and the SWIFT Institute, to have funded a unique research into CREST, the UK and Irish securities settlement system for dematerialised domestic and international equities, government securities and money market instruments.
Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client McColl’s Retail Group plc, the convenience store group, on its acquisition of a portfolio of 298 convenience stores from the Co-operative Group for £117m. Travers Smith has advised McColl’s since 2005 and advised it on its IPO in 2014.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Orange on the acquisition of Sun Communications by Orange Moldova.
Travers Smith LLP has advised the management team of the Liberation Group Limited, the Channel Islands' market-leading pub, restaurant and drinks business, on its acquisition by Caledonia Investments plc, a transaction which values Liberation at circa £118m.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Technetix, a leading global broadband cable network transmission technology provider, in relation to an equity investment by Liberty Global Ventures, a subsidiary of Liberty Global plc.
Travers Smith LLP is advising Wireless Group on its £220m recommended cash offer by News Corp UK & Ireland Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of News Corp whose businesses include The Sun, The Times and publishing company HarperCollins.
Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client Silverfleet Capital and other selling shareholders on the sale of Cimbria Holdings Limited ("Cimbria") to AGCO Your Agriculture Company ("AGCO"), for approximately €310 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2016.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Lloyds Bank plc and Commerzbank AG in relation to the provision of multi-currency term and revolving facilities to a special purpose vehicle established by Ancala Partners LLP ("Ancala") in order to fund its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of International Energy Group Limited and its subsidiaries ("IEG").
Travers Smith LLP has advised Caffè Nero Group on its acquisition of Harris & Hoole from Tesco.
Travers Smith LLP has joined Stonewall in supporting the National LGBT+ Police Network's first national campaign focused on offering the LGBT+ community reassurance and protection in the wake of the Orlando attack.
As this June marks LGBT Pride month, Martin Hammond, PSL in the financial services and markets department, and Chris Edwards, CSR and Diversity Manager, reflect on why Pride as a concept and a movement still matters in the modern age.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Numis Securities Limited as NOMAD and joint bookrunner and Zeus Capital Limited and Goodbody Stockbrokers as joint bookrunners in relation to the IPO of European venture capital fund Draper Esprit Plc.
The position of the modern worker was the hot topic of a debate on BBC Radio 4’s Money Box Live on 15 June, where Travers Smith employment partner, Siân Keall joined a panel discussion to discuss the modern British workplace.