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Travers Smith's Deputy Head of Research, Catherine Bowl, had plenty to celebrate after being awarded the prestigious Wildy British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) Law Librarian of the Year Award on 9 June.
Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client Equistone Partners Europe ("Equistone") on its acquisition of the ChartCo Group ("ChartCo") from ECI Partners in a transaction valuing ChartCo at £55 million. The investment is Equistone's tenth from its fifth fund, Equistone Partners Europe Fund V.
Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client Kester Capital on its investment in Factory-CRO.
Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client Exponent Private Equity Partners, and other selling shareholders, on the sale of the entire issued share capital of Truly SPV 1 Limited, the holding company of Radley London, to Bregal Freshstream. The acquisition was Bregal Freshstream's third investment since launching its first fund.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Phoenix Equity Partners ("Phoenix") and the senior management shareholders on their sale of Palletways Group Limited ("Palletways") to Imperial Holdings Limited ("Imperial") for a total transaction value of £163 million.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Phoenix Equity Partners ("Phoenix") and certain other selling shareholders on the sale of Edif Group Limited ("Edif") to RINA S.p.A.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Argus Media Limited (the "Company") in relation to the sale of the Company to a newco backed by General Atlantic ("GA") and its new senior management equity arrangements with GA and Argus Executive Chairman Adrian Binks.
Travers Smith LLP has acted for Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited in its capacity as placing agent and sole bookrunner on the £84 million offer for subscription and placing of ordinary shares by Target Healthcare REIT Limited.
Travers Smith LLP has announced today the promotion of six lawyers to its partnership, with effect from1 July 2016. The new promotions are in a broad range of practice areas including corporate finance & US securities law, competition, finance, IP / IT, real estate and tax.
Travers Smith LLP has acted for Liberum Capital Limited in its capacity as placing agent and sole bookrunner on the £50 million placing programme issue of ordinary shares by Honeycomb Investment Trust plc (the "Honeycomb Placing") and the placing of £8.1 million ordinary shares by Aurora Investment Trust plc (the "Aurora Placing").
Travers Smith LLP has further demonstrated its commitment to gender equality in business and sport by partnering with the leading UK charity the Women’s Sport Trust.
Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce the winners of the 2016 Travers Smith Art Programme developed in association with the University of Westminster.
We are delighted to announce that Travers Smith has been named “Pension Lawyers of the Year” at the UK Pensions Awards.
Travers Smith corporate finance partner Adrian West and corporate finance associate Lucy Stephenson have advised Liberum Capital Limited in its capacity as nominated adviser and broker to Hotel Chocolat Group Plc ("Hotel Chocolat") in connection with its £167 million IPO and £55.5 million placing of new and existing shares.
Travers Smith LLP has advised all selling shareholders, including private equity firm Livingbridge and the founders of Frank Recruitment Group (‘FRG’), on the sale of FRG to TPG Growth.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Muzinich & Co. Limited (“Muzinich”) in relation to the provision of a debt package totalling £18million to Phaidon International (“Phaidon”), a specialist recruiter operating in the US, Europe and Asia.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Alteri Investors, a leading specialist investor in and lender to the retail industry, on the acquisition of the outstanding shareholder loan notes and the entire share capital of Gajan Holdings, the ultimate holding company of clothing retailers Austin Reed, CC and Viyella.
Travers Smith LLP has advised the Pensions Infrastructure Platform on the successful first closing of PiP Multi-Strategy Infrastructure LP (the "Fund") with commitments from a number of UK pension funds.
Travers Smith LLP has advised the Pensions Infrastructure Platform on the successful first closing of PiP Multi-Strategy Infrastructure LP (the "Fund") with commitments from a number of UK pension funds.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Luxembourg-based H&F Wings Lux 1 S.à r.l ("H&F") on the disposal of the remainder of its stake in Hostelworld Group plc, the world's leading hostel-focused online booking platform.