Corporate
Hugh James understands that employers like you
require high-quality, commercially-astute legal support to assist
you in achieving your business objectives. We deliver
cost-effective and proactive corporate legal services to employers
large and small.
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Hugh James legal corporate services
Hugh James aspires to be trusted
advisers and business partners who understand what our clients
need and value.
Our range of corporate services includes:
- mergers and acquisitions (public and
private)
- equity and debt investments including private
equity
- joint ventures
- listings and compliance with ongoing
obligations
- management buy-outs and buy-ins
- restructurings
- corporate governance
- directors' duties and responsibilities
- partnerships
The Corporate team draws
on its vast experience in a broad range of sectors, both domestic
and international, and works closely with other transactional
specialists at Hugh James to provide a seamless
premium quality service.
We consider the strength
of our lawyers to be a given. Our differentiating factor is the
emphasis we place on a thorough understanding of
our clients’ business enabling us to be
proactive, commercial and innovative.
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Hugh James corporate experience
Recent corporate matters in which we have been involved
include advising:
AIM listed independent television production
group Boomerang Plus plc on a range of projects
including:
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the acquisition of Indus Films, producers of
shows such as Amazon with Bruce Parry and Coal House
-
a joint venture with Channel 4 to host The Big
Freeze, an annual snowboarding and music festival held at Battersea
Power Station
- the acquisition of extreme sports magazine Method
Finance Wales on various
transactions following Hugh James’s appointment to the Welsh
Assembly Government corporate finance panel, including MBOs at
Vista Support Services and Vellacine/Urbanspire and its equity
investment in Envirogene.
RBS on its funding of various
transactions including:
- the acquisition by Castalia of several nursing homes
- the management buyout of Search Direct
- the acquisition of precision engineering company Llanelec
The Welsh Rugby Union on its
groundbreaking £30 million agreement relating to the funding and
operation of its four rugby regions: the Cardiff Blues, the
Llanelli Scarlets, the Newport-Gwent Dragons and the Ospreys.
On the acquisition of the Dore
Programme, a leading alternative therapy for
dyslexia and other learning difficulties, on its
acquisition by a consortium of investors assembled by former
Wales rugby international Scott Quinnell.
Pelican Products Inc. the
California based global leader in advanced lighting systems and
protective cases, on its acquisition of Blue I UK.
Eltel Group Corporation
(8,300 employee Finnish multinational) on business sales and the
closure of its UK operations.
The Welsh Rugby Union on
various matters including the restructuring of its indebtedness and
its acquisition of the remaining share of its joint venture for
indoor training facilities for the Welsh national squads.
AJ Access Platforms on its
acquisition of a fleet of more than 700 access platform sets from
industry giant SGB Services.
The sellers of the UK’s leading independent
solid fuel manufacturer Maxibrite to Coal4Energy,
a joint venture between UK Coal and Hargreaves Services Plc.
On the sale of Core Systems, owner of leading
UK property website homesonview.co.uk to the
Guardian Media Group.
Handelsbanken on the £30
million administration of the A&A property group.
US private equity firm AIAC
on a number of transactions including its acquisition of
BemroseBooth, a leading provider of security and
transactional print services.
Leading Cardiff barristers’ chambers
33 Park Place in its demerger into two separate
sets of chambers.
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