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Hugh James corporate legal services
Hugh James aspires to be trusted
advisers and business partners who understand our clients
needs and values.
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.
Hugh James corporate legal experience
Recent corporate matters in
which we have been involved include advising:
Save Britain Money
group on its acquisition of Veraco (formerly Comms Direct)
Finnish listed company
Rapala on its £5.3 million acquisition of fishing
bait company Dynamite Baits.
AIM listed independent television production group
Boomerang Plus plc on a range of projects
including:
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a joint investment with Bryn Terfel into
classical music agency Harlequin.
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the acquisition of Oxford Scientific Films,
producers of global hit series Meerkat Manor and Fatal
Attractions.
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the acquisition of Indus Films, producers of
shows such as Amazon with Bruce Parry and Coal House
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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
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.
Finance
Wales on various transactions following Hugh James’s
appointment to the Welsh 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
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 and various ongoing corporate governance matters.
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.