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Recent transactions

Private Equity, Growth and Venture Capital Equity Capital Markets

• Advising the selling shareholders of the • Advising specialist sofa retailer Sofology • Advising Custodian REIT plc on its IPO, • Advising Constellation Healthcare
Optionis Group on its sale to Arkarius in connection with an investment by BGF. listing with a £131m market cap. Technologies, Inc. with respect to its
Group, a Sovereign Capital portfolio • Advising Palatine Private Equity and • Advising Clipper Group plc on its IPO, $310m recommended take private to
company the shareholders of financial services listing with a £100m market cap. be effected by means of a merger under
• Advising Livingbridge in connection business Wealth at Work in connection • Advising Zeus Capital in connection with Delaware law.
with its investment in clinical consulting with the tertiary buy-out by Equistone the IPO of NorthEdge Capital backed • Advising SKIL Ports & Logistics Ltd in
business Four Eyes Insight Limited. Partners. soft tissue manufacturer Accrol Group relation to a fundraising of approximately
• Advising LDC and the shareholders of • Advising in connection with the Holdings, listing with a £93m market cap. £37m.
independent contract caterer Waterfall management buy-out of industrial security • Advising Zeus Capital in connection with • Advised Cyprotex PLC on its £41.7m
Services on the sale to Elior Group. fencing business Siddall & Hilton Products the IPO of Epwin Group plc, listing with a recommended takeover by Evotec AG by
• Advising the management team of Limited funded by PNC. £135m market cap. means of a scheme of arrangement.
pub restaurant business New World • Advising RMS International, designers • Advising PrimaryBid.com on its £26.9m • Advising Investec Bank plc in relation to a
Trading Company in connection with the and distributors of toys, craft, stationery underwritten placing of shares in Sound £17m placing by interior furnishings group
management buy-out funded by Graphite. and licence products in connection with Energy plc. Walker Greenbank plc.
• Advising Livingbridge and the an investment by BGF.
shareholders of insurance broker • Advising NorthEdge Capital in connection
Kingsbridge Risk Solutions in connection with the secondary buy-out of home
with a secondary buy-out by Dunedin. furnishings business Arthouse Group.
• Advising the management team of multi- • Advising Inflexion Private Equity in
channel home shopping retailer Ideal connection with its investment in software
Shopping Direct in connection with the development and integration services
secondary buy-out by Blackstone Private business Mobica.
Equity from Inflexion. • Advising Capita in connection with the
• Advising Equistone backed financial acquisition of Electranet, a supplier for
services company Wealth at Work in the design, delivery and support of highly
connection with the acquisition of the secure network and communication
Affinity group of companies. infrastructure from Palatine Private Equity.

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