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Lewis Silkin has advised Breed Reply Investments on the sale of Senseye to Siemens
Deal
20 June 2022Lewis Silkin has advised Breed Reply Investments on the sale of Senseye to Siemens.
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Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group’s subsidiary, Agent3, on the acquisition of I T Telemarketing Services Limited
Deal
20 June 2022Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen’s subsidiary, Agent3, on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of I T Telemarketing Services Limited (“ITTS”).
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Lewis Silkin has advised the shareholders of PR agency Cirkle on its acquisition by Huntsworth
Deal
08 April 2022Lewis Silkin has advised its long standing client, Cirkle and the shareholders of Cirkle, an Employee Ownership Trust and Founder Caroline Kinsey on its acquisition by Huntsworth, the international healthcare and communications group. Cirkle, which serves clients such as AkzoNobel, Pepsico, Dreams, Dyson and GSK with consumer, corporate and B2Bcommunications was recently awarded PRCA’s Medium Consultancy of the Year.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Next Fifteen Communications Group Plc’s Brandwidth Marketing on the acquisition of Cubaka Limited
08 April 2022Lewis Silkin has advised its longstanding client, Next Fifteen Communications Group plc, the digital communications and growth consultancy group, on the acquisition of Cubaka Limited, an award-winning social media agency.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Havas Group on the acquisition of award-winning digital agency Search Laboratory
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06 April 2022Lewis Silkin has advised its longstanding client, Havas Group, on the acquisition of Search Laboratory, an award winning integrated digital agency with offices in Leeds, London, Austin and New York.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on the acquisition of Engine UK
Deal
02 March 2022Lewis Silkin has advised its longstanding client, Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on the acquisition of Engine Acquisition Limited (“Engine UK”) for an enterprise value of £77.5 million.
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M&A deal practice in France and the UK – key differences to bear in mind
Deal
15 February 2022After some disruption related to the Brexit process, we continue to see significant levels of mid-market M&A activity driven by buyers in both France and the UK attracted by opportunities on the other side of the Channel.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Next 15 Communications Group’s subsidiary, Agent3, on the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Berne (UK), trading as OneNineFive
Deal
03 February 2022Lewis Silkin has advised Next 15’s subsidiary, Agent3, on the acquisition of demand generation specialist, OneNineFive.
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Lewis Silkin advises the majority shareholders of Waste Holdings on its sale to Keywords Studios
Deal
12 January 2022Lewis Silkin has advised Visar Statovci and Mike Petricevic on the sale of digital creative marketing agency Waste to Keywords Studios.
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Lewis Silkin has advised the shareholders of Cooper Projects Limited, the parent company of DVS Limited, on its acquisition by Midwich
12 January 2022Lewis Silkin has advised the shareholders of Cooper Projects Limited, the parent company of DVS Limited (“DVS”), a UK based distributor of video security products, on its acquisition by Midwich, the UK's leading trade-only distributor of technology solutions.
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Lewis Silkin has advised 365 Retail Markets LLC on its acquisition of Spoonfed
Deal
20 December 2021Lewis Silkin has advised leading provider of self-service commerce technology to the foodservice industry – 365 Retail Markets, based in Michigan (USA), on its acquisition of Spoonfed, a Glasgow-based company whose software is used by global contract caterers, restaurant chains and independent caterers across the US, UK and western Europe.
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Lewis Silkin has advised the shareholders of Event Communications on the sale of the Event group to Chargeurs
Press
20 December 2021Lewis Silkin has advised one of the global leaders in museum planning, design and delivery, Event Communications, on the sale of the Event group to Chargeurs Museum Solutions, part of the Paris listed Chargeurs group.
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Lewis Silkin advises Sideshow Group on its acquisitions of Access and Reddico
17 December 2021Lewis Silkin has advised Sideshow Group, the award-winning independent digital agency, on its acquisitions of two further digital agencies, Access and Reddico. Together with the acquisitions of TRGT, Catch and Widerfunnel, Sideshow have announced five acquisitions since Waterland Private Equity made a significant investment in February. These acquisitions demonstrate that the Sideshow Group is following through on its ambitions to become a global challenger in digital experience and marketing services, and we are delighted to support those ambitions.
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National Security And Investment Act 2021
08 December 2021The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (“NSI Act”) provides the UK government with new powers to scrutinise investments on national security grounds. The regime set out in the NSI Act will come into force on 4 January 2022, although it also contains powers that can be exercised retroactively in respect of transactions completed back to 12 November 2020.
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Lewis Silkin advises Sideshow Group on its acquisitions of Catch Digital and Widerfunnel Marketing Inc.
Deal
12 October 2021Lewis Silkin has advised Sideshow Group, the award-winning independent digital agency, on its acquisitions of Catch and Widerfunnel. Together with the acquisition of TRGT in July, Sideshow have announced three acquisitions since Waterland Private Equity made a significant investment in February. These demonstrate that the Sideshow Group is following through on its ambitions to become a global challenger in digital experience and marketing services, and we are delighted to support those ambitions.
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Lewis Silkin receives tier 1 ranking in Legal 500 UK 2022 for Employment, M&A and Media and Entertainment
Press
01 October 2021Lewis Silkin continues to receive strong recognition in the latest Legal 500 UK guide released yesterday, earning 67 individual lawyer and practice rankings – of which 7 are top tier practice rankings, 3 were new entries and 7 were improvements on last year.
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US/UK M&A: Introduction
21 September 2021One of the constant themes of mid-market M&A in the UK is the significant activity generated by US-based buyers acquiring British targets. The US is, by some distance, the single largest holder of foreign direct investments (FDI) in the UK (holding over US$800bn), and those investments represent around 12% of total global US FDI holdings and around 25% of total US FDI in Europe. That translates into a constant stream of acquisition activity here in the UK by both corporate and financial buyers from the US seeking either to expand their access to transatlantic markets or to access British technology and products.
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US/UK M&A: Risk Allocation
21 September 2021In our second article in the US/UK M&A series, we explore deal certainty and the different appetite for, and measures that are used to apportion risk between the parties.
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US/UK M&A: Price Adjustment Mechanisms - The Locked Box
21 September 2021Price adjustment mechanisms are common in both UK and US style M&A transaction documents to determine the final price that the buyer pays. However, the manner in which the price adjustment is achieved varies; in the US, a closing accounts mechanism is generally used, and although these have remain common in the UK, in recent years we have seen increasing use of “locked box” mechanisms in UK style share purchase agreements governed by English law.
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US/UK M&A: Disclosure
21 September 2021The disclosure exercise against the warranties contained in the share purchase agreement (SPA) is a common element of an M&A transaction on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In this article we will identify some of the different approaches taken in relation to disclosure in the UK and the US.