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Lewis Silkin has advised Harbour Group on its acquisition of Media Recovery
Deal
03 January 2020Lewis Silkin has advised Harbour Group on its acquisition of Media Recovery, Inc. (trading as SpotSee), a provider of supply chain and transportation monitoring solutions.
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Lewis Silkin French Desk advises Havas on its acquisition of Gate One
Deal
19 December 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Havas, one of the world's largest global communications groups, on its acquisition of Gate One, a specialist digital and transformation consultancy.
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Champagne at Tiffany’s!
04 December 2019Apologies for the terrible pun, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” didn’t sound appropriate for the soon-to-be owner. It has been announced last week that LVMH has agreed a deal to acquire Tiffany & Co. at a valuation of $16.6bn. And just before the Christmas rush of “acquisitions” of perfectly wrapped turquoise boxes!
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Lewis Silkin has advised Christine Costello, the owner of event cinema business More2Screen, on a sale to Trafalgar Releasing
Deal
20 November 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Christine Costello, the owner of event cinema business More2Screen, on a sale to Trafalgar Releasing.
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Brexit – the post Halloween picture as to the minor changes in company law for private and overseas companies
01 November 2019Now that we didn’t leave the EU on 31 October 2019, this article is to update you on, and explain the timing as to, the few changes in company law for private and overseas companies, to be brought about by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. In practice, only companies with a connection to the EEA will be impacted and the action points for them will be fairly minimal.
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Lewis Silkin has advised international engineering and consulting group, Systra Limited, on its acquisition of TSP Projects
Deal
06 September 2019Lewis Silkin has advised international engineering and consulting group, Systra Limited, on its acquisition of TSP Projects.
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Nottingham Forest FC loses High Court claims following club’s sale but plans appeal
06 August 2019The High Court has dismissed claims arising out of the sale of Nottingham Forest Football Club (“the club”) for breaches of indemnities in the share purchase agreement (“the SPA”) and for the alleged misrepresentation of the club’s liabilities.
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Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on its acquisition of CommunicateResearch Limited
Deal
05 August 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Next Fifteen Communications, the digital communications group, on its 100% acquisition of CommunicateResearch Limited (ComRes), a global research consultancy.
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Lewis Silkin advises founders of The Yard Creative (TYC) on its sale to forward-thinking investment group RSBG Infrastructure Limited
Deal
05 August 2019Lewis Silkin has advised founders of The Yard Creative (TYC) on its sale to forward-thinking investment group RSBG Infrastructure Limited.
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Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on its acquisition of Market Making Limited
Deal
31 July 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Next Fifteen Communications, the digital communications group, on its 100% acquisition of Market Making Limited, a London-based social media agency.
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Lewis Silkin French Desk advises Sopra Steria (Euronext Paris) on sale of its UK recruitment subsidiary
Deal
31 July 2019The Lewis Silkin team has advised its long term client Sopra Steria (Euronext Paris: SOP), a European leader in digital transformation, on the sale of its UK recruitment subsidiary, Sopra Steria Recruitment Limited to the Resource Solutions Group. The transaction completed in June 2019.
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Lewis Silkin advises Descours & Cabaud in the acquisition for its subsidiary Hayley 247 of Lamond & Murray
Deal
25 July 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its existing client Descours & Cabaud in the acquisition for its subsidiary, Hayley 247, of Fife based company Lamond & Murray, which completed on 4 June 2019.
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Selling your business
Inbrief
12 May 2019Many business-owners look to sell at some point. The reasons for selling may vary but often it is the opportunity for an owner to capitalise on the years of hard work that have gone into building up his or her business.
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Lewis Silkin advises Unlimited Group on their acquisition of Direction Group
Deal
05 April 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Unlimited Group on their acquisition of one of the UK’s fastest growing B2B marketing agencies, DirectionGroup
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Entrepreneurs’ relief: the brave new world
13 March 2019This is an update on the changes to the qualifying criteria for entrepreneurs’ relief introduced in the October 2018 Budget, amended in December and now embodied in statute.
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Lewis Silkin French Desk advises its longstanding client Publicis Groupe, on the sale of Publicis Health Solutions to Altamont Capital Partners
Deal
12 February 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its longstanding client Publicis Groupe, on the sale of Publicis Health Solutions to Altamont Capital Partners.
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Lewis Silkin French Desk advises its longstanding client Publicis Groupe on the acquisition of the remaining 24.9% stake in Blue 449 from M&C Saatchi Plc
Deal
04 February 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its longstanding client Publicis Groupe on the acquisition of the remaining 24.9% stake in Blue 449 from M&C Saatchi Plc.
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Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on its acquisition of Planning-Inc Ltd
Deal
11 January 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its client Next Fifteen, the digital communications group, on its acquisition of Planning-Inc Ltd, a predictive analytics and data marketing business.
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Lewis Silkin advises Harbour Group on the acquisition of Pulsar Process Measurement by ONICON Incorporated
Deal
10 January 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its client Harbour Group on the acquisition of Pulsar Process Measurement by ONICON Incorporated.