Deals

CMS has acted as principal and lead lawyers in the reverse takeover of Hertsford Capital plc by Lancaster-based marine technology company OTAQ Group Limited. Hertsford, which will change its name to OTAQ plc shortly, is now listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The transaction also included an

Shepherd and Wedderburn's corporate team has acted for Bella & Duke Limited, a pet wellness brand and a vendor of raw, unprocessed pet food, to secure a £3.5 million investment. Founded in 2016 by dog-owners Mark Scott and Tony Ottley, the funding will be used to expand Bella & Duke's

Macdonald Henderson has advised the sole shareholder of RUA Medical Devices in the agreed conditional takeover by artificial heart valve developer AorTech International, in a £2.45 million deal that brings together two Scottish life sciences companies.Dundee-based Aortech is behind Elast-Eon,

Burness Paull LLP has been confirmed as the top-performing legal dealmaker in Scotland for the fifth year in succession. The firm advised on 304 publishable transactions with a cumulative value of £31.4 billion - topping the figures for the previous 12 months, 263 deals worth £30.1 billi

Macdonald Henderson has advised Inspire Scotland on the acquisition of Gladstone Childcare. Inspire Scotland is a provider of residential care and Gladstone Childcare provides services to children across Scotland.

Burges Salmon’s corporate finance team has advised the majority shareholders of market-leading UK timber producer BSW Timber on its sale to private equity firm Endless. With its headquarters located in Earlston, BSW is the UK’s largest integrated forestry and sawmilling business, with ei

Pinsent Masons has advised Aberdeen-based John Wood Group PLC on the sale of its industrial services business to KAEFER, a technical services provider, for $104 million (£80m) and a further payment of up to around $14m (10.8m) pending achievement of agreed financial goals. The divestment is an

TLT has advised clean energy investor Blackfinch on the acquisition of 12 operational onshore wind projects, adding to its growing renewable energy portfolio. The wind projects, located across England and Scotland, were acquired from Harmony Energy and whilst there were some private wire elements, t

DWF advised on 68 corporate deals in the first half of the financial year, compared with 61 deals a year earlier, the firm has said. Technology remained DWF's most active business sector with 20 deals advised on but there was also a marked increase in the number of deals completed in the energy and

Dentons has advised Charles Ritchie's Testamentary Trust, the majority shareholder of global energy services engineering business Score Group, on its £120 million sale to private equity firm SCF Partners. Founded in 1982 by Charles Ritchie, Score is headquartered in the Aberdeenshire town of P

Marlowe plc, a specialist services group focused on developing companies which assure regulatory compliance and safety, has announced its acquisition of Glasgow-based Law At Work (Holdings) Limited, for an initial consideration of £6.3 million. Established in 2001, LAW is a national provider o

DWF's Scottish corporate team have advised the majority shareholders of Partick Thistle Football Club Limited on the sale of around 55 per cent of the shares in Partick Thistle to Three Black Cats Limited, a company wholly owned by Partick Thistle fan and Euromillions winner, Colin Weir. Paul Pignat

Burness Paull advised on the corporate and capital-markets aspects of UK-based independent oil & gas company Savannah Petroleum plc’s deal to acquire the assets of Seven Energy in Nigeria, which involved a $125 million equity fundraising. Chris Gotts and Edward Hunter (corporate & capi

DWF's Scottish corporate team has advised the corporate training platform backed by private equity fund Aliter Capital on the acquisition of Sponge UK Limited. This is the twelfth deal DWF has supported Aliter with since it was founded in 2016. This acquisition will see Sponge, a custom digital lear

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