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Stevens & Bolton LLP is pleased to have acted for specialist insurance broker, and longstanding client, Stackhouse Poland Group Limited (“Stackhouse Poland” or the “Group”) on its sale to US headquartered global insurance...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised South East nursery group ICP Nurseries on its recent acquisition of three additional nurseries: Oaklands Day Nursery (Tonbridge), Ladybird Day Nursery (Cambridge) and Forest Hill Children's Nursery (Forest Hill,...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised longstanding client and leading subsea technology developer Sonardyne International Limited, on its acquisition of maritime and marine science technology specialist Chelsea Technologies Group Ltd (also known as CTG). The...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised the founders and existing investors of multi award-winning supplier of advanced defence managed services Inzpire, on the sale of shares to the QinetiQ group. QinetiQ will become a majority investor in the company, with a...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised the shareholders of longstanding client and care home software provider iCareHealth on its recent sale to the Access Group. iCareHealth is a leading provider of software solutions for the social care sector, with a range...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised longstanding client Stackhouse Poland, on its acquisition of Title & Covenant Brokers, a legal indemnity insurance specialist based in Borehamwood. It is the third deal of the year for Stackhouse Poland, who acquired...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised longstanding client OakNorth, on its financing with private equity firm Rockpool Investments (“Rockpool”) to fund the acquisition of Primrose Group Limited (“Primrose”). Founded in 2003, Primrose...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised its client Bakkavor Group plc, the leading provider of fresh prepared food and a FTSE 250 listed company, on its acquisition of Haydens Bakery Limited from Real Good Food PLC for £12 million. The acquisition...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised family office investor Kaye Enterprises and the management team on the recent sale of Metasphere Limited to growth equity investors XPV Water Partners. Based in the UK and Australia, Metasphere is a leading end-to-end...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised CANCOM SE, one of the leading providers of IT infrastructure and services in Germany and Austria with a turnover exceeding €1 billion, on its acquisition of UK based IT solutions provider OCSL. The purchase price was...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised longstanding client OakNorth, on its financing with private equity firm Baird Capital to fund the acquisition of Collingwood Lighting. Collingwood Lighting is a fourth-generation family-owned business with a...

Stevens & Bolton has advised long-standing client and market leading provider of contract discovery and analytics solutions, Seal Software, on its acquisition of US-based advanced legal analytics firm, Apogee Legal. Stevens & Bolton advised on...

Stevens & Bolton advised SecurMed UK, the UK Medicines Verification Organisation, on its contract with Arvato Systems GmbH as the IT Blueprint Service Provider for the United Kingdom. The UK is one of the largest and most complex markets for medicines...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised OakNorth on its financing of MC&C Media Limited (“MC&C”), a private equity backed data analytics media agency. Founded in 2001, MC&C offers advanced data analytics to its clients, providing media...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised the shareholders of cloud computing firm RedPixie, on their recent sale to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), becoming part of HPE Pointnext. Founded in 2010, UK based RedPixie is one of Europe’s largest cloud...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised OakNorth on its financing of The Inn Collection Group, one of North East England’s top leisure operators with seven sites across Northumberland, County Durham and Teesside.  Established in 2006, The Inn...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised on the acquisition of Antler Homes plc by an investment Group led by Literacy Capital plc, Andrew Rinaldi and Dane Houlahan. Headquartered in Bagshot in Surrey, Antler Homes has built a solid reputation for homes with...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised long-standing client Fuller, Smith and Turner PLC (“Fuller’s”) on its acquisition of The Bel and The Dragon country inns portfolio in Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire. Fuller’s is an independent...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised London and South East nursery group ICP Nurseries on its recent acquisition of three additional nursery groups: Doodle Do Day Nursery, the Zeeba nurseries group and Patacake Day Nursery. These three acquisitions have...

Stevens & Bolton has advised the management team of pet food and accessories superstore chain Jollyes Retail Group, on its management buyout funded by private equity firm Kester Capital. Founded in 1935, Jollyes is the UK's second largest pet...

Following on from our previous article around the expiry of State Aid for enterprise management incentive (“EMI”) options, on Tuesday 15 May, the EU Commission published their daily news bulletin which included the new State Aid approval for...

Stevens & Bolton LLP is delighted to announce that head of family, Nicola Harries, has been named as one of the top six family lawyers outside London, in the Spear’s magazine ‘leading family lawyers of 2018’ index. The index is...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised Business Growth Fund (BGF) on its recent investment in Dianomi Limited, a high-growth technology company. Dianomi is a technology and media company that utilises its proprietary native content marketing platform to match...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised renowned shotgun and rifle maker James Purdey & Sons Limited on its acquisition of the Royal Berkshire Shooting Group (RBSG) of Pangbourne, Berkshire. The acquisition completed in April. James Purdey has been...

Stevens & Bolton is proud to support SETsquared Surrey, part of the world’s number 1 university incubator in partnership with the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey. Since its creation in 2002, SETsquared Surrey has...

Late on Wednesday 4 April, HMRC published Employment Related Securities Bulletin No 27 which notes that State Aid approval for the grant of enterprise management incentive (“EMI”) options will not be renewed by the date the current approval...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised Asmodee UK, Europe’s leading retailer distributor of hobby gaming products, on its acquisition of fellow UK games distributor Coiledspring Games. Founded in 2004, Coiledspring Games has become a leading name in the...

In recent weeks we have been engaged to advise a number of significant contractual counterparties in light of the profit warnings issued by Conviviality Plc and its unexpected £30m HMRC tax liability, which falls due for payment today. Conviviality...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised the management team of Broker Network, the UK’s leading network for independent insurance brokers, on three recent acquisitions:   Thompson & Richardson , established in 1964, has grown...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised CANCOM SE, one of the leading providers of IT infrastructure and services in Germany and Austria, on its acquisition of 82.1% of UK based Ocean Intelligent Communications Ltd. As a digital transformation partner, CANCOM...