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Now that January is firmly behind us, thoughts may be turning to possible tax planning opportunities available to maximise reliefs and allowances for the year ahead, to ensure that our tax affairs are in the best possible shape.  At the time of...

Stevens & Bolton LLP is delighted to announce three members of their private client team have been named in the 2019 Spear’s 500 listing – the annual guide to the top private client advisers, wealth managers and high net worth (HNW) service...

As we embark on 2019, we wanted to take the opportunity to look back on another busy year in 2018 and to thank all our clients and referrers for their support during the last 12 months. The team closed deals with an aggregate value of more than £3...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised Immersive Games Lab, a new start-up from the co-founder of Tough Mudder, on its fundraising of £2.5 million. Index Ventures led the fundraise with investments also made by fellow VCs Sweet Capital and JamJar, as...

Stevens & Bolton has advised Anthemis Group, the financial services focused venture capital fund, on a seed investment in health tech company, Chronomics. Chronomics is an AI driven platform which seeks to unlock the power of epigenetics for...

Inn Collection Group, which is owned by Alchemy Partners, has secured an additional £10m of funding from OakNorth to double its portfolio in Northumberland, County Durham and Teesside from 9 to 21 sites (and 271 to 900 rooms) by 2022. OakNorth was...

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...