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Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised UK fine wine importer Flint Wines on its acquisition of Burgundy specialist Domaine Direct. The acquisition has been made through its Stannary Wine retail arm, which focusses on sales to private customers. Flint Wines...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised Quortus Limited on its fundraising by strategic UK and US investors. Quortus is a pioneering UK company that is changing the mobile communications world by using the best IT principles to create cutting-edge private 4G...

Stevens & Bolton has today announced the promotion of four new partners to its partnership. Oscar Horwich (corporate), Charles Maurice (commercial), Catherine Penny (commercial litigation) and Ben Willis (construction) have all been promoted and...

Stevens & Bolton has advised British entrepreneur Mike Fischer of Systems Biology Laboratory (SBL) and the co-founders of the COVID-19 Volunteer Testing Network, on the launch of a voluntary laboratory network to expand COVID-19 testing for GPs and other...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised Unum Aircraft Seating Limited on its fundraising of £800,000 led by Chris Brady and a consortium of angel investors. Unum’s mission is to design and manufacture high quality premium business class passenger...

Stevens & Bolton has advised CMS Developments Ltd (CMSD), a specialist healthcare developer, on its contract with Primary Health Properties (PHP) and their acquisition of premises for a new primary care centre in Epsom, Surrey. PHP has contracted with...

Stevens & Bolton has agreed a £15m preferred litigation funding facility with the UK’s largest litigation funder by volume, Augusta Ventures . From its headquarters in Guildford, Stevens & Bolton handles complex and strategic work for...

 Stevens & Bolton has advised Electronic Theatre on its £9m Series A fundraising to expand the social gaming venture. Project A led the fundraise, with existing investors Index, Sweet Capital and JamJar Investments participating in the round. ...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised nursery group, Three Little Birds Nurseries, on its acquisition of Crystal Childcare Limited, a group of three day-nurseries in London. Three Little Birds Nurseries was founded in 2019 with a mission to provide quality...

Stevens & Bolton has advised Rock Rail, an investor-developer of rolling stock and other rail infrastructure, on the £350 million financing of new Hitachi intercity trains for the West Coast Partnership rail franchise. The new state-of-the-art...

Stevens & Bolton has been named ‘Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year (outside London)’ at The Legal 500 UK Awards 2020. The Legal 500 is one of the leading directories to the UK legal profession and researches the most capable,...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised Hampshire based solar Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) experts Prismatic on its sale to BAE Systems. As experts in the design, manufacture and delivery of innovative, high value aerospace products and systems, Prismatic has...

Legal Business talks with Stevens & Bolton heads Richard Baxter and Richard King, in an interview featured in their October/November issue. To read a copy of the interview in full, see below. .article-image {display:none;}...

Stevens & Bolton has advised the shareholders of BBS Consultants & Actuaries Limited (BBS) on its sale to Broadstone, one of the UK’s leading employee benefits and pensions consulting businesses. As a specialist firm of workplace pensions...

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 Belfast based managed services provider Novosco Group Limited The acquisition strengthens...

The 2020 edition of The Legal 500 UK, the independent guide to law firms in the UK, has been published today and once again recognises Stevens & Bolton LLP as a regional heavyweight, being ranked as a "top-tier" firm in 19 practice areas and...

Stevens & Bolton is delighted to announce that James Lister , partner and head of the firm’s contentious trusts and estates practice, has been named as ‘one to watch’ in the Private Client Global Elite listing for 2019. The listing,...

Stevens & Bolton has advised Acora, an innovative, award winning IT services and technology company, on its acquisition of Plan-Net, the IT partner for legal, financial, media and other knowledge-based firms. The deal was backed by Barclays. With more...

Stevens & Bolton has advised Rock Rail, an investor-developer of rolling stock and other rail infrastructure, in relation to its equity investment, alongside Japan Infrastructure Initiative (JII), for the £400 million financing of new trains for...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has once again been top ranked for private wealth law in the Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) directory, and recognised for a second year as “National Leaders outside London”. Independent and research-based, the Chambers...

Stevens & Bolton LLP is delighted to announce that the halow project , a Guildford-based charity, has been selected as the firm’s corporate charity for the next two years. The halow project, whose patron is Damon Hill OBE, provides...

Stevens & Bolton has advised on the lease property work in relation to YoungMinds’ relocation to new London headquarters. This work was undertaken on a pro-bono basis. Being the UK’s leading charity championing the wellbeing and mental...

Stevens & Bolton has advised the shareholders of Trillium Systems Limited on their sale to ClearCourse Partnership LLP, a partnership of innovative technology companies providing membership software to groups, organisations and small businesses. ...

A promises auction, a choir concert and a golf day were just some of the activities undertaken by Guildford-based law firm, Stevens & Bolton LLP, to help raise nearly £16,000 for local cancer care charity The Fountain Centre. After choosing...

Stevens & Bolton has advised the shareholders of intelligentgolf on their sale to ClearCourse Partnership LLP. Based in Warwick, intelligentgolf is a leading web-based provider of golf club and competition management software. It was founded in 2000 and...

Stevens & Bolton has continued to increase its already active role in the fast-growth SME sector, having recently advised Business Growth Fund (BGF) on their investment in two of the Top 50 SME’s, as featured in The Sunday Times SME Export...

Stevens & Bolton has advised long-standing client, Seal Software, the leading provider of AI powered contract content discovery and analytics solutions, on its latest equity funding. Strategic investor DocuSign, which offers the world’s #1...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised Business Growth Fund (BGF) on its recent minority investment in Joe’s Gourmet Foods Limited (trading as Joe & Seph’s), a gourmet popcorn manufacturing compan y. Joe & Seph's are a family run...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised consumer magazine and digital publisher TI Media on its sale of music brands NME and Uncut to Singapore-based BandLab Technologies. TI Media’s 40 plus brands and market-leading portfolio spans a range of interest...

Stevens & Bolton LLP has advised Bakkavor Group plc, the leading provider of fresh prepared food and a FTSE 250 listed company, on its acquisition of Blueberry Foods, a desserts business owned by Samworth Brothers Limited. Bakkavor is the leading...