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Stevens & Bolton has advised the shareholders and management team of Zenitech, the highly-successful and fast-growing digital transformation services provider, on its significant investment from UK private equity buy and build specialist, Sovereign...

Stevens & Bolton is delighted to announce the appointment of five new hires to its successful litigation practice. Senior Associate, Jack Bailey (from Penningtons Manches Cooper) and Associates Kate O’Callaghan (from Herbert Smith Freehills),...

Stevens & Bolton has advised the management team of BIMM Institute, Europe’s leading provider of contemporary music, film and performing arts education, on its sale to funds managed by ICG plc.  This follows the realisation of investment by...

The family team at Stevens & Bolton are pleased to be supporting Resolution’s Good Divorce Week which runs from 30 November - 4 December. What is Good Divorce Week? Resolution’s Good Divorce Week is an annual campaign which aims to promote...

Stevens & Bolton has advised Pizza Hut Restaurants on its company voluntary arrangement (CVA). Pizza Hut Restaurants launched its CVA on 10 September 2020. The CVA was approved with the requisite majorities of the company’s creditors and...

Stevens & Bolton has been named Law Firm of the Year: The Independents at The Lawyer Awards 2020. The firm was chosen ahead of six others from across the UK by a judging panel of industry experts. The Lawyer Awards are one of the most highly-regarded...

Stevens & Bolton has advised Pomodo Ltd, a network of premium sports podcasts, on its fundraising led by a consortium of angel investors. The company supports sportspeople in the creation, production, distribution, promotion and monetisation of podcasts...

Stevens & Bolton has advised Pycom Ltd on its successful completion of a funding round via convertible loans, which included matched funding from the British Business Bank via the Future Fund scheme. Pycom is an Internet of Things (IoT) technology...

Axon Limited v Drivex Business Solutions SL Stevens & Bolton LLP has acted on behalf of Drivex Business Solutions (Drivex), a small motor racing team headquartered in Spain, in applying to set aside a default judgment that had been entered against it...

Our M&A team has been involved in an array of corporate transactions over recent months, a selection of which are highlighted below. 2020 began with a surge of M&A activity, much of which came to a screeching halt as the COVID-19 pandemic...

Stevens & Bolton has advised a consortium of private and institutional investors on their equity and debt investment into Krystal Kleen Heritage Limited to implement the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Metalwash Limited. The investment...

Stevens & Bolton has advised Philips of the sale of its Belfast-based Digital and Computational Pathology business, formerly known as PathXL, to medical informatics and image technology company, Cirdan. PathXL was founded in 2004 as a Queen’s...

Stevens & Bolton has advised long-standing client, Sports Information Services (SIS), the leading multi-channel supplier of 24/7 betting services, on its acquisition of 49’s from William Hill and GVC. The acquisition by SIS of 49’s,...

Stevens & Bolton has advised cloud kitchen venture Karma Kitchen, and its founders Eccie and Gini Newton, on a Series A fundraising by existing investors and real estate investment management firm Vengrove Asset Management. The funding, which provides...

Stevens & Bolton is delighted to have worked with the Law Society of England and Wales and its Lawyers at Risk Programme, jointly with the Collective Campaign for Peace (a network of peace and human rights organisations in Nepal - COCAP), in drafting the...

Stevens & Bolton has advised longstanding client Asmodee UK, an established distributor of games, collectibles and toys both domestically and across Europe and part of the Asmodee Group, on its sale of the business and certain assets of The Lagoon Group,...

Stevens & Bolton has advised long-standing client, Seal Software, a leading contract analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) technology provider, on its $188m sale to DocuSign.  With the acquisition, DocuSign can integrate Seal's technology...

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;}...