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Stevens & Bolton has advised Sandown Group, a leading Mercedes-Benz retailer based in the South East, on its acquisition of its latest retailer in Newbury bought from Sytner Group.   Sandown Group is a proud representative of the prestigious...

Stevens & Bolton has advised a new inward-investor on all aspects of its first acquisition of UK property and its set-up in the UK. The investment vehicle is a Spanish family office and the property is a prime mixed-use asset in the heart of the City of...

Stevens & Bolton has advised on the sale of the entire issued share capital of proptech company Starberry Ltd to epropservices. Starberry, a digital marketing agency working with estate agents, property developers and proptech companies has joined...

The gunmaker Beretta, through its UK subsidiary GMK Ltd, has acquired the iconic luxury gunmaker Holland and Holland Ltd from Mousseluxe S.à.r.l. Holland & Holland is one of the foremost brands in British gun-making, serving elite...

Olive provides unified communications solutions which help corporate and small and mid-sized organisations in the UK to improve the way they run their IT infrastructure across voice and data applications and mobile devices. BGF is the UK and Ireland’s...

Stevens & Bolton has advised award-winning pub group Red Mist Leisure on its equity investment backing by Red Lion Holdings LLP and its latest property acquisition in Surrey. Red Lion Holdings, a specialist hospitality investment group, has acquired a...

Stevens & Bolton has advised Store Property Investments Ltd (Store Property), a well-known property investor and developer in the South East, on its purchase of 22-24 Cowper Street in London. Chichester-based Store Property has purchased a prominent...

Stevens & Bolton is delighted to have partnered with ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Community. The FIRE community provides experts in the Fraud, Insolvency, Recovery and Enforcement arena an opportunity to share thought leadership and collaborate on pertinent...

Stevens & Bolton is delighted to announce that James Lister has been selected for the Global Elite Directory 2021 in conjunction with Legal Week International. The Global Elite Directory is the list of the world's most respected lawyers advising HNW...

Stevens & Bolton has advised Wilky Investments Ltd (Wilky), a leading property investor and developer in the South East, on the strategic sale of its Silvergate building to a residential developer. Over the past four decades Wilky has completed more...

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 on 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...