Press Releases

24 May 2013

Travers Smith advises the management shareholders of world class learning on its sale to Nord Anglia Education

Travers Smith Head of Corporate, Chris Hale, and senior corporate associate Will Yates, led a team advising the management shareholders of WCL Group Limited on its sale to Nord Anglia Education for £153m.

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23 May 2013

Travers Smith acts on IPO of Outsourcery plc

Travers Smith corporate partner Richard Spedding and corporate associate Alan Ball have advised long-standing client Investec Investment Bank in its capacity as nominated adviser, broker and sole book-runner to Outsourcery plc in connection with its £34.6m IPO. Admission is expected to take place on AIM on 24 May 2013.

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15 May 2013

Travers Smith announces new partner promotions

Travers Smith LLP is pleased to announce the promotion of three new partners to its partnership, effective 1 July 2013.

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13 May 2013

Travers Smith acts on the acquisition by Ashtead Group Plc of Accession Group Plc

A Travers Smith team led by Corporate Partner, Philip Cheveley, advised Ashtead Group PLC ("Ashtead Group") on its acquisition of Accession Group Limited ("Accession"), including its principal trading subsidiary Eve Trakway Limited, for an initial cash consideration of £29m. Additional consideration of £7m may also become payable depending on Accession's profits in the year to 28 March 2014.

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08 May 2013

Travers Smith advised Pure Gym on its sale to a new company, backed by CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC

Travers Smith private equity partners, Phil Sanderson and Edmund Reed, advised the shareholders of Pure Gym on the sale and the management team on the reinvestment in the new Group.

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08 May 2013

Travers Smith advises all selling shareholders on the sale of Civica to Omers Private Equity

A Travers Smith team, led by Private Equity partners Chris Hale and James Renahan, has advised 3i Group plc ("3i"), funds managed by 3i and management on the sale of Civica, an international market leader in specialist IT systems and business process services for the public sector, to OMERS Private Equity for an enterprise value of £390m.

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02 May 2013

Travers Smith acts on the £73m placing and open offer by Tyman and move to the official list

A Travers Smith team led by Corporate Partner, Andrew Gillen, advised Rothschild (as sponsor), Canaccord Genuity (as nomad, sole broker and lead bookrunner) and HSBC (as joint bookrunner) on the £73m placing and open offer by Tyman plc to finance the acquisition of Truth Hardware, a North American window and door hardware manufacturer, from Melrose Industries PLC, and Tyman's proposed move from AIM to the Official List. Tyman is an international supplier of components to the door and window industry.

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30 April 2013

Travers Smith advised the management shareholders of R&R Ice Cream on its sale to a new company backed by PAI Partners

Travers Smith Head of Corporate, Chris Hale, is leading a team advising the management shareholders of Yorkshire based ice cream maker R&R Ice Cream (“R&R”) on its sale to a new company backed by French private equity firm PAI Partners.

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25 April 2013

Travers Smith advises Pinewood Studios on China joint venture endorsed by Prime Minister David Cameron

A Travers Smith team led by Head of Commercial, IP and Technology, Tom Purton, and including senior associate Ben Chivers has advised Pinewood Shepperton plc ("Pinewood") on a 50:50 joint venture agreement with Seven Stars Ltd ("Seven Stars").

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17 April 2013

Travers Smith advises Global Navigation Solutions on its acquisition of HanseNautic

A Travers Smith team led by, Corporate Partner, Edmund Reed and, Tax Partner, Russell Warren, and working in conjunction with a team from German law firm Beiten Burkhardt, has advised Global Navigation Solutions ("GNS"), a business backed by longstanding client Phoenix Equity Partners, on its acquisition of HanseNautic GmbH ("HanseNautic"), for an undisclosed amount.

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