Leading South East Law firm Thomson Snell & Passmore, has advised long-term client the Motorline Group (Motorline) on its sale to Marshall Motor Holdings plc (Marshall), in a multi-disciplinary and complex M&A transaction which involved the acquisition of the entire share capital of Motorline for a cash consideration of £64.5million.

Leading South East law firm Thomson Snell & Passmore has advised long-term client Nurture Landscapes on its most recent acquisition of interior landscaping specialist Indoor Garden Design (IGD).

Kent based firm Brachers has advised APC Technology Group PLC (APC) on its acquisition of MDL Technologies Limited (MDL).

Completion date: June 2021

Brachers LLP has advised its long-standing client, N+P Group B.V. and its founders the Jennissen family, on their partnership with Mercuria Energy Trading.

Completion date: May 2021

Kent based law firm, Brachers, has advised the shareholders of Rochester-based Infotech on its sale to private equity backed tech group, Air IT.

Completion date: May 2021

Meta Corporate Finance (“Meta”) originally were engaged some time ago to assist the shareholders of Cavendish Medical, the leading wealth manager focused on health professionals, to consider their options at a time when the business was being approached by a number of suitors. After a full evaluation of the options open to them Meta structured a transaction, similar to an MBO, which afforded the founders a route to ultimate exit and enfranchised the younger participants in a way that a new Senior Management Team would be formed to take the business forward.

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The £5m refinancing package for Highway Care Limited (“HCL”) provided by Allied Irish Bank (“AIB”). HCL advisory team consisted Meta Corporate Finance (“Meta”) and ASB Law.

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APC Technology Group PLC (“APC”), the provider of design-­‐in, specification and distribution services for specialist electronic components and systems, lighting technologies and connectivity products, is pleased to report that it has completed the acquisition of Euro-­‐Tech (Export) Limited (“Euro-­‐Tech”), a distributor and international reseller of electronic components.

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Ambrosi SpA (“Ambrosi”), the premium speciality Italian cheese producer, has acquired the Kent-based family-owned quality cheese and fine foods distributor Anthony Rowcliffe and Son Limited (“Rowcliffe”), to create a market-leading UK fine foods business.

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Brachers has reported steady work in mergers and acquisitions, with the completion of another deal. Recently, the firm advised on the sale of Chertsey Road Limited to Character IB Limited.

Completion date: 29th July 2020

Leading South East Law firm, Thomson Snell & Passmore, has advised SMP Group on its further investment in Truro based software company, Swoop Applications Limited (Swoop).

Completion date: 16th July 2020

BGF has invested in Juriba, an industry-leading IT migration software provider, to accelerate product development and drive international scale.

Completion date: 30th June 2020

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has invested £6m in BB7, a niche fire safety and security consultancy, to fund its buy-and-build growth strategy. BB7’s first acquisition is Omega Fire, Manchester-based specialist fire consultancy, which will broaden its geographic reach and service offering to customers.

Completion date: 11th November 2019

The Clearway Group, a vacant property services business has received a £23m funding package from BGF and Santander to support its organic and acquisitive growth strategy. The funding is initially being used to make two acquisitions – Cerberus Security and Monitoring Services Limited (Cerberus), a Leeds-based security and monitoring business, and Protim SAS, a Paris based void property services company.

Completion date: 25th April 2018