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Quentin Bargate, Senior Partner Bargate Murray 5th Floor, 20 – 22 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3NF

Tel: +44(0) 20 7375 1393 Fax: +44(0) 20 7392 9529 Email: info@bargatemurray.com Website:www.bargatemurray.com

About Bargate Murray

Bargate Murray, a multi-award winning practice, has always been an exclusively business and commercial practice since it was founded in 2004 by Quentin Bargate. Based near London’s Old Street “Silicon Roundabout”, it benefits from a reputation for technical excellence, combined with the highest standards of professional service and client care. More than 75% of its work by value is currently carried out for overseas clients drawn from around the world

The firm is one of the world’s foremost superyacht specialists, with a reputation established over many years. Bargate Murray facilitates the sale, maintenance, purchase and construction of large luxury yachts, assisting high net worth individuals as well as yards. Experience includes yacht construction agreements, conversion and repair agreements, crew arrangements, contracts with professionals such as architects and designers, bank and other finance arrangements, performance guarantees, project management

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david McClelland Director, Carlton Strategy Advisors Carlton Mews Arterberry Road, London, SW20 8AG

Tel: 44 (0) 208 947 5108 Email: info@carlton-advisors.co.uk Website: www.carlton-advisors.co.uk

Firm Profile

The Finance Monthly Global Awards 2013 has recognised a select number of leading firms working in an advisory capacity within the Business Strategy sector from a poll of its readership.

Commenting on Carlton Strategy Advisors’ award of ’Business Strategy Firm of the Year UK’, David McClelland, director, said, “CSA is a boutique business strategy and commercial due diligence consulting firm and we are therefore very pleased to see that our project work over the year has gained such recognition.”

CSA’s focus is on the lower-mid market, where we aim to identify areas where we can add value to client transactions across the range of private

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equity investment, bank lending and trade acquisition. We are very much director led and seek always to provide our clients with our clear opinion about the sector dynamics, strategic direction and competitive positioning of a potential portfolio business that combine to drive revenue and margin performance, and thus shape deal attractiveness.

Our sector forte is on technical specification markets and in circumstances in particular where a target business would claim a leadership position within its chosen trading segment or field of specialism. This type of company and business can be attractive to investors and lenders because of the comfort from the high barriers to market entry that help

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to maintain volumes of trade and aid recurring revenues from repeat customers on which an investment or lending model may be favourably disposed towards, subject to due diligence.

Recently, CSA has been asked to look at: spent nuclear fuel rods, nanotechnology materials science, medical devices and medical diagnostics in addition to oilfield services, aircraft electronic components and business enterprise software services. Commenting on CSA’s project flow David McClelland said, “We were pleased to see strength returning to the market at its mid-year point in 2012. More importantly, we are pleased to see a high level of returning clients in the pattern of our current project work, which bodes well for a positive 2013.”

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registration, corporate issues and ownership structures and dispute resolution.

General shipping expertise includes charterparty, bill of lading disputes and cargo claims, arrest of ships internationally and claims arising, international sale of goods contracts, ship sale and purchase including mortgaging, cargo shortlanding and damage claims, flagging and registration, joint ownership agreements, bulk and containerised cargos, marine insurance and oil and its transportation.

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Bargate Murray specialises in all forms of dispute resolution, including negotiation, mediation and arbitration. Where litigation is required, the firm provides expertise across all levels of the court system, including injunctions and other urgent action, company and shareholder disputes, contract disputes, trade, insurance and shipping matters, property issues, international cross-border litigation, defamation and libel, banking, employment, financial litigation and debt collection.

Commercial services include all types of complex national and international trade agreements. Corporate expertise includes all aspects of setting up businesses, sale and purchase of companies, businesses and assets, partnerships, venture capital transactions, shareholder agreements, shares and investors, business terms and conditions and corporate governance and management.

Areas of Expertise

• Commercial services • Corporate services • Superyachts • Shipping & Aviation • Dispute resolution & Litigation • Technology, IP & Media

Business Strategy Firm of the Year

Boutique Law Firm of the Year