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Penningtons Manches Cooper
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP has a strong track record in international M&A and venture capital transactions and offers ‘very practical and helpful advice‘ to major clients in the life sciences, technology and renewable energy sectors, according to The Legal 500.
The firm is placed in Tier 1 in corporate and commercial in the Thames Valley – alongside Blake Morgan, Osborne Clarke and Shoosmiths.
Oxford-based partners Will Axtell and James Went specialise in M&A, fundraisings and AIM capital markets. In Reading Rob Hayes acts on behalf of investors and investee companies in mid-market M&A and venture capital transactions.
Practice head: Will Axtell
Other key lawyers: James Went; Rob Hayes.
TESTIMONIALS
‘Pennington Manches team possess an excellent combination of technical expertise and commercial understanding‘
‘The team at Penningtons Manches combined undoubted legal expertise with emotional intelligence‘.
‘Will Axtell is a quick thinker who took the time to understand the business and the deal. He is a truly fantastic lawyer with tremendous skills and experience in the business‘.
KEY CLIENTS
Business Growth Fund; Oxford University Press; Enterprise
Therapeutics; Ethical Property Company; Touchstone Innovations plc.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
• Assisted Enterprise Therapeutics on the closing of a circa £29 million series B funding round.
• Advised MedPharm on a growth equity investment from private equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners.
• Acted on behalf of the majority shareholder on the disposal of their interests to FTSE-100 listed utilities company, Severn Trent plc, in a transactions totalling £120m.
• Represented Oxford Vacmedix on its Series A financing round of approximately £9m with a consortium of South Korean and Chinese investors.
Blandy & Blandy
Blandy & Blandy LLP is instructed by SMEs and owner-managed businesses on a wide range of corporate and commercial mandates, including cross-border M&A transactions, corporate governance and regulatory issues as well as assisting companies with entrance into the UK market and UK clients with out-bound investments and expansions into overseas markets. David Few and Debbie Brett are the key figures.
Practice heads: David Few, Debbie Brett.
KEY CLIENTS
Reading Transport; Austin Fraser; Revium Group; Box Technologies Holdings; Science Media Partners.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
• Advised Reading Transport on its acquisition of the entire issued share
capital of Newbury & District, a regional bus service provider.
• Assisting the company on the establishment of its operations in Germany and expansion of its network in the US.
• Advised the trustees and directors of Padworth College Education Trust on the sale of the business and assets to Inspiring Futures.
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