Practice Areas - Corporate



			Corporate Recent Work Acquisitions and Disposals Acted for vendors in the £88million sale of Specialised Petroleum Services Group Limited, a major US oil service company Acted for Michael Cannon on his £155million disposal of the Eldridge Pope pub chain to Marston's plc Advised a consortium comprising Prestbury, West Coast Capital and Uberior Ventures on the £197million sale of 33 Old Broad Street (Jersey) Limited Partnership Private & Public Equity Acted on the 24m eura initial institutional investment by funds advised by 3i into Advanced Power AG, a Swiss-based European energy development group, including pan-European regulatory and commercial due diligence into the group's existing and prospective development portfolio. Acted for West Coast Capital in the £715 million recommended offer for Crest Nicholson plc by Castle Bidco Limited by way of scheme of arrangement. Acted for West Coast Capital in its £311 million recommended offer for Wyevale Garden Centres plc by way of scheme of arrangement (currently on site) Acted for the management team in the $280 milliion management buy-out of Production Services Network Limited from KBR Limited (currently on site) Acted for the Voyage Healthcare Group in relation to the listing of over £100 million of debt on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange. Acted for Ssteminic Limited on its equity fundraising by Aberdeen Growth VCT1 and others as part of the £5.5 million MBI of MS Industrial Services. Acted for all vendors, including Aberdeen Development Capital plc in the sale of ABZ Group and its Labtech business to Sovereign Oilfield Services. Acted for management on the £44 million MBO of Eurotel Holdings Limited backed by Inflexion. Acted for Babcock & Brown on the MBI of Ultramast Limited Acted for Bank of Scotland in the take private of the Malcolm Group. Public Offerings and Flotations Advised Antrim Energy Inc in connection with a $50million fundraising on the AIM Market and Toronto Stock Exchange by way of private placing in the UK and US and prospectus offering in Canada Acted for speciality pharmaceutical group, Neuropharm Group plc in the £20million fund raising and admission to AIM with a resulting capitalisation of £40million Acted for CanArgo Energy Corporation in relation to its US $18million private placement on the American Stock Exchange and Oslo Stock Exchange Acted for Tethys Petroleum Limited in relation to US $17.5 million private placement to a group of private investors Acted for FirstAfrica Oil on its reverse acquisition and readmission to AIM with a resulting market capitalisation of £56million Tax Restructuring Advised on the streamlining of a Scottish retail group including the establishment of a brand management company to manage and develop group IP Advised on the reorganisation of an international mobile telecoms group including the intra- group assignment of a £4billion loan Advised on an international reorganisation of a household name food products group including entity migration advice Acted for a global retail products group on a complex international billion pound plus dividend funding programme Financial Services and Funds Acted for Britannic Asset Managers in connection with the launch of the Britannic Argonaut European Alpha Fund and an associated joint venture Acted for Britannic UK Income Trust PLC in connection with a recommended takeover by Dawnay, Day Properties Limited and the cancellation of its share premium account Advised a national IFA in connection with expansion of its network resulting from the introduction of FSA regulation of mortgage and general insurance Acted for Murray Global Return Trust PLC, Murray Emerging Growth and Income Trust PLC and Murray TMT PLC in connection with members' voluntary winding ups For further information please contact: corporate@mcgrigors.com				Corporate Our People Recent Work Publications Seminars News «Corporate