Recent Transactions
William Reed Business Media Limited
the leading UK Food and Drink business-to-business media publisher, information provider and events and conference organizer were represented by NELLEN on its purchase of the outstanding majority of the share capital which it did not already own of Harris International Marketing Limited (him!), the research-based retail consultancy.Chronicle Books LLC and Harry N Abrams Inc
Californian based publisher Chronicle Books LLC and New York based publisher Harry N Abrams, Inc were represented by NELLEN in connection with the establishment of a UK joint venture marketing and distribution company to serve the EMEA markets.Euroslot SA
Euroslot SA, a world leader in the design and manufacture of reactor internals, was advised by NELLEN in connection with the purchase of Staffordshire based KDSS Limited, a company providing mass transfer products and related services to the oil refining and petrochemical industries.Lulu Guinness Holdings Limited
Lulu Guinness Holdings Limited was represented by NELLEN in connection with the investment by Hong Kong based fund FE Partners (Europe) Limited.Digital Transport Solutions Limited
Digital Transport Solutions Limited a specialist in the integration of mobile CCTV and fleet management, was advised by NELLEN on the equity investment by Phones International Group Limited.Media Run Search Holdings Limited
Media Run Search Holdings Limited a search engine optimisation company, was represented by NELLEN in connection with its acquisition by private investors.B & M Publications Limited
B & M Publications Limited was represented by NELLEN in connection with the sale of its trade publications and events to Hemming Group Limited. B & M is the publisher of market-leading titles "Builders' Merchant News" and "Heating, Ventilation and Plumbing" and owner of their associated events and websites. Ricker Restaurants (Holdings)
Limited
Ricker Restaurants (Holdings) Limited was represented by NELLEN in connection with the restructuring of the Ricker Restaurant Group which involved cash and shares offers for it's five restaurant operating companies. The cash element of the offers was financed by HSBC Bank plc.
Brompton Bicycle Limited
Brompton Bicycle Limited, which manufactures and markets the iconic fold-up bike, was represented by NELLEN in its shareholder restructuring which was part of a management succession planning proposal.Press Release
QobliQ Limited
A management team led by Xavier Quattrocchi-Oubradous and Roland Giscard d'Estaing, which is being backed by Ingenious Media Active Capital Limited in its strategy of building an innovative marketing services group, was represented by NELLEN in connection with IMAC's first round investment of up to £7.5m in a new company called QobliQ Limited.Press Release
Lightstate Limited
Lightstate Limited, the leading UK internet leads generation company, was represented by NELLEN, on its sale to Perfiliate Limited.Stephen Webster Limited
NELLEN advised the shareholders of luxury jeweller Stephen Webster Limited on its sale to the holding company of Garrard.Financial Times
Howard Holdings PLC
NELLEN represented Howard Holdings plc on the corporate and banking aspects of its purchase of 50% of the share capital of Rushden Park & Lakes Development Company Limited, the owner of a substantial development site at Rushden in Northamptonshire, from Laing O'Rourke PLC.Press Release
The Food Doctor Limited
NELLEN represented The Food Doctor Limited, one of the UK's leading nutrition consultancies and suppliers of branded health foods, on its introduction of an EMI Share Scheme.Lulu Guinness Holdings Limited
The holding company of Lulu Guinness Limited was represented by NELLEN in connection with the demerger of its shareholding in Cath Kidston Limited, the redemption of its loan notes and a rights issue.Cath Kidston Limited
NELLEN advised Cath Kidston Limited, the retail group, on an equity investment by a group of investors which was linked to a conversion of debt into equity by certain shareholders.Test Research Limited
NELLEN advised Test Research Limited, a market research company and part of the MORI group of research companies, on its sale to Ipsos UK Limited, a subsidiary of Ipsos SA.The Cornwall Light & Power Co. Limited
NELLEN (with Ernst & Young as corporate finance advisors) represented the sellers of The Cornwall Light & Power Co. Limited (CLP), the owner and operator of the 5.6MW Goonhilly Downs Wind Farm on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, on the sale of CLP to Renewable Energy Generation Limited.Press Release
Bennetts Associates Limited
NELLEN represented Bennetts Associates Limited, one of the UK's leading architectural practices with offices in London and Edinburgh, on its introduction of an EMI Share Scheme which offers its senior executives the opportunity of acquiring shares in the company.Global Healthcare Exchange Europe GmbH
NELLEN represented Global Healthcare Exchange Europe GmbH, the operator of the largest European electronic healthcare exchange (a European joint venture between Colorado based Global Healthcare Exchange LLC and D. Logistics AG), on its investment in Tecsol Limited, a leading UK developer and supplier of software and eProcurement systems to the NHS and on the subsequent purchase of all the share capital.
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