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Practice areas:

  1. US$106m share placing for J.P. Morgan Cazenove

    Advised J.P. Morgan Cazenove on a placing of new ordinary shares on AIM and JSE for Coal of Africa, raising US$106m (November 2011)

  2. Sale of interests in Moneycorp

    Advised Shlewet Family Trust on the sale of their interests in Moneycorp to the RBS Special Opportunities Fund (Nov 2011)

  3. Acquisition of Pragma Holdings

    Advised St Ives on its acquisition of Pragma Holdings for up to £6m (Sept 2011) 

  4. Acquisition of Response One

    Advised St Ives on its acquisition of Response One for up to £19m (Sept 2011)

  5. £30m sale of Adapt Group

    Advised the selling shareholders on the sale of Adapt Group to Lyceum Capital for £30m (September 2011)

  6. Placing and open offer for Healthcare Locums

    Advised Fairfax I.S. on Healthcare Locum’s £60m placing and open offer of up to £4.25m (August 2011)

  7. US$37m secondary fundraising for Noventa

    Advised Religare Capital Markets on a secondary fundraising for AIM and TSX-listed Noventa to raise US$37m (August 2011)

  8. £26m share placing for Duet Real Estate Finance

    Advised Duet Real Estate Finance on its placing of new shares to raise £26m (August 2011)

  9. £172m acquisition of the Sanctuary Buildings

    Advised Tishman Speyer on its £172m acquisition of the Sanctuary Buildings (July 2011)

  10. Sale of Lateral Group

    Advised shareholders of Lateral Group on the sale of Lateral Group's entire issued share capital to Innovative Output Solutions (August 2011)

  11. Acquisition of Batiste

    Advised Church & Dwight on the acquisition of hair care company Batiste from Vivalis (June 2011)

  12. Sale of internet site Pachube

    Advised internet site Pachube on its sale to the Nasdaq listed purchaser, LogMeIn, Inc. (July 2011)

  13.  £557m sale of Olympic Village

    Advised the Olympic Delivery Authority on the sale of the Olympic Village to a joint venture for £557m (August 2011)

  14. Acquisition of First Motorway Services

    Advised Roadchef on the acquisition of First Motorway Services (August 2011)

  15. Sale of Destiny Wireless

    Advised Destiny Wireless on the sale from the shareholders of the company to Anoto Group AB and Anoto AB (August 2011)

  16. Acquisition of Office Projects Group

    Advised Balfour Beatty on its acquisition of Office Projects Group

  17. $11.4m placing of shares for Noventa

    Advised Canaccord Genuity and Religare Capital Markets on a $11.4m placing of shares on PLUS for Noventa (March 2011)

  18. Acquisition of Power Efficiency

    Advised Balfour Beatty WorkPlace on its acquisition of Power Efficiency for up to £18m (April 2011)

  19. Acquisition of Waberer's Holding

    Advised Mid Europa Partners on the acquisition of a 49.05% stake in Waberer's Holding (March 2011)

  20. Acquisition for N+1

    Advised N+1 on its acquisition of Brewin Dolphin's corporate advisory and broking division (May 2011)

  21. Acquisition of blinkbox

    Advised Tesco on its acquisition of blinkbox (April 2011)

  22. £27.5m share placing

    Advised Lombard Medical Technologies on its placing of shares to raise up to £27.5m (May 2011)

  23. Disposal by Balfour Beatty

    Advised Balfour Beatty on the disposal of its UK rail manufacturing business to Progress Rail Services (April 2011)

  24. £42.5m share placing for NewRiver Retail

    Advised Cenkos Securities on a placing of shares for NewRiver Retail to raise £42.5m. (June 2011) 

  25. Acquisition for Rontec Investments

    Advised on the acquisition of the majority of Total's UK downstream logistics and marketing operations (June 2011)

  26. MBO of Red Commerce

    Advised the management of Red Commerce on the MBO of Red Commerce backed by Dunedin for £44m (July 2011)

  27. US$2bn disposal of PT Bumi Resources Minerals

    Advised PT Bumi Resources on the sale of its 75% majority stake in PT Bumi Resources Minerals to Vallar plc (June 2011)

  28. £637m sale of Kwik-Fit to ITOCHU

    Advised the management of Kwik-Fit on its sale to ITOCHU Corporation for £637m (March 2011)

  29. Acquisition of PT Turnkey Services

    Advised Playtech on its acquisition of PT Turnkey Services for up to €280m (March 2011)

  30. Sale of The Listening Company to Serco

    Advised The Listening Company on its sale to Serco for an enterprise value of £53.9m (March 2011)

  31. IPO of Duet Real Estate Finance's feeder fund

    Advised Duet Real Estate Finance on the Main Market IPO of its feeder fund which raised £50m (March 2011)

  32. Cellnovo's £30m Series B fundraising

    Advised Cellnovo on its £30m Series B fundraising (Feb 2011)

  33. O Twelve Estates placing and open offer

    Advised Fairfax I.S. on the placing of shares and open offer for O Twelve Estates, which raised £37.6m (Jan 2011)

  34. IPO of Marwyn Management Partners

    Advised Cenkos Securities on the Main Market IPO of Marwyn Management Partners which raised £6m (Jan 2011)

Corporate Finance - Overview

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Now more than ever, it is critical for companies to make the right investment decisions to maximise return on capital while reducing risk.  Whether this be growth through an acquisition or fundraising, or realisation of value through sale or restructuring, our clients want an adviser that can make deals work.

BLP Corporate FinanceWe are an undisputed market leader in advising UK and international clients on their mid-market and high end public and private transactions, having been ranked in these areas year-on-year since 2006. We also advise clients in relation to the increasingly important area of corporate governance and board and executive solutions.

Our private equity team is active across that market, operating on high-value transactions acting for opportunity funds as well as the venture capital/small buy out sector. 

In addition to advising on the launch and restructuring of funds, our asset management team leads complex, sector specific outsourcing transactions for financial institutions and advises on regulatory and compliance issues. 

Our Corporate Finance practice has expertise in the following areas Public Markets, Financial Services and Markets, Funds, Mergers & AcquisitionsPrivate Equity & Venture Capital, and Restructuring & Insolvency.

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John Bennett

John Bennett

BLP
Partner, Head of Corporate
David Collins

David Collins

BLP
Partner, Head of Corporate Finance

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