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Recent Deals
Corporate Finance
| Client | Transaction | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Adam & Company Group plc | Establishment of a limited partnership fund | N/A |
| Arbuthnot Securities Limited | AIM IPO of i-design Group plc | £3.5 million raised |
| BBI Holdings | Diagnostics | £5 million raised |
| Bell Lawrie | Investment Managers and Stockbrokers | £2.36 million raised |
| Bell Lawrie Limited | IPO of Proton Power Systems plc | £25 million |
| Bell Lawrie Limited | Placing by Renova Energy plc | £7 million raised |
| Bidfair Limited | Public takeover of Fairbriar plc | £18.6 million |
| BowLeven plc | Public Takeover of FirstAfrica Oil plc | £28.5 million |
| BowLeven plc | Placing | £58 million raised |
| Brewin Dolphin Securities Limited | IPO of Scott Wilson Group plc | £72 million raised |
| Brewin Dolphin Securities Limited | IPO of Bridgewell Group plc | £57.7 million |
| Brewin Dolphin Securities Limited | Public takeover of Heart of Midlothian plc | N/A |
| Brown-Forman Corporation | Reorganisation | Undisclosed |
| Cairn Energy plc | Acquisition of Sangu Blocks, Bangladesh | $50 million |
| Cairn Energy plc | IPO of Cairn India | £3.2 billion |
| Cairn Energy plc | Placing | £102.9 million raised |
| Capital Copiers (Edinburgh) Limited t/a Capital Solutions | Copier, fax, multi-functional copier/printer products based business | Confidential |
| Chardon Hotels Limited | Joint venture with Starwood re 11 Hilton hotels | in excess of £111 million |
| Chivas Brothers Limited | Restructuring of UK business | Undisclosed |
| Clydesdale Bank plc | Debt Finance to Energy Environmental Limited | Undisclosed |
| Collins Stewart Limited | Placing by ukbetting plc | £11.7 million raised |
| Corporate Synergy plc | IPO of Worthington Nicholls Group plc | £20 million raised |
| Deep Sea Leisure plc | Public takeover by Net Ein SA | 38.6p per share |
| DeepOcean ASA | Acquisition of CTC Marine Projects Limited | Up to £60 million |
| DEM Solutions Limited | Software Development and Licensing | £1 million raised |
| Devonshire Investment Holdings Limited | Acquisition of West End and Metropolitan Limited | £33 million |
| Dunedin Property Regional Office Fund Limited | Property Investment | £19 million raised |
| Dunedin Property Retail Fund (No.3) Limited | Mezzanine funding and acquisition | £30 million |
| Dunfermline Building Society | Building Society | £50 million |
| Dunfermline Building Society | Issue of Listed Floating Rate Notes | £250 million |
| Edinburgh Oil & Gas plc | Public takeover by Dyon UK Limited | £133 million |
| eServGlobal | IPO | £31 million |
| Evolution Securities Limited | Main market reverse takeover of Hyder Consulting | £14.8 million |
| Evolution Securities Limited | Placing by YooMedia plc | £25 million raised |
| Exterity Limited | Private equity investment | £830,000 |
| F&C Asset Management plc | MBO of Baronsmead Ventures Limited | Undisclosed |
| F&C Asset Management plc | Sale of private equity business | Undisclosed |
| F&C Asset Management plc | Merger with F&C Group (Holdings) Limited | €1.2 billion |
| Fraser Tennant Holdings Limited (and subsidiaries) | Insurance Broker | Undisclosed |
| HBOS Treasury Services plc and The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Issue of Floating Rate Undated Subordinated Instruments | €5 billion |
| Ideal World Productions Limited | Merger with Wark Clements | Undisclosed |
| IDMoS plc | Placing | £2 million raised |
| IDMoS plc | IPO | £25 million |
| Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings plc | IPO | £6.75 million |
| ISIS Asset Management plc | Investment in Hedge Fund Manager | €7.5 million |
| Ivory & Sime ISIS Trust plc | Reconstruction | £47.5 million |
| Leaf Clean Energy Company | IPO | £200 million raised |
| Level Four Software Limited | Private equity investment | £2 million |
| Management Team | Investment in Triton and Acquisitions | Undisclosed |
| MicroEmissive Displays Group plc | IPO | £26 million |
| Noble & Co Limited | IPO of SMC Group plc | £5 million raised |
| Numis Securities Limited | Placing by Serabi Mining plc | £12.5 million raised |
| Numis Securities Limited | Reverse takeover of Optima Healthcare Limited | £23 million |
| Numis Securities Limited | Hostile bid by First Quantum Minerals for Adastra Minerals | £100 million |
| Numis Securities Limited | Placing by Ballarat Goldfields NL | AUD 45 million raised |
| Numis Securities Limited | Placing by Augean plc and reverse takeovers | £100 million raised |
| Palmaris Capital plc | Distribution by way of dividend in specie of Palmaris' holding in Perseverance Corporation Limited | £8,500,000 |
| Petmin Limited | Admission to listing | £3.6 million raised |
| ProStrakan Group Limited | Acquisition of Proskelia BV | £180 million |
| ProStrakan Group plc | £187 million IPO and global equity offer | £187 million |
| Quayle Munro Limited | MBO of Morris Group Limited | £130 million |
| Rhetorical Group plc | Public takeover by ScanSoft Inc | 19.8p per share |
| SCOTO Limited | Reconstruction | £360 million |
| Scottish Enterprise | Establishment of Scottish Co-investment Fund | £44.7 million |
| Scottish Equity Partners | Investment in Picochip Inc | USD $20 million |
| Scottish Equity Partners | Investment in Empower Interactive Group Limited | £10 million |
| Scottish Equity Partners, Intel Capital Corporation and Rothschild & Cie Gestion | Investment in ip.access Limited | £8.5 million |
| Scottish Equity Partners, Intel Capital Corporation, Rothschild & Cie Gestion and Amadeus Capital Partners | Further investment in ip.access Limited | Undisclosed |
| Scottish Power plc | Takeover by Iberdrola, SA | £11.6 billion |
| ScottishPower | Sale of Holford Gas Storage Limited | £96 million |
| ScottishPower | Demerger of Thus plc | in excess of £250 million |
| ScottishPower | Eurobond Programme Update | USD$7 billion |
| SCUSI Limited | Reconstruction | £521 million |
| Selling Shareholders in Fishers Holdings Limited | MBO | £30.6 million |
| Selling Shareholders in Troon Investments Limited | Sale of Troon Investments Limited | £22 million |
| Shareholders of Alba Resources (Holdings) Limited | Sale of Alba Resources | US $25 million |
| Shareholders of Salon Services Group | Restructuring and Sale | £30 million |
| Stagecoach Group plc | Reconstruction | £400 million |
| Strakan Group Limited | Private equity funding | £45.5 million raised |
| Teesland Advantage Property Income Trust | Main Market IPO | £76 million |
| Teesland Advantage Property Income Trust | Placing | £71 million raised |
| Teesland plc | Placing and public takeover of Property Fund Management plc | £33.4 million |
| Teesland Plc | Takeover | £200 million |
| Tenon Recovery | Sale of Budda Bars | Undisclosed |
| The Alliance Trust PLC (now Alliance Trust PLC) | Merger | £2.5 billion |
| The Committee of the ScottishPower Pension Scheme | Investment in Funds | EURO 200 million |
| The Royal Bank of Scotland plc | ||
| United Spirits Limited | Acquisition of Whyte and Mackay | £595 million |
| Vivendi Universal SA | Reconstruction | Undisclosed |
| Vividas Group plc | IPO | £18.6 million |
| W H Ireland Limited | IPO of Highland Gold Mining Limited | £210 million |
| Wolfson Microelectronics plc | Acquistion of Oligon Limited | Up to £2.9 million |
| Wolfson Microelectronics plc | IPO and Global Equity Offer | £214 million |
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