Public and private M&A
Michelle has advised on a broad range of M&A transactions, including:
CLS Group
Advising CLS Group on its sales of:
- Future Climate Info to Dye & Durham Corporation for £55 million; and
- CLS Risk Solutions to Specialist Risk Group.
Trafalgar Entertainment
Advising Trafalgar Entertainment Group on its acquisitions of:
- HQ Theatres; and
- the Helen O'Grady drama academy.
Focusrite plc
Advising Focusrite plc on its acquisition of Linea Research Holdings.
Arcola Energy
Advised the sellers of Arcola Energy, a systems engineering company, on the company's acquisition by Canadian listed company Ballard Power Systems. Ballard acquired 100% of Arcola for total upfront and earn-out cash and share consideration of up to US$40 million, based on the achievement of certain performance milestones.
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.
Advising Arthur J Gallagher & Co. on its acquisition of specialist insurance broker The Bollington Wilson Group.
Focusrite plc
Advising AIM listed Focusrite plc on its acquisition of Linea Research Holdings.
BTG plc
Advising on BTG plc's £160 million joint underwritten cash box placing in connection with the acquisition of PneumRx, Inc.
Joint ventures
3 Step IT strategic partnership with BNP Paribas
Advising Finnish-based 3 Step IT on its strategic partnership with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions to create a leading integrated IT leasing business across various European jurisdictions.
Anglia Maltings
Advising Anglia Maltings on a three way joint venture with Frontier Agriculture (a JV between ABF and Cargill) and Camgrain (a farmer owned cooperative) to create Europe's largest oat processing plant.
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Joint ventures
Growth and venture capital
Highview Power
Advising Highview Power, a London-based cryogenic energy storage company, on initial and follow-on growth investments totalling US$70 million, from Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Janus Continental Group, TSK and existing investors.
Litta App
Advising ethical, waste removal tech platform, Litta App, on their £2 million Series A fundraising from VCT, Beringea.
Picnic Media
Advising AdTech company, Picnic Media, on their £2 million fundraise from EIS and VCT fund, Guinness Asset Management.
Finch Capital
Advising VC fund, Finch Capital, on its initial investment and follow-on rounds in AI data analytics company, Brytlyt.
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Growth and venture capital
Equity capital markets
e-therapeutics plc
Advising e-therapeutics plc on its £12.4 million fundraise. Based in Oxford, UK, e-therapeutics aims to transform the drug discovery process by leveraging its computational power and biological expertise to accelerate the path to identifying and developing effective therapies.
Time Out Group plc
Advising Time Out Group on their placing and open offer to raise up to £49 million.
Hotel Chocolat plc
Advising British chocolatier, Hotel Chocolat, on their £22 million placing, having also worked on their AIM IPO in 2016.
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Equity capital markets