Cattaneo LLP has advised on the recommended cash offer by the Avidity Employee Ownership Trustee Limited for Avidity IP Group PLC. The offer sees the employee trust gaining majority ownership of Avidity for the benefit of its employees. Headquartered in the Midlands, Avidity IP is a firm of European Patent and Trade Mark attorneys with…
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The sale, recommended by the Palletforce Board, has become effective under a Companies Act scheme of arrangement. The Palletforce executive management have invested in Forcefield Bidco alongside EmergeVest. EmergeVest is a Hong Kong based investment management business with over $300m under management. It already has interests in the UK logistics and transport sector with a…
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In Autumn 2014, the Alumasc Board announced that the focus of the Group’s future strategic development would be to accelerate the growth of its market‐leading Building Products activities and, as a consequence, it was seeking a buyer for APC, the larger of the Group’s two Engineering Products businesses. Alumasc is pleased to announce that it…
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Cattaneo LLP, the Birmingham based corporate finance adviser, has advised on the sale of VioVet, one of the UK’s leading online pet supply retailers, to PetHealth inc of Ontario, Canada for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Luton, VioVet has grown rapidly since it was founded by Luke Cousins in 2008 when he was 16. The…
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Cattaneo advises on second cross border takeover in a week. The Birmingham based corporate finance advisor, has started 2015 by advising on two UK Takeover Code offers in a week. Advising Hertfordshire headquartered SDI Group which is being taken over by Luxembourg based Dematic Group S.A.R.L in a deal which values SDI at £23m. SDI Group…
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Cattaneo LLP, the Birmingham based corporate finance advisor, has started 2015 by advising Riverview Rubber Estates Berhad in Malaysia on its takeover offer for the Narborough Plantations PLC. Riverview is a plantation company with a 75 year history and is listed on the main market of the Bursa Malaysia. Riverview’s main operations comprise four wholly-owned…
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Preston Innovations is the UK’s leading match fishing brand as well as having a growing presence in the coarse, carp and bait segments of the market with its brands Korum, Avid Carp and Sonubaits. The business, which has turnover in excess of £17 million, is growing rapidly on the back of strong growth in Europe…
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Cattaneo LLP has advised the management team & Newco on the buy-out of Prism UK Medical Limited from Toronto based TSX Venture Exchange listed business, Prism Medical Limited. Led by CEO Stuart Meldrum, Prism is the market leader in the provision of safe patient handling solutions that enable the mobility disadvantaged to live at home…
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Cattaneo LLP has arranged the management buy-out of Mangar International, a world leader in inflatable moving & handling and bathing equipment for the elderly and disabled. Mangar’s products help people retain their independence and dignity for as long as possible as well as reducing the strain and injury risk for carers. Based in Presteigne on…
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A team of Birmingham advisers from Cattaneo LLP and SGH Martineau LLP has successfully advised the shareholders of CLM Fleet Management PLC on its sale to Maxxia, part of the McMillan Shakespeare Group headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. CLM, based in Newport Pagnell and operating throughout the UK, is a specialist vehicle fleet management company with…
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