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• Moorcrofts acted for insurance brokers and financial services specialists MRIB Limited in respect of the  acquisition of insurance broker J N Dobbin plc.
• We are pleased to have acted for Landmark Information Group (part of the Daily Mail Group Information Services Division) on its recent acquisition of Calnea Analytics for an undisclosed sum. Calnea provides residential property information and advanced data modelling including AVMs, web services and risk tools to government, lenders, surveyors, estate agents and the general public and operates the “Mouseprice” website.  Landmark Information Group is the market leader in the field of property related environmental risk information and digital mapping in the UK. Corporate partner Barry Maytum led the deal with the support of the wider Moorcrofts team.
• Andrew Katz spoke at the Transfer Summit in Oxford on 25th June 2010. For full details and for a copy of his presentation click here.
• Moorcrofts acted for the UK’s leading hotdog distributor Rollover Holdings Limited in respect of the restructuring of its banking and finance arrangements.
• Moorcrofts were delighted to act for Riwal Holding Group BV in setting up Riwal UK Limited.  Riwal are one of the world's leading plant hire and access platform companies, with operations in over 16 countries around the world. Moorcrofts provided advice on corporate matters, employment law and property issues.
• Moorcrofts acted for existing client Alfresco Software Limited in connection with its acquisition of a new lease of prestigious offices at The Place in Maidenhead.  Alfresco is one of the world’s leading open source software companies. Providing a market-leading enterprise content management platform, Alfresco has shown impressive international growth, which has led to their need to acquire new, larger offices for their world headquarters in Maidenhead.
• Moorcrofts were delighted to act for music and education publishing group Rhinegold Publishing in respect of their shareholder restructuring and implementation of an EMI share incentive scheme.
• Moorcrofts continue to act for software developer Lightfoot Solutions UK Limited most recently in respect of a corporate reorganisation. Lightfoot created the unique signalsfromnoise® (sfn) application designed to assist users to maximise performance and efficiency.
• Acting for leading independent maritime advisor Drewry Shipping Consultants Limited in respect of its corporate restructuring and implementation of an EMI share incentive scheme. Drewry conduct independent research, provide consultancy and publish maritime reports and briefing manuals.
• Acting for Clive Ellings, Justin Opie and Graeme Howe, the three owner managers of IMP Events Limited (IMP) on their recent sale of E Commerce Expo Limited (ECE).  They sold ECE to UBM Information Limited, part of the United Business Media Group of Companies (UBM), the leading global business media company.  ECE organises the event “E Commerce Expo”, a two day exhibition with an associated conference and awards ceremony, dedicated to e-commerce and online retailing. The show is the only dedicated event of its kind in the UK, and attracted over 4,000 attendees last year. This 2010 event will be held in October at Olympia, London.  ECE also organises the associated event E Commerce Expo North in Manchester and the awards ceremony “E Commerce Awards for Excellence”.
• Moorcrofts acted for Riwal Holding Group BV in setting up Riwal UK Limited.  Riwal are one of the world's leading plant hire and access platform companies, with operations in over 16 countries around the world. Moorcrofts provided advice on corporate matters, employment law and property issues.
• Moorcrofts were delighted to act for Absolute Strategy Research Limited in setting up in business in London.  Moorcrofts acted on property matters, shareholder matters and commercial contracts.  Absolute Strategy is a specialist financial consultancy that is dedicated to provided independent investment strategy advice to institutional clients around the world.
• Andrew Katz presented on 8th April to the 2010 European Legal Network in Amsterdam on Legal Risk and Free and Open Source Software.
• Acting for Fulcrum Pharma plc in connection with its acquisition of a new lease of prestige offices at GloryPark near High Wycombe. Click here for press release.
• Establishing the legal documentation for the newly-formed technology publisher, Feisty Duck.
• Moorcrofts has acted for new, start up client Employer Connections Limited in connection with its acquisition of a new lease of office premises in St Albans. Click here for press release.
• Moorcrofts acts for Ambidexx Limited, the award-winning innovators behind Autoglym’s Perfect Palm applicator. Ambidexx recently scooped the “Editor’s Nomination for Best Innovation 2009” in Popular Mechanics magazine, the USA’s foremost Product Invention/Innovation publication. Ambidexx also scooped “Best New Product 2009” at the prestigious Las Vegas SEMA show the world’s foremost Auto AfterCare Show.
• Acting for the Integrity Software Group of Companies on the acquisition by Integrity Software Systems Limited of Mardak Limited.Click here for press release.
• Advising the partners of Hale & Company on its recent conversion to a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). Click here for press release.
• On Monday, 5 October 2009 - Andrew Katz speaks at BT HQ in London on Open Source. For the full transcript click here.
• Moorcrofts acted for the shareholders of Red Dot Holdings on the acquisition of Red Dot Agency Limited.
• Sale of General Robotics Limited - Moorcrofts acted on the sale to Dutch listed Fugro. For more details please click here.
• Videalert Limited, a leader in video analytics solutions for Traffic and Security, has recently strengthened its financial position by a fundraising from existing shareholders.  The fundraising enables Videalert to further develop its class-leading CCTV solution for the enforcement of moving traffic offences, Videalert Traffic Compliance (VTC), such that it can be delivered on new software and camera platforms. Moorcrofts acted for Videalert in producing the appropriate documentation to record the fundraising.
• Moorcrofts has advised existing client Fego Operations on a number of South East commercial property lease acquisitions and renewals.
• Moorcrofts LLP was delighted to act for IPROS plc and IPROS Software Limited in the inception of the latter company.
• Moorcrofts acted for AIM listed Hertford International Group plc on its takeover of Cheque Exchange from Provident Financial plc in January 2009.  Cheque Exchange is a cheque cashing and money remittance business and Hertford is the parent company of Crewcard Network, a pre-paid debit card company.
• Acting for David and Polly Clutterbuck, the partners of Clutterbuck Associates, the leading experts in mentoring and coaching programmes, on the sale of the assets of the partnership to General Physics (UK) Limited, the UK subsidiary of General Physics Corporation, the large American provider of training, consultancy and engineering services, which completed on 31 December 2008.
• Acting for Lightfoot Solutions Limited when they raised £1.3m of fresh equity recently.  Lightfoot Solutions is an innovative software company providing performance management software to both public and private sector enterprises.
• Acting for the shareholders of Gas Strategies Group on the management buy out from Crisil Limited, the Indian quoted company - part of the Standard and Poor’s Group.  Pat Breen, who led the management team, said that he was delighted that the team had been successful in concluding this transaction in the challenging environment of the recent months.
• Moorcrofts acted for Manolete Partners LLP in respect of their LLP Agreement.
• Acting for Thames Valley based Software Logistic Limited on their investment in Swiss company EcoDisc.
• Moorcrofts acted for London based Hobsons International on a company restructuring and share repurchase and related refinancing.
• Acting for Manolete Partners LLP in respect of their LLP Agreement.
• Moorcrofts were instructed by Astec Projects Group Limited on the restructuring of the Astec Projects Group.  The deal was backed by Barclays Bank plc.  Astec specialise in the design and installation of high quality finishes including suspended ceilings, dry lining, fibrous plaster, vitreous enamel, wall lining, specialist metalwork, internal glazing and rainscreen, including terracotta, timber and composite aluminium panels.
• Acting for Bank of New Zealand on its lending of £4.3 million to Opus International Consultants, the New Zealand based global infrastructure consultancy, for the acquisition of the UK based engineering consultancy, Joynes Pike Group Ltd.
• Acted for Café in the Park Limited on their recent fundraising to finance the rapid expansion of the company, including the building of a new café building for the Café in the Park in Rickmansworth.  The company also runs The Café in the Park in Higginson Park, Marlow.
• Moorcrofts were delighted to be instructed by Don and Brenda Murray, the owner-managers of Worksmart Solutions LLP, a fast-growing provider of regulatory software and services to the financial services industry, on their recent sale of the business in a Management Buy In.
• Acted for Return to Glory Limited on two recent fundraising rounds to finance the rapid expansion of the company, which runs the website behind London's largest specialist team of at-home and on-site beauty and fitness professionals.
• Advised on the start-up advice and initial fund raising for RV Baby Salads & Veg Limited, a niche salad provider to top chefs.
• Acting for the shareholder's and management team in respect of the sale of Neutral Services Limited and the partial sale of The Neutral Group Limited to Exel Holdings Limited (a division of supply chain giant DHL). Neutral Services Limited and The Neutral Group Limited provide carbon reducing and neutralisation consultancy and implementation services.
• Acting for the management team of DMS Controls Limited in respect of the acquisition of DMS Controls Limited, a specialist integrator of intelligent building control systems, by I2S Group Limited.
• AIM listing of Hertford International Group plc – we were delighted to act on the listing and fund raising of Hertford on the Alternative Investment Market.
• Assisting independent financial advisers, Parnell Fisher Child & Co Limited on the sale of 75% of their shares to the Skipton Building Society.
• Acting for the shareholders of Securetest Limited in selling this innovative internet and computer security company to listed acquirer NCC.
• Altitude Films Limited – we were delighted to be instructed by Altitude Films in connection with their fundraising for the Altitude Expedition to Everest. The expedition has recreated the final climb taken by Mallory and Irwin, and seeks to solve the longstanding mystery of whether Mallory reached the summit of Everest many years before Sir Edmund Hillary.
• Moorcrofts acted for the shareholders of Monodraught Limited on its recent sale to VKR Holding A/S. VKR are one of Denmark’s largest companies, with interests in natural lighting and ventilation.  One of their brands is Velux Windows.
• Acting for NatWest in the refinancing of an investment property for a local property investment company.
• Acting for NatWest on the financing of the purchase of a development property for a local property developer.
• Acting for NatWest on the refinancing of a portfolio of public houses following a corporate reorganisation.
• Acting for the shareholders of Zygology Limited on completion of their management buy-out to two members of the team.
• Acting for fast growing Fego Caffe Group in their restructuring.
• Acquisition of Unicus - we were delighted to be instructed for the second time on an acquisition by AIM listed Fulcrum Pharma plc. The deal involved the acquisition of a regulatory services company called Unicus Regulatory Services Limited, based in Wokingham. The Moorcrofts team, led by Adrian Phillips, was involved in, not only the acquisition, but also in working with nominated advisers on a fund raising carried out by Fulcrum at the same time as the acquisition. This deal continues our recent history of working with companies listed on the AIM and Plus markets.
• Acting for the shareholders of Berkeley Search and Selection Company Limited on a management buy out of the company.
• Acting for the shareholders of event security company, Special Events Security Limited, on their share sale of the company to Group 4 Securicor.
• Acquiring new office space for Thesaurus Computer Services Limited.
• Acting for Atlantic Productions Limited in the acquisition of its new corporate headquarters in London.
• Acting for electricity4business in raising significant working capital and electricity hedging arrangements.
• Shareholders’ arrangements and agreements for Linkstone Capital Limited, a UK based corporate finance firm active in Africa.
• Acting in the sale of two Subway franchises.
• Acting for the vendor of a Bang & Olufsen franchise.
• Advising Turing Service Management Limited in its corporate reorganisation.
• Acting for Bit10 Limited on its acquisition of a hosting and website business and advising on outside investment into the Company.
• Acting for Information Governance Holdings Limited on its recent corporate restructuring
• Acting for R & R Distribution Limited on the purchase of a cleaning materials franchise.
• Setting up a new EMI Scheme for Chase Information Technology Services.
• Acting for TA Vision Laboratories Limited (trading as Fixerlabs) in first round business angel financing.
• Independent legal directories praise Moorcrofts - Moorcrofts received excellent coverage in Chambers and the Legal 500 2006/2007, click here for more details.
• "Buying and Selling Your Company" Seminar held on 20 September 2006 (Moorcrofts, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Stupples and Vantis PLC) (notes available on request).
• First round fund raising for Magic Taxi, the new altruistic alternative to Hotmail.
• Purchase of a development site in the West Midlands.
• New lease of light industrial and warehousing premises for Miranda Technologies Limited.
• Completion of a new lease of office premises for Aspex Semiconductors Limited.
• Acting for a management buy-in team, purchasing currency counting machine manufacturers, Vacuumatic Limited.
• Assisting the shareholders of Curidium, an innovative life sciences company, in the reverse takeover of AIM listed Cielo Holdings plc (now renamed Curidium Medica plc).
• Moorcrofts are pleased to announce that it has recently completed a share purchase from an institutional investor for Sequoia Technology Limited and assisted with its subsequent refinancing.
• SAS International Limited - purchase of a large brown field site in the West Midlands for development of the company's new manufacturing and warehouse facility.
• Acting for National Westminster Bank Plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc on a range of secured lending transactions.
• Moorcrofts were pleased to assist electricity4business, a leading supplier of electricity to industry and commerce, in setting up an EMI scheme with the intention of increasing their presence in the marketplace by incentivising their key members of staff.
• Acting for EDW Technology Limited on the provision of software development, licensing and support to a leading provider of broker products and services to the insurance industry.
• Moorcrofts helped Handheld PCs Limited put in place an EMI scheme for key staff.
• Acting for Application Developments Limited in introducing an EMI scheme for key staff.
• Moorcrofts has completed the acquisition of new headquarters offices in Windsor for the NP Record Group.
• Acting for AIM listed Company, Fulcrum Pharma Plc, in the acquisition of drug regulatory services company, Quadramed Limited.
• Andrew Katz spoke at the UPCO "Open Source Software in the Enterprise" Seminar in London.
• Acting for Crystal Windows and Doors Limited in introducing an EMI scheme.
• Acting for IMP Events Limited on the sale of the Business Continuity Expo and the Technology for Compliance Expo to Reed Elsevier.
• Acting for Dillon Technology (Europe) Limited on the sale to Inca Holdings Limited.
• Acting for Record Currency Management Limited on the negotiation of a currency management agreement with the trustees of a large US Pension Plan in the Pharmaceutical industry.
• Acting for Richmond Software on the sale to Trema, a Norwegian company.
• Acting for Ambic Equipment Limited on the sale to Skellmax, a New Zealand quoted company.
• Acting for TV Network Limited on the acquisition of a share in Simply Shopping.
• Acting for TV Network Limited on the acquisition of Canis Media.
• Acting for Superclean Support Services Plc on its sale to ISS.
• Acting for 3DiS, a technology company in relation to an investment by Siemens.
• Acting for Madge Limited in raising equity from Sigma.
• Acting for Dynamite Idea in negotiating a software licence deal with Sky/Interactive Television.
• Acting for Aspex Semiconductor Ltd on corporate restructuring and equity investment.
• Acting for EconoMatters Limited on a sale to Crisil, a quoted Indian company.
• Acting for Holt Broadcast Services Limited in its acquisition of Unimet Enamellers Limited.
• Acting for the shareholders of Astounding Business Group on its merger within Merit International.
• Acting for LH Group Limited on the introduction of an EMI scheme.
• Acting for the purchaser on the acquisition of Eagle Automation Systems Limited.
• Acting for Madge Limited on the introduction of an EMI scheme.
• Acting for Crystal Windows and Doors Limited on a secondary buy-out.
• Acting for EconoMatters Limited on a group restructuring and corporate reorganisation.
• Acting for Dynamite Idea in negotiating a software licence with Ladbrokes.
• Acting for Ambic Equipment Limited on a recent corporate restructuring and equity investment.
• Acting for Madge Limited on a management buy-out.
• Acting for DCG Group Limited on group reorganisation.
• Acting for Invex Capital Partners, on the recent management buy-out/management buy-in of LH Group Limited.
• Acting for Invex Capital Partners, on the recent acquisition of Superclean Support Services plc, by way of management buy-out/management buy-in.
• Acting for RDF Television in a joint venture with Radar Productions.
• Acting for DCG Group Limited in the acquisition of Stockley Park Golf Course.
• Assisting Opal Healthcare Limited with the negotiation of various generic drug licences and supply agreements.
• Assisting Venture Software Alliance Limited with the acquisition of software from Patron Global Limited.
• Assisting Curidium Limited, a bio-technology company, with the raising of equity finance.
• Acting for Telecomms Consultancy & Solutions Limited in their recent sale to US based software solutions company, Connexn Technologies, Inc. TCS is now part of Connexn Technologies UK Limited, the European subsidiary of Connexn Technologies, Inc., which was recently sold on to Azure.
• Acting for Invex Capital Partners who have recently formed the Crystal Home Improvements Group, when they structured a management buy-in buy-out to acquire home improvements company Crystal Windows and Doors for £10 million.
• Acting for Interglobal International Limited, a leading company in the direct response television market, on an acquisition of shares.
• Acting for Gunn JCB Limited on a buy-out from JCB.
• Acting for Henley Incubator Limited on its spin-out from Henley Management College.
• Acting for Reed Business Information Limited on its entry into a joint venture with First 4 Farming Limited.
• Acting for Ithaka Life Sciences on its spin out from Ruston Poole International plc.
• Acting for the management team of Salter Housewares Limited in an £18M MBO.
• Acting for Pinto Potts Solicitors in the formation of Pinto Potts LLP.
• Establishing an Enterprise Management Incentive scheme for RDF Group Limited.
• Acting for 3M UK in carrying out a due-diligence project on a potential worldwide target.
• Acting for RDF Media Limited on its investment in Touchpaper Television.
• Acting for RDF Media Limited on employment matters.
• Acting for Infinite Info in setting up their UK branch of this US/Philippines based internet development company.
• Acting for N.P. Record Limited advising on website and data protection issues.
• Acting for RDF Media Limited on raising finance from Sagitta.
• Acting for a technology company on raising mezzanine finance.
• Acting for Rapidhost Limited (a growing web and database specialist) in a number of commercial arrangements.
• Acting for Video Arts Limited in the acquisition of Learning Pack, a leading supplier of bespoke e-learning services spun out of Salford University.
• Acting for Logistics Technology Group (a UK/US software distribution company) in setting up a share scheme and employee warehouse trust agreements.
• Acting for Alfa Chemicals in a management buyout from their existing shareholders. Financing by Nat West.
• Acting for Rapidhost Limited (a growing web and database specialist) in establishing their EMI scheme.
• Acting for Sammons Corporation (a U.S. tubular oilfield goods company) in connection with the sale of its Aberdeen business.
• Advising N.P. Record Limited in setting up an EMI Scheme.
• Acting for Laurent Perrier UK Limited on issues arising from their acclaimed annual design competition.
• Acting for Invex Capital in the management buyout of Pennine Fibres Limited.
• Acted for Red Volcano Limited in their joint venture with Landmark Information Limited (a Daily Mail company) and Ordnance Survey.
• Assisting Be Free UK Limited in advising on international contractual matters.
• Acting for Telethos Limited, a mobility and wireless working consultancy, in establishing their business.
• Acting for Unity Technology in setting up an EMI scheme.
• Sale of Richard Holway Limited (a leading technology company commentator), to Ovum Holdings Limited (a fast-growing consultancy company).
• Acting for Bit10 Limited in a number of matters including employee incentivisation work and general e-commerce and internet contracts.
• Acting for the management in the financing of an ASP. Financing from Durlacher.
• Acting for Invex Capital in setting up FD Direct, a new venture aimed at providing Finance Directors to equity-backed companies.
• Acted for the management of Gunn JCB Limited, one of the UK's oldest and largest distributors of JCB plant in its management buyout.
• Acting for the shareholders in the sale of DC Leisure Management Limited (a sports management company which also runs the Sam Jones group of health clubs) to the OCS Group.
• Acting for Alfa Chemicals on the creation of a UK/French joint venture with Gattefossé.

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