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London partner to boost Shoosmiths' national venture capital practice
National law firm Shoosmiths has expanded its Venture Capital (VC) offering with the appointment of corporate partner Steve Barnett to its London office, from international law firm Orrick....
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Shoosmiths advises Shearwater Group on multimillion pound reverse takeover
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the founders of SecurEnvoy Limited on the sale and reverse takeover into AIM listed Shearwater Group PLC. As the initial acquisition under Shearwater Group's...
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Shoosmiths advises shareholders of TSC Inspection Systems on its acquisition...
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the shareholders of TSC Inspection Systems, which include long standing client Octopus Investments, on the company's acquisition by market-leading Eddyfi...
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Shoosmiths Manchester welcomes former CEO of AIM listed company to corporate...
National law firm Shoosmiths has strengthened its Manchester corporate team with the strategic hire of highly experienced and entrepreneurial partner Tim Jackson-Smith. Tim has nearly 25 years'...
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More changes to the PSC regime - take note!
In line with the European 4Th Money Laundering Directive, the UK will be making changes to the PSC regime. The changes are expected to come into force in June and July 2017. The PSC regime, in place...
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Shoosmiths advises shareholders on the sale of Permanent Health Company Limited
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the shareholders of Permanent Health Company Limited on the sale of the entire issued share capital of the company to AXA. Shoosmiths' corporate partner Adam...
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Shoosmiths advises P D Neurotechnology on 1.34m (EUR) investment
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised P D Neurotechnology (PDN) on its 1.34m (EUR) funding for the development of its ground breaking wearable medical technology. PDN has received funding of...
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Shoosmiths advises on the sale of NVM portfolio company, Kirton Healthcare
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised NVM private equity backed Kirton group on the disposal of its specialist seating division by way of sale of the entire issued share capital of The Kirton...
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Encouraging shareholder involvement
A new EU directive which aims to encourage shareholder engagement and increase transparency has made its way through the legislative process and will need to be implemented in the UK by June 2019. Back...
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Shoosmiths advises LDC on £11m investment into leading global medical...
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised LDC, the UK's leading mid-market private equity investor, on its latest investment into Lucid Group Communications, a global specialist provider of strategic...
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Court decision highlights risk for sole shareholder-directors
The High Court has made an exceptional ruling, highlighting the difficulties that a company with Table A articles can face upon the death of a sole shareholder-director. Background When a sole...
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PSC Registers: AIM companies must comply
The UK's implementation of the 4th Money Laundering Directive has extended the scope of the PSC regime to include UK companies whose shares are admitted to trading on AIM. The PSC regime, introduced in...
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Shoosmiths advises on £3m investment into education tech platform
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised NVM Private Equity LLP on a £3m venture capital investment into Knowledgemotion, creators of Boclips, a leading video clips platform for the education sector....
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Update on PSC regime changes
Changes to the PSC regime were rushed through on 26 June in order to meet the deadline imposed by the EU's 4th Money Laundering Directive. We wrote about the proposed changes in our update on 25 May....
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Shoosmiths advises on sale of global data and intelligence provider to...
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Spence Johnson on its sale to world leading fintech company, Broadridge, in a deal that sees the creation of a unique single industry data source. National law...
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The PSC regime and Scottish partnerships
The Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017 came in to force on 26 June 2017. These Regulations make eligible Scottish partnerships subject to the PSC...
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Shoosmiths advises Sancus on £12m funding into Scotland's innovative...
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Sancus (Gibraltar) Limited, part of the alternative financing group Sancus, on its £12m funding package to Green Town (Heartlands) Ltd, part of the WElink Group...
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Shoosmiths advises on sale of iconic Birmingham hotel
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Hotel La Tour Limited on its sale of the entire share capital of Hotel La Tour Birmingham Limited (which operates Hotel La Tour in Birmingham) to Dalata UK Ltd...
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Shoosmiths advises on investment round for pioneering screen time limiting...
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised screenlimit Limited, developers of the screen-time limiting application, on its recent angel investment round. Screenlimit (www.screenlimit.net/ss) is a...
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Sport Code for Sports Governance - who will be your Sir Chris Hoy?
As many 2017 funding round deadlines are approaching it is vital that National Governing Bodies address compliance to the Sport England and UK Sport Code for Sports Governance (the 'Code'). This...
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