Deals: M&A 18/01/07
Olswang corporate partners Simon Morgan and Stephen Rosen have advised pharmaceutical company Vectura Group on its £130m acquisition of Innovata to create one of the UK's largest biotech companies. Innovata was advised by Bird & Bird corporate partner Simon Allport. Simmons & Simmons, led by corporate partner Gavin Weir and senior associate Isabella Roberts, acted for Vectura's financial adviser, Piper Jaffray.
January 17, 2007 at 07:06 PM
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Olswang corporate partners Simon Morgan and Stephen Rosen have advised pharmaceutical company Vectura Group on its £130m acquisition of Innovata to create one of the UK's largest biotech companies. Innovata was advised by Bird & Bird corporate partner Simon Allport. Simmons & Simmons, led by corporate partner Gavin Weir and senior associate Isabella Roberts, acted for Vectura's financial adviser, Piper Jaffray.
Travers Smith corporate partner Paul Dolman has advised the shareholders of IT services provider Digica on the £28m sale of the company to Computacenter UK. Eversheds Birmingham corporate partner Keri Rees advised Computacenter.
Bond Pearce corporate partner Sebastian Briggs advised RWE Npower on the sale of Farr wind farm in Invernesshire and Ffynnon Oer wind farm in Neath Port Talbot to Beaufort Wind for around £130m. Hammonds London head of corporate William Downs, assisted by finance partners Graeme Carney and Gwyneth Macaulay, acted for Beaufort Wind. Allen & Overy projects partner Sheila Connell acted for the lenders, a syndicate of 11 banks led by Tokyo Mitsubishi.
Ashurst head of private equity Charlie Geffen has advised Cognetas on its €430m (£288m) sale of aluminium frame maker Aliplast to a management team backed by private equity groups Sagard and Ergon. Clifford Chance corporate partner Daniel Kossoff advised the buyer.
Taylor Wessing corporate partner Tim Oldridge has advised healthcare services provider Synergy Healthcare on its recommended £181m takeover of Isotron, a provider of sterilisation services. Ashurst corporate partner Robert Ogilvy Watson advised Isotron. Travers Smith banking partner Simon Buckingham advised Synergy's nominated adviser Brewin Dolphin Securities. DLA Piper finance partner Philip Butler advised Bank of Scotland, which backed the offer.
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