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Corporate finance winners

News | 15:06:22

RWK Goodman corporate winners

RWK Goodman’s Corporate team celebrated last week after LDC’s investment of £13m in support of Hybrid’s management team won the South West Business Insider Dealmakers ‘Medium-sized Deal of the Year’ award. RWK Goodman’s Corporate...

News | 01:06:22

RWK Goodman advises Oxford Metrics plc on £52m sale of Yotta

We have recently advised Oxford Metrics plc on the sale of Yotta to Causeway Technologies for £52m. Oxford Metrics, a long-standing client of RWK Goodman, is an Oxford-based smart sensing software company with customers...

Opinion | 27:05:22

Earn-out procedures – what happens if the nominated experts decline to act?

In the recent case of Asher v Jaywing Plc [2022] EWHC 893 (Ch) the sellers bought a claim against the buyer for breach of contract relating to earn-out provisions in the share purchase agreement...

News | 24:03:22

RWK Goodman advises Portobello Starboard on acquisition of pub portfolio from The City Pub Group PLC

Portobello Starboard Ltd, the fast-growing freehold managed pubs business backed by private equity firm Zetland Capital, is delighted to announce its latest six acquisitions. The company has exchanged contracts with The City Pub Group...

Opinion | 04:03:22

RWK Goodman advises Bevcraft Group on acquisition of Them That Can

RWK Goodman have advised Ireland-headquartered Bevcraft Group on its acquisition of UK competitor Them That Can. Bevcraft Group has mobile canning, can distribution and decoration facilities in Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands. They...

Opinion | 28:02:22

UK Financial Services M&A on the rise, as deal volume hits a 5 year high

Recently released analysis by EY of financial services M&A transactions in 2021 reveal deal volume hit 252 transactions in 2021, an increase from 134 in 2020 and representing a five year high. Growth was...

Employee share scheme

Opinion | 25:01:22

HMRC extends share valuation period to 120 days for tax-advantaged share schemes

Earlier this month, HMRC published an update to the Share and Asset Valuation Manual, increasing the period for which an agreed valuation of unquoted shares remains valid for grants under tax-advantaged share schemes from 90 to 120 days.

Opinion | 09:12:21

Nuisance Messages in the spotlight

On 19 November 2021, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport’s (DCMS) consultation, ‘Data: a new direction’, closed.

News | 02:12:21

RWK Goodman advise on sale of Cornish nursing home

Law firm RWK Goodman has advised on the sale of a well-respected and long-established nursing home in Looe, Cornwall.

B Corp

Opinion | 24:11:21

B Corps: what’s in the name?

B Corp certification is voluntary and aims to demonstrate a business’s longstanding commitment to consideration of the impact of their company decisions, whilst retaining transparency and legal accountability.

Smartphone

Opinion | 23:11:21

A detailed review of Lloyd v Google: what does it mean and what next for claims management companies?

The Supreme Court handed down judgment in Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50 on 10 November 2021. This is a seminal decision which provides that damages for alleged data breaches cannot be claimed without proving actual financial loss or distress. The Court also set out the evidence needed to assess compensation where damage had been suffered.

News | 18:11:21

RWK Goodman lead on sale of two specialist dementia care homes

Law firm RWK Goodman has advised on the sale of two specialist dementia care homes by long-standing client and care provider Equality Care Limited.

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