Yorkshire and North East Dealmakers Guide 2016 - 46

46 LAW FIRM SERVICES We advised on 54 deals last year with a combined deal value of £3.8Bn. That experience allows us to provide our clients with a comprehensive range of corporate services, including advice in relation to: mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets (both initial public offerings and secondary issues), public company takeovers, private equity, venture capital, debt issues, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, corporate governance, partnership structures, competition law and domestic and cross border tax. NUMBER OF STAFF We have over 500 colleagues in our Leeds office of which 247 are legal advisers. Globally we have over 2000 legal advisers across 55 offices in 28 countries. TRANSACTIONS COMPLETED 500K+ JUNE15-MAY16 54 deals with a combined deal value of £3.8Bn. EVERSHEDS LLP OUR PEOPLE * Robin Skelton, Partner robinskelton@eversheds.com * Amanda Partland, Partner amandapartland@eversheds.com * Alison Starr, Partner alisonstarr@eversheds.com * Charles Reynard, Partner charlesreynard@eversheds.com * Simon Procter, Principal Associate simonprocter@eversheds.com * Jonathan Pollard, Principal Associate jonathanpollard@eversheds.com * Sarah Turner, Principal Associate sarahturner@eversheds.com * David Milne, Principal Associate davidmilne@eversheds.com CONTACT Eversheds LLP, Bridgewater Place, Water Lane, Leeds LS11 5DR ROBIN SKELTON Tel: +44 20 7919 4500 Email: robinskelton@eversheds.com Web: www.eversheds.com NOTABLE DEALS * Advised the management team on their investment, alongside TDR, in to Eurogarages in a £1.3Bn deal * Advised the shareholders of Ideal Shopping on the sale of the group to Blackstone in a deal worth £160m * Advised Parker Hannifin on its acquisition of President Engineering Group * Advised Betafence on its acquisition of the Leedsbased defence business Hesco Bastion * Advised Greencore on the acquisition of The Sandwich Factory from Cranswick * Advised Harworth Estates on its acquisition of a 50% interest in Aire Valley, owner of Temple Green, a 165 acre logistics hub in the Leeds AMANDA PARTLAND ALISON STARR CHARLES REYNARD CORPORATE STATEMENT MAJOR CLIENTS Iron Mountain, Bettys and Taylors, Simply Biz, Parker Hannifin, Communisis, Marshalls, Northgate, Inflexion, Harworth Estates and Greencore. Eversheds is a global law firm which provides corporate legal advice to clients across multiple jurisdictions. Clients range from large multinationals and financial institutions, to local owner-managed companies, all of which want high quality legal advice provided by expert teams that combine local market expertise with an exceptional consistency of quality and service delivery around the world. Well-known innovator of the legal sector, Eversheds is a firm that sets the standards and is widely recognised for working in partnership with clients, assisting them to unlock the potential of their organisations. Eversheds has a team of over 150 corporate lawyers nationally, with access to a global network of over 2,000 lawyers. directory SIMON PROCTER JONATHAN POLLARD SARAH TURNER property services VIEW OUR ONLINE ENTRY directory corporate finance services director DAVID MILNE http://www.eversheds.com http://www.eversheds.com https://www.insidermedia.com/business_directory/detail/business-4553

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