Corporate Finance

Advised SeaEnergy PLC on the sale of its 80% interest in SeaEnergy Renewables Limited to Repsol Neuvas Energias S.A.

Advised Scottish Enterprise on its participation on Aquamarine Power’s recent £7m funding round alongside SSE Venture Capital and ABB and on its participation in a further £18m funding package.

Advised Liberty Limited on its acquisition of the entire share capital of British luxury heritage brand Christys' & Co Hat Company, including all funding related aspects.

Advised AIM listed Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc on its placing of new shares

Advised Kenmore Capital Skypark on the disposal of its interest in the Skypark Building, Glasgow. Kenmore Capital Skypark's interest in the property was held by way of units in a Jersey property unit trust.

Advised SeaEnergy PLC on the extension, variation and securitisation of an existing loan facility.

Advised Sportech PLC, one of the UK's leading gaming companies, on the Scots law aspects of its £51m acquisition of SGR, the pari-mutuel and venue management business division of Scientific Games Corporation.

Advised M&C Energy Group Limited on the acquisition of Creative Energy Solutions in Melbourne, Australia.

Advised BlueGem LP on the private takeover of the AIM-listed Liberty plc, owners of Liberty, the landmark London department store.

Advised Italian Stock Exchange-listed Sol Group on the groups first UK acquisition, being the share purchase of Dolby Healthcare Limited, the key supplier of medical gases to NHS patients in Scotland.

Advised AIM listed SeaEnergy PLC in relation to the extension and amendment of a loan facility from LC Capital Master Fund, Ltd, together with related security.

Advised on the purchase of the entire business and assets of Alpha Analytical Limited. Burness acted for Alpha Analytical Laboratories Limited, which was set up to acquire the business and assets from the Administrator.

Advised STV Group plc on the Class 1 disposal of its cinema advertising business, Pearl & Dean.

Advised RDC Partners LLP in relation to the sale of it's equity interests in onshore windfarm deevelopment companies Boyndie 2 Wind Energy Limited and Ben Aketil 2 Wind Energy Limited to it's JV partner.

Advised Konecranes on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Axis Machine Tools Limited.

Acted for Uberior Ventures Limited (a subsidiary of Bank of Scotland plc) in the sale of its 50% interest in Ocean Terminal Limited (owner of the Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre in Edinburgh) to Forth Ports plc.

Advised coffee shop franchise Puccino's Limited, a subsidiary of Massimo Zanetti, on its restructuring.

Advised Hart Builders (Edinburgh) Limited on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of DH Westfield Limited

Advised Standard Life on its 10% equity investment in Simply Biz plc.

Advised Brewin Dolphin Securities in connection with the admission of Plexus Holdings Plc, an oil and gas engineering and service business, to the AIM market and its placing raising £11,700,000.

Acted for Massimo Zanetti on its acquisition of Brodie Melrose Drysdale & Company.

Acted for Vitrology Limited, a start-up bio-chemical research company, in securing a £1,100,000 investment from Archangels Informal Investment Syndicate and founders.

Advised Ramco Energy plc in relation to the part disposal of its investment in Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc and the grant of warrants over Ramco shares to LC Capital Master Fund Ltd.

Advised the shareholders of Highmore Homes Limited in relation to the sale of its entire issued share capital to Highcross Residential (UK) Limited.

Advised MLC 50 LP on the acquisition of the Digital Animations Group business from DA Group plc.

Advised Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc in relation to its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Milesian Oil & Gas Limited, an Irish oil and gas exploration company.

Acted for the existing shareholders of TSMarine (Contracting) Limited in the £53m investment in the company by 3i and ABN Amro.

Advised Bank of Scotland Corporate on the provision of £62m of debt facilities and equity to Analytical Ventures Limited, a joint venture with London and Associate Properties plc.

Advised Bank of Scotland Joint Ventures on its acquisition of 40% of the issued share capital in Tulloch Homes Group Limited.

Advised SMG plc on the Scottish aspects of the £53m disposal of Virgin Radio Holdings and subsequent return of capital to shareholders.

Advised New York Stock Exchange listed multinational, Illinois Tool Works Inc. on its acquisition of Cullen Building Products Limited. Cullen Building Products Limited is the UK’s largest manufacturer of timber engineering components.

Advised Riverside Inverclyde (Property Holdings) Limited in relation to a joint venture with Peel Ports for the redevelopment of the James Watt Dock, Greenock.

Advised Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc on the terms of a new shareholder loan and related security and amendments to the terms of certain existing shareholder loans and warrants.

Acted for BlueGem Capital Partners LLP, the manager of BlueGem LP private equity fund, in its £15.2m investment by way of a share placing for 43.1% of the issued shares in AIM listed investment bank and stockbroker Panmure Gordon & Co plc. The transaction included obtaining FSA change of control consent and a Rule 9 waiver from the Takeover Panel.