20th November 2008
Deals of the Year 2007
| Date | Company | Location |
Deal Type |
Deal Size & Funding | Advisers |
| 18/12/07 | ESS Steels Group | Sheffield | MBO | £50m funding from Yorkshire Bank and Baird Capital Partners Europe | PKF, BDO Stoy Hayward, DLA Piper, Eversheds, Hart Shaw |
| 14/12/07 | Bond Bryan Architects | Sheffield | MBO | Funding provided by Yorkshire Bank and South Yorkshire Investment Fund | Hart Shaw, Irwin Mitchell, PKF, BDO Stoy Hayward, Halliwells |
| 04/12/07 | Arnold Laver | Sheffield | MBI | Funding provided by Yorkshire Bank | Deloitte, Cobbetts, PKF, Walker Morris |
| 20/11/07 | Eurotel | Halifax | MBO | £44m management buyout backed by Infexion with backing of Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets Acquisition Finance | KPMG, Grant Thornton, Jones Day, Intuitus,Marsh, Addleshaw Goddard, Investec, Oakley Corporate Finance |
| 19/11/07 | Procon | Harrogate | Trade Sale | £5.4m buyout by United Drug | |
| 13/11/07 | Firth Rixon | Sheffield | Buyout | £945m buyout by Oak Hill Capital funded by Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets | PriceWaterhouse Coopers, DLA Piper UK LLP |
| 12/11/07 | Red Submarine | York | Financing | £1.3m funding by Bank of Scotland |
|
| 12/11/07 | Jennings Roofing Ltd | Leeds | Trade Sale |
£5.1m Yorkshire-Bank funded |
BTG McInnes Corporate Finance , BDO Stoy Hayward, Mincoffs, Walker Morris |
| 09/11/07 | Sirdar | Wakefield | MBO | £3m funded by RBS Invoice Finance | RSM Bentley Jennison, Walker Morris |
| 28/09/07 | Protocol Skills | Barnsley | Sale |
£47m by Close Brothers Private Equity |
Bridgepoint, NM Rothschild |
| 17/09/07 | Symington's | Leeds | MBI | Significant funding package provided by Yorkshire Bank and Hermes Private Equity | Addleshaw Goddard, Pinsent Masons, Linklaters, PwC, Hammonds and KPMG |
| 11/09/07 | Nidd Vale Motors | Harrogate | MBO | Funding provided by Bank of Scotland | RSM Bentley Jennison |
| 17/08/07 | Keepmoat | Doncaster | MBO |
£783m by Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance
|
Deloitte, Park Place Corporate Finance, DLA Piper UK LLP , Hammonds, Pricewaterhouse
Coopers, Eversheds, KPMG (tax advice) |
| 14/08/07 | Polypipe Building Products | Doncaster | Secondary buyout |
£450m by Bank of Scotland's Integrated Finance
|
Livingstone Partners |
| 14/08/07 | Peter Black Holdings/Peter Black International | Keighley | Acquisition |
£48.1m by Li & Fung
|
Deloitte, KPMG (Transaction Services - due diligence), Walker Morris |
| 13/08/07 | Ben Bailey | Mexborough | Sale | £84m | NM Rothschild, DLA Piper, KPMG (Corporate Finance advisor to Gladedale) |
| 16/07/07 |
Jemella / GHD Ltd |
Ilkley | Sale |
£160m
|
Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Eversheds, KPMG (Transaction Services - due diligence) |
| 19/06/07 | Adler and Allan | Harrogate | Investment | £8.85m | Aberdeen Asset Managers; NM Rothschild, Walker Morris |
| 06/06/07 |
Kingsfield Heath |
Sheffield | Acquisition |
£180m
|
Electra Partners NM Rothschild |
| 25/06/07 |
Orchard Care Homes |
Leeds | MBO |
£175m
|
Freethcartwright |
| 13/06/07 | Chapelthorpe plc | Wakefield | Disposal | £1.4m disposal of Hoyland Fox Ltd | RSM Bentley Jennison |
| 12/06/07 | Zenith Vehicle Contractors | Leeds | MBO | £40m by Barclays Private Equity | Deloitte, KPMG (Transaction Services - due diligence) |
| 04/05/07 |
Leeds/Bradford Airport |
Leeds | Acquisition |
£146m
|
DLA Piper UK LLP , Ernst & Young, NM Rothschild |
| 05/03/07 | Encore Direct | Long Marston | MBO | £16m by Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland Invoice Matching, Lombard | BTG McInnes Corporate Finance , PKF, Irwin Mitchell, Walker Morris |
| 01/02/07 | Myratech.net plc | Tadcaster | Acquisition | £2m acquisition of Sky High Traffic Data | RSM Bentley Jennison |
| 30/01/07 | Digital Marketing Group plc | Wakefield | Acquisition | £14.5m acquisition of Alphanumeric Group | RSM Bentley Jennison |
| 15/01/07 | Christy Group | Barnsley | MBO | £21m by Barclays Ventures, Rickitt Mitchell and Royal Bank of Scotland | Lee & Priestley, Grant Thornton, CiL, Hammonds, Marsh and Cobbetts, KPMG (Tax advice) |



