Liverpool law firm completes more than £1.5bn of deals in 2019

Craig Scott

Commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has reported another positive year for successful completion of corporate transactions, with completed deals in 2019 worth more than £1.5bn in aggregate transaction value.

The results continue Hill Dickinson’s national growth strategy and reflect a period in which its corporate team delivered more than 80 successfully completed deals nationally for its clients.

Significant transactions during the period include advising bio-pharma investment company Juvenescence on its successful $100m fundraise and $43.2m investment in AgeX Therapeutics Inc, and advising independent medicinal cannabis company EMMAC on its acquisition of Portuguese genetics and cultivation company Terra Verde LDA to create Europe’s largest vertically-integrated medical cannabis and wellness company.

The firm also acted for Business Growth Fund on the MBO of loading systems manufacturer Joloda, based in Speke, South Liverpoool.

The Liverpool corporate team also advised management in December 2019 on the MBO of King Construction, backed by an investment of £11.6m from NVM Private Equity.

Craig Scott, Hill Dickinson’s national head of corporate, said: “The impressive variety of UK and cross-border M&A, PE and public equity finance deals completed nationally across our corporate teams in 2019 reflects a huge team effort on behalf of our clients.

“We maintained a top five ranking nationally in the AIM Advisors ranking guide for the high number of AIM-listed clients we continued to advise during the period and advising our clients for the second consecutive year on deals with an aggregate delivered value of over £1.5bn is an achievement of which our team is extremely proud.”

Looking ahead, he added: “Although we anticipate some Brexit-related challenges in 2020, our current team pipeline of ongoing deals for Q1 of 2020 remains very positive, with some large deals already completing or under way. I look forward to our corporate team delivering more successful completed deals in 2020 with the continued support of our clients.”

Hill Dickinson has continued to invest in, and expand, its corporate team presence in London and the North West with a number of recent hires, including the most recent arrival in January 2020 of new partner Shantanu Sinha, who has joined the London team from Mishcon de Reya.

Hill Dickinson has corporate teams based in Liverpool, Manchester and London.

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