Insights: Sam Tye

Fladgate is delighted to maintain a Band 1 ranking in the 2020 Chambers UK guide for the Corporate M&A: Lower Mid-Market category. Grant Gordon, Head of Corporate, said: “The team is delighted once again to receive this recognition by Chambers, which is a significant endorsement of our approach, our professionalism and the strong relationship we […]

Fladgate is delighted to be ranked Tier 1 in the 2019 edition of Legal 500 in the M&A: Deals Up To £50m. Grant Gordon, Head of Corporate, said: “we are very pleased once again to receive this recognition by Legal 500, which is a significant endorsement of our work, our professionalism and the strong relationship […]

Fladgate LLP has advised Alyssum Group Ltd and its principal subsidiary Fly Victor Ltd on three transformative transactions: an $18m equity fundraising, where the lead investors were Victor’s cornerstone investor BP Ventures and new strategic investor BBA Aviation; a corporate restructuring, which saw the formation of a group of companies with Alyssum at its head, […]

Fladgate’s hotel team has advised clients on the provision of funding, by Coutts & Co, for the redevelopment of two sites in Dundee into InterContinental Hotels Group branded hotels. The team advised on the negotiation and agreement of finance documents including the facility agreement and security as well as the associated hotel management and franchise […]

Fladgate LLP has acted for the shareholders of Greene & Co, an award-winning estate agency covering North London and the City, in its sale to leading residential agency, Hamptons International – part of Countrywide PLC, the UK’s largest estate agency and property services group. Established more than thirty years ago in West Hampstead, Greene & […]

In 2013 the department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), a department of the UK Government, published a discussion paper the stated purpose of which was to increase transparency in relation to the ownership and control of UK companies. The discussion paper set out a range of proposals which were intended to increase transparency so […]

Fladgate LLP has advised Dominions House Limited on the sale of a vacant former office block in central Cardiff as part of a BPRA deal that will see it converted into a luxury hotel and restaurant.  Being a BPRA deal, the sale had to complete by the end of the 2014/15 financial year and the […]

Fladgate LLP has acted for developer Medina Investments on the acquisition and funding of a development site on Clerkenwell Road, EC1. Medina Investments have submitted a planning application for the site, a former petrol station, for development into a mixed use scheme comprising a 225 bedroom hotel, five residential apartments and three ground floor retail […]

Fladgate LLP has acted for AIM listed One Delta plc on its £3m fundraising and the £2.62m all-share acquisition of Audioboo Limited. Audioboo, is a digital social media audio platform, ‘the audio equivalent of YouTube’. The acquisition constituted a reverse takeover under the AIM Rules and following shareholder approval the company was re-admitted to AIM […]

Fladgate LLP has advised AIM listed LiteBulb Group (LiteBulb) on the acquisition of Meld Group Limited (Meld). Meld has developed a portfolio of brands and products supplied to major retailers in the UK including Marks and Spencer and Sainsburys. As well as developing its own brands, Meld works alongside renowned brands such as Peppa Pig […]

The Court of Appeal judgment in Belfairs Management Ltd v Sutherland and another (Belfairs) looked at the interpretation of warranties given in connection with the sale of shares in a company. On a sale of shares a seller will commonly be asked to give warranties, which are essentially a set of confirmations as to the […]

Fladgate LLP has advised Sanguine Hospitality (Sanguine), a Liverpool based hospitality development and ownership company, on the acquisition by Interstate Hotels & Resorts (Interstate) of Sanguine’s management platform. The transaction signifies Interstate’s entrance into the UK market with Sanguine’s high quality portfolio of 14 hotels, aggregating more than 1,900 rooms, added to Interstate’s European portfolio. […]